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Five-Star R.J. Hampton Forgoes College, Will Spend 2019-20 Season Playing in New Zealand

The final uncommitted five-star in the 2019 recruiting class won't be headed to college.

On Tuesday morning, guard R.J. Hampton announced on ESPN's Get Up that he will begin his professional career overseas with the NBL's New Zealand Breakers rather than spend a season in the NCAA. Hampton previously reclassified from the 2020 class to 2019 and had been considering Kansas, Memphis and Texas Tech.

"It’s never been a dream of his to play college basketball, it’s been a dream of his to use college basketball as a vehicle to get to the NBA," Hampton's father Rod Hampton told 247Sports.