Roy Williams isn’t about to let the NCAA-mandated recruiting “dead period” keep him from getting a scholarship offer out to the state’s top-ranked player. Despite a restriction on in-person evaluation and contact amid the coronovirus pandemic, Williams reached out to Kinston’s Dontrez Styles with his seventh offer of the 2021 season.
Styles, a 6-foot-7, 190-pound small forward, is ranked 57th in the nation according to the 247Sports Composite. He’s the 12th-ranked player at his position, and No. 1 in the state of North Carolina. He’s also the latest in a series of big-time players from the Kinston area that includes former Tar Heel sharpshooter Reggie Bullock, and former Duke wing Brandon Ingram.