We continue our player preview series with Malachi Richardson. He was the highest-rated recruit in Syracuse's 2015 class, and it's easy to see why.
Generally speaking, it's fairly difficult to project how high school players will translate to the college level. Considering Syracuse players alone, DaJuan Coleman and Rakeem Christmas have shown us that even five-star recruits aren't guaranteed to make earth-shattering impacts immediately.
So it's important for Orange fans to stay rational with their expectations of Malachi Richardson, who barely missed garnering a five-star rating from ESPN. With that said, there's no denying that Richardson deserved his status as the prized recruit in Syracuse's highly-touted 2015 class.