Michigan State basketball joins race for under-the-radar 3-star SF Devin Royal

Michigan State basketball has joined the race for three-star small forward Devin Royal from Ohio, offering him on Saturday.

Tom Izzo offered a scholarship on Saturday that opened some eyes around college basketball. He extended an offer to three-star small forward Devin Royal from Pickerington (Ohio) Central after he dominated the EYBL II session in Indianapolis this weekend.

Although Royal is listed as only a three-star, he was a top-100 recruit in ESPN’s latest rankings for the 2023 class and he’s No. 123 on 247Sports. He’s not a slouch, but he is flying under the radar which may soon change after his big weekend at the Indy EYBL.

Plus, other programs are jumping into the race for him as Wisconsin just offered on Sunday afternoon, less than 24 hours after Michigan State.

Royal also holds offers from Iowa State, Penn State, Xavier, Butler, Florida State, Illinois, Kansas State, Ohio State, and Virginia Tech, among others.

DK of Spartan Hoops does a good job of evaluating top recruits and this is what he had to say about Royal after the offer:

The Spartans currently have a point guard in four-star Jeremy Fears committed in the 2023 class, but there’s a good chance that there will be a number of open scholarships to utilize.

Izzo is making sure he fills up all those spots and getting in early on a fast-rising junior like Royal is a good move. He’s going to be heavily pursued before it’s all said and done and he just has that look of a four-year Michigan State star who happens to be a headache for the rest of the Big Ten.