Jordan Scott has been one of the best-kept secrets in college basketball since committing to Michigan State as a four-star but that no longer looks to be the case.
The secret’s out.
Following Scott’s three exhibition performances, scouts and college hoops experts are well aware of what the Spartan sophomore can be. They realize he has the potential to become an NBA player and he’s growing into one before their eyes.
Really liked this play from Jordan Scott last night.
— JPR (@Scouting_Col) October 21, 2026
If he can add more of this ability to consistently attack close outs that would be massive for Michigan State.
7 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK on 3-8 shooting against UConn. pic.twitter.com/ZcuFfplB3v
It was easy to overlook him coming to Michigan State as a freshman. He was a quiet, unassuming four-star wing who didn’t get the fanfare of other major prospects in his class like Darryn Peterson, AJ Dybantsa, Cam Boozer, and Darius Acuff, but he flew under the radar and eased into a nice reserve role in East Lansing.
He was so good that Tom Izzo had a difficult time keeping him on the bench so he moved Divine Ugochukwu to a reserve role and inserted him into the starting lineup.
That proved to be the right move as Scott played really well and ended his first season averaging 5.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.2 stocks (steals + blocks) in 20.8 minutes. He was a rare freshman to average over 20 minutes per game under Izzo, joining a pretty exclusive list.
Even then, he wasn’t quite getting the national attention he deserved, but people are starting to wake up and the best-kept secret may have become more of a known commodity.
A string of solid exhibition performances is all it took for everyone to jump on the Scott bandwagon, but just know that anyone who watched him play in 2025-26 has been here for a minute.
Scott is arguably the second-best player on a top-10 team.
Enjoy Jordan Scott while you still can, Spartan fans
Like what you’ve been seeing out of Scott through a few exhibition games? Yeah, so do NBA scouts. He’s been opening some eyes in the NBA scouting world and there’s a strong chance that he gets the feedback he’s looking for and enters the draft next June.
If that does happen, that probably means he had a pretty successful sophomore season with Michigan State. If he doesn’t truly flirt with the NBA, then Michigan State probably had a disappointing season. He’s probably the team’s second-best player, so if he’s not playing well, Michigan State won’t be winning many games.
If — and when — he does play at an elite level, Michigan State is going to be a Final Four team and scouts are going to be salivating at the idea of him playing for their NBA organization next year.
Scott is going to be an All-Big Ten candidate this year which is about a year or two ahead of schedule for those who expected big things when he committed. No one really expected Scott to blossom this early in his career and it’s somewhat reminiscent of Aaron Henry’s meteoric rise from freshman year to sophomore and junior years.
Enjoy him while he’s still in East Lansing, folks. He won’t be here much longer.
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