Aleem Ford - F (2016) - Bucky's 5th Quarter

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Class	Position	Height	Weight
2016	SF	6'7"	185 lb
School			AAU
Lawrenceville (GA) Archer HS / Bradenton (FL) IMG Academy			Sports U

Rankings

Rivals: 3-star recruit (SF)
Scout: (SF) Green_arrowup_medium
ESPN: NR (SF)
24/7: 5-star recruit 84 (#68 SF / #344 overall)

Last Updated: May 21, 2016
Previous Rankings: N/A
Rankings at time of commitment: 3-star (0.8218) by 24/7 Composite, #65 SF/#332 overall/#21 in FL; not rated by Rivals, 3-star by RivalsS

Honors

N/A

Statistics

2015-16: 16.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg | Post-Graduate (IMG)
2015: 3.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg | UAA (Sports U)
2014-15: Senior (Archer)
2013-14: 6.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg | Junior (Archer)

Signed National Letter of Intent

Signed on April 27, 2016
Badgers add Ford and Trice in Class of 2016 (UWBadgers.com)

Officially signed! Excited to be attending The University of Wisconsin this fall !!! ⚪️ #OnWisconsin #GoBadgers pic.twitter.com/vNNHSjweLs
— Aleem Ford (@A_Ford5) April 26, 2016

Verbally committed on April 23, 2016
Badgers getting backcourt help (Journal Sentinel)
Point guard D'Mitrik Trice, forward Aleem Ford commit to UW (Wisconsin State Journal)
2016 F Aleem Ford, PG D'Mitrik Trice commit to Badgers (B5Q)
Wisconsin finishes its 2016 recruiting class with the commitments of D'Mitrik Trice and Aleem Ford (BadgerNation.com)
Ford Talks Wisconsin Commitment (Badgers247)

Like teammate D'Mitrik Trice, Ford finished up a post-graduate year at IMG Academy to gain more exposure. It appears to have worked. A late bloomer who grew quite a bit during his high school days in Georgia (Lawrenceville is between Atlanta and Athens), Ford was young for his class so he's still the same age as most high school seniors in the 2016 class. Ford has a good face-up game and can hit threes, bringing nice size to the wing. His struggle will be adding weight for the college game.

While scouting Trice in Florida, the Wisconsin assistants fell in love with Ford's game, then invited him up on an official visit along with Trice, where Greg Gard offered him a scholarship at the end of his first day in Madison. Some of his other Division I offers were from Hofstra, Richmond, Rutgers and St. Louis. Ford got some looks from Georgia, but was also picking up interest from Michigan and Butler.