(2026) - F Caleb Gaskins to Miami

[go iu bb]

IU has offered 6'8' Caleb Gaskins from Miami, FL. 5*, 247 composite #12. I've seen him listed as a SF and a PF but his twitter account says G.

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I don't know if this is behind a paywall or not: https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-basketball-recruiting-5-star-class-of-2026-forward-caleb-gaskins-lands-indiana-scholarship-offer-christopher-columbus-nightrydas-249661794/

[Demo]

13 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

IU has offered 6'8' Caleb Gaskins from Miami, FL. 5*, 247 composite #12. I've seen him listed as a SF and a PF but his twitter account says G.

247

I don't know if this is behind a paywall or not: https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-basketball-recruiting-5-star-class-of-2026-forward-caleb-gaskins-lands-indiana-scholarship-offer-christopher-columbus-nightrydas-249661794/

Was at Montverde as a Soph sitting behind McNeely, Queen and that bunch and then transferred to Columbus and played last year with the Boozer twins. Looks some like Jayson Tatum in HS. Great frame. 3 level scoring potential. Will be interesting to see how he reacts next year to being a #1 option because up to now he hasn’t been. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Plays AAU on the EYBL circuit for Nightrydas and a teammate with Manny Green who was offered by Woodson.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offers-2026-wing-caleb-gaskins/

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Opening weekend of EYBL competition

Caleb Gaskins '26 - Nightrydas												DDV Offer
			Pts	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk
4/25  W			23	9	18	2	5	3	7	12	1	7	1	3
4/26  L			22	7	19	2	8	6	8	7	0	4	1	1
4/27  L			9	2	9	0	3	5	6	10	4	4	0	0
Count/Avg	3		18.0	39%		25%		67%		9.7	1.7	5.0	0.7	1.3

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Background on Gaskins and Adkins

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/05/06/iu-basketball-has-offered-scholarships-to-a-pair-of-elite-2026-prospects-in-recent-days/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offers-2026-wing-caleb-gaskins/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKG_R5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETF0QzlnRjV2aDdBOENnVHhwAR6zGEmtaoIzDSIBhmYUnyZG41T3OxWei4TAdIfiirwmoY3CYHtAEVpDGO7HYw_aem_igMHfeCC6HEUK_DZ1a-0Wg

[ebridges24]

7 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Background on Gaskins and Adkins

https://www.insidethehall.com/2025/05/06/iu-basketball-has-offered-scholarships-to-a-pair-of-elite-2026-prospects-in-recent-days/

I feel like very time they say "He has a long list of offers that also includes...." they're trying to tell us to not get our hopes up

[Home Jersey]

44 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

I feel like very time they say "He has a long list of offers that also includes...." they're trying to tell us to not get our hopes up

IMO as someone that’s written these kinds of articles for basketball and football targets in a “past life”… don’t give writers that much credit, lol. Recruitment articles are fairly formulaic. Probably just a writing style thing… nothing to be gleaned from that IMO. 

[go iu bb]

50 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

I feel like very time they say "He has a long list of offers that also includes...." they're trying to tell us to not get our hopes up

That's probably a good way to take it. I feel there isn't really any reason to get one's hopes up at this point in the recruitment, which has just started. When it gets close to a commitment and IU is still in the mix? Maybe then would be a good time.

Considering this guy is coming up on his senior season, IU is starting in quite a hole. I imagine in many of these initial recruitments it may be hard to get much traction and there is lots of ground to make up. NIL can help but with that being equal (or close to), then relationships will likely win out.

That said, the line you're referring to is really just a fact giving one.

[Stuhoo]

22 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

That's probably a good way to take it. I feel there isn't really any reason to get one's hopes up at this point in the recruitment, which has just started. When it gets close to a commitment and IU is still in the mix? Maybe then would be a good time.

Considering this guy is coming up on his senior season, IU is starting in quite a hole. I imagine in many of these initial recruitments it may be hard to get much traction and there is lots of ground to make up. NIL can help but with that being equal (or close to), then relationships will likely win out.

That said, the line you're referring to is really just a fact giving one.

Not if Rod Clark has already been the lead recruiter for them.

Gonna assume that it is no coincidence that these two kids tweeted their gratefulness at IU offers within days of Coach Clark's announcement.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

14 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Not if Rod Clark has already been the lead recruiter for them.

That’s the key.  How deep is the relationship already established between our new offers and our new coaching staff?  If it’s already pretty good we’ll be ok  in the ‘26 recruiting cycle.

[go iu bb]

23 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Not if Rod Clark has already been the lead recruiter for them.

Tennessee isn't on Gaskins list, so it doesn't look like he was already recruiting him.

https://247sports.com/recruitment/caleb-gaskins-159968/recruitinterests/

For Davion, Kenny Johnson is the lead recruiter and I also don't see UT on his list.

I don't see GT on either list.

[Stuhoo]

26 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Tennessee isn't on Gaskins list, so it doesn't look like he was already recruiting him.

https://247sports.com/recruitment/caleb-gaskins-159968/recruitinterests/

For Davion, Kenny Johnson is the lead recruiter and I also don't see UT on his list.

I don't see GT on either list.

Okay ... then Kenny has the long-standing relationship; either with the player, the agent, or the AAU program. 

This. Is. Good.

[Demo]

1 hour ago, ebridges24 said:

I feel like very time they say "He has a long list of offers that also includes...." they're trying to tell us to not get our hopes up

Probably, but it works both ways. If a top 10ish type kid has, ya know, 5 offers going into his Senior year, unless it’s a Flagg-type situation where there’s no question where they’re going that should provoke a whole different set of questions.

[lillurk]

On 5/6/2025 at 4:27 PM, Demo said:

Probably, but it works both ways. If a top 10ish type kid has, ya know, 5 offers going into his Senior year, unless it’s a Flagg-type situation where there’s no question where they’re going that should provoke a whole different set of questions.

DeAndre Ayton one recent example

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/article/five-star-forward-caleb-gaskins-talks-indiana-michigan-and-miami-249892073/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Full story behind a paywall.

Alec Lasley - Indiana is one of the programs that 2026 top-15 wing Caleb Gaskins is hearing from. He details his recruitment, schools standing out, his play style and keys he'll look for when deciding.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

These kinds of reports are always a little suspect IMO.  I thought we had basically dropped Gaskins as a target and then this quote from him.   “Indiana just picked up. I don’t really know much about Indiana yet, so I don’t think I can speak too much on them. But they picked up their recruitment for me.”   Despite his comment, I don't think we're really all that into him.

https://www.zagsblog.com/2025/07/19/five-star-forward-caleb-gaskins-displays-improved-physicality-at-peach-jam-details-recruitment/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Another offer that never really got off the ground.

[rayl456]

4 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Another offer that never really got off the ground.

Yeah…he’s from Miami and obviously wants nothing to do with winter up north.   LOL.

[Demo]

45 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Another offer that never really got off the ground.

Was setting NFHS favorites for this season last night and didn’t bother with Gaskins.