(2026) - Bryson Howard to Duke

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,384]

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,384]

4-star 6'5" SF Bryson Howard is the son of former NBA player Josh Howard.  He attends Heritage HS in Frisco, TX.  Frisco is effectively a far north suburb of Dallas.  He plays for Pro Skills on the EYBL circuit.  

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[Demo 25,424]

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

4-star 6'5" SF Bryson Howard is the son of former NBA player Josh Howard.  He attends Heritage HS in Frisco, TX.  Frisco is effectively a far north suburb of Dallas.  He plays for ProSkills on the EYBL circuit.  

@bryson_howard5

247

Rivals

On3

MaxPreps

Hudl

 

One of, if not the hottest names in travel ball this spring. 8 weeks ago he was literally no one and unranked anywhere and now he’s one of the leading scorers in EYBL. Up to #60 on 247. Had never of him until Mizzou offered him.  My understanding is he had no high major offers until just a couple of weeks ago. So it’s probably reasonable to assume this is a wide open recruitment, 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,384]

Bryson Howard '26 - Pro Skills													DDV Offer
	Gms		Pts		FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk
4/25  L			17		6	14	3	5	2	3	10	2	3	1	1
4/26  W			8		4	9	0	2	0	0	3	3	2	3	0
4/27  L			5		1	3	0	1	3	5	1	0	1	2	1
5/16  L			31		10	19	3	8	8	8	5	1	2	2	1
5/17  W			35		13	18	5	7	4	4	3	0	1	4	0
5/17  W			16		7	17	2	5	0	0	7	2	5	1	3
5/18  L			25		8	19	2	8	7	10	3	2	1	4	0
5/23  W			20		7	16	2	4	4	4	10	0	5	1	2
5/24  W			22		9	16	3	5	1	1	7	0	0	0	0
5/25  W			31		12	18	2	5	5	9	6	3	4	2	0
5/26  L			20		8	12	3	5	1	2	7	1	2	0	0
Count/Avg	11		20.9		53%		45%		76%		5.6	1.3	2.4	1.8	0.7
HS 24-25	37		17.1		52%		26%		72%		10.2	3.4	2.7	2.0	1.4

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,384]

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-hoosiers-offer-2026-guard-bryson-howard/

https://www.on3.com/teams/indiana-hoosiers/news/2026-rising-guard-bryson-howard-lands-indiana-scholarship-offer/

[BA47591 1,103]

I like this one. Plays both sides of the ball. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,384]

In a 247 recruiting update, Howard said IU, Tennessee & Memphis were currently recruiting him the hardest.  In no hurry to cut his list of offers or make any commitment. Mentioned he's talked with us on the phone and specifically mentioned our head coach as well.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,384]

https://www.phenomhoopreport.com/2026-66-bryson-howard-impressing-with-shot-making-and-athleticism-as-big-offers-roll-in/

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,384]

You can probably scratch Howard off your dance cards.

[BA47591 1,103]

He's a Sampson type player. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 94,384]

He's a Blue Devil.  Announced today.

[WayneFleekHoosier 52,051]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

He's a Blue Devil.  Announced today.

In my perspective, mostly because of who we targeted, this is the least impressive recruiting window I can remember.   Went hard after 2 PGs, 2 or 3 wings, and 3 or more centers only to land 1 100+ recruit.  I wanted the portal anyhow so it’s kinda whatever.  But from a program momentum perspective this looks bad.  No juice.  

[Uspshoosier 54,906]

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

But from a program momentum perspective this looks bad.  No juice.  

Last time in your opinion IU as a program had recruiting momentum and juice for high school recruiting?  

[WayneFleekHoosier 52,051]

Last time in your opinion IU as a program had recruiting momentum and juice for high school recruiting?  

Crean had pop for a 2 or 3 seasons. Archie had Romeo and TJD then nothing. Woodson had pop for 2 years and a portal “haul” or at least some Juice.

I feel like pre and post NIL is a thing at Indiana. Granted we only put ourselves near the top for 1 Woodson season where he wasted the expenditure.

It’s been an entirely disappointing stretch for our fanbase. Usually our 4 year coaches have failed by year 2 and then we suffer through years 3 and 4 with less Juice.

This go round, we are trying the incognito route of roster building.




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[Uspshoosier 54,906]

13 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Crean had pop for a 2 or 3 seasons. Archie had Romeo and TJD then nothing. Woodson had pop for 2 years and a portal “haul” or at least some Juice.

The disconnect with fans and IUs high school recruiting in my opinion comes from the fact the basically the last time we had a coach that put in effort on the high school avenue was back with Archie over 4 years ago.  Sure Woody had some success with landing highly rated high school kids but none of them were long term recruiting wins.  IUs footprint in high school recruiting has been non existent.  DeVries seems to get it and has made himself visible in the recruiting world.   He seems to have no problem grinding and doing the work even if the results hasn’t shown up in the first cycle. Establish connections  on the recruiting trail again  for your program and maybe down the road you get IU back in the game that they have sorely been absent from.   Looking back at high school recruiting that IU as  a program has had since Archie’s last year through this year will make you not feel well.  The number of those kids that were only here 1 year to help or left before they could contribute to the program and it’s no wonder the program is where it’s at today.   Results might not be there yet but the fact they have a coach willing to roll his sleeves up and actually recruit like the job demands is nice to see in my opinion.