By SAM LANCE
MESA, AZ — CJ Rosser, the No. 2 overall prospect in the 2027 class, can simply fill it up. The 6-foot-9, 195-pound power forward from Northern Nash (NC) was among the top scorers at the 16u level during Nike EYBL Session 1.
The five-star averaged 20.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 blocks across two games for Team United. His most notable performance came against one of the best teams at the 16u level, Drive Nation, where he was pitted against No. 4 overall prospect Marcus Spears Jr. He scored 23 points in that contest while shooting 5-of-6 from the 3-point line.
“We came down from a deficit of 10 points with like three minutes [left],” Rosser said postgame. “We came back, went to OT and won it. Really just us playing as a team, getting stops, switching, knowing who was hot and who was not hot and taking advantage of moving the ball [got us the win].”
Two of the best sophomores in the country matched up at EYBL Session 1
#2 ranked CJ Rosser dropped 23 PTS & 8 REB to lead Team United past #4 ranked Marcus Spears Jr. and Drive Nation
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Rosser describes himself as someone who can get to his spots and work inside-out.
“My best trait I would probably say is my mid-range, getting to my mid-range and knocking down shots,” Rosser said. “Getting to the basket. But what I’m trying to work on more is ball handling and taking advantage of mismatches.”
On the recruitment front, Rosser has several offers including programs like Cincinnati, Michigan, North Carolina, TCU, Virginia Tech, USC and Wake Forest. He said basically everyone who’s offered him has come down to his high school to show love.
Rosser has taken an unofficial visit to Virginia Tech, where his mother, Stacy Rosser, played college basketball. He’s also attended games at Duke and North Carolina. Both those schools visited Rosser during the high school season, along with Notre Dame who came out to the John Wall Holliday Invitational.
Here’s his quick breakdown of some of the schools involved:
Duke: “Really everybody’s in contact. I just like how they treat their players, keep everybody like family.”
Virginia Tech: “Same thing with Virginia Tech. They treat everybody like family, so that’s what I love about them.”
North Carolina: “I was talking with coach [Hubert] Davis. He’s a chill guy. He talked about how their players come to his house every now and then just so they can have a little talk. He treats them like family.”
Notre Dame: “I spoke to the coach [Micah Shrewsberry] at John Wall. He just said they were going to be looking out. I like them. I just like their playstyle a lot.”
Rosser has not heard from Will Wade and the new staff at NC State yet. The old Wolfpack staff saw him during the high school season.
The five-star currently doesn’t have any visits planned, but will look to start taking some more unofficials this summer and during next year’s college basketball season. When he starts going on more visits, he’ll be closely watching how programs operate in-game.
“Really looking at how coaches on the floor are talking to their players, how they are communicating,” Rosser said. “And how players are on the floor. Do they like each other? Do they like moving the ball, not selfish?”
Rosser said he plans to be back at Northern Nash for his junior year of high school basketball.
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