FAYETTEVILLE – Darius Acuff Jr., the top-ranked point guard for the class of 2025 by three services, signed a National Letter of Intent with Arkansas, Razorback head coach John Calipari announced.
Darius Acuff Jr.
6-2, 180, G
Detroit, Mich. || IMG Academy (Fla.)
X – @DariusAcuff • Instagram – @dariusacuff5
| Publication | Rating | National Rank | Positional Rank | State Rank |
| 247Sports | 5 Star | 5 | 1 PG | 2 FLA |
| ESPN | 5 Star | 8 | 1 PG | 1 MICH |
| On3 Composite | 5 Star | 9 | 1 PG | 2 FLA |
| 247 Composite | 5 Star | 12 | 2 PG | 3 FLA |
| Rivals | 5 Star | 13 | 4 PG | — |
| On3 | 4 Star | 22 | 4 PG | 4 FLA |
High School:
- Named to the 2024-25 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Boys High School Player of the Year Top Watch List (1 of 50)
- Listed 12th on the 2026 NBADraft.net Mock Draft and 14th on NBADraftRoom.com.
- 2024-25 Preseason MaxPreps 2nd team All-America.
- #11 on the USA TODAY High School Sports basketball rankings: Top 15 players in the 2025 class.
- 2023-24 MaxPreps honorable mention All-America and second team Junior All-America.
- As a junior, averaged 20.4 points and 5.5 assists per game for IMG Academy, helping the Ascenders post a 20-9 record and rank sixth in the final MaxPreps poll.
- Also in 2023-24, led all players with 21.4 scoring average while ranking second in assists (3.7 avg) in the 12 games of the EYBL Scholastic
- Averaged 23.9 points and 3.6 assists for The Family in the 2024 Nike EYBL spring circuit.
- Played at Cass Technical HS in Detroit before transferring to IMG Academy for his junior season.
- As a sophomore, named the 2023 MaxPreps Michigan High School Basketball Player of the Year and second team MaxPreps Sophomore All-America.
• Averaged 21.4 points and 5.7 assists as a sophomore and led Cass Tech to the 2023 MHSAA Division 1 title.
TEAM USA:
- 2024 FIBA Men’s U18 AmeriCup: Tournament MVP and named to the All-Star Five … Led the USA to a gold medal … Averaged 17.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 4.0 assists … In the championship game against Argentina, scored 26 points, had nine assists, six rebounds, and three steals.
- 2024 Men’s Junior National Team October minicamp.
- 2023 Men’s Junior National Team October minicamp.
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