Jahlil Okafor

Who is Jahlil Okafor?

Jahlil Okafor is an American high school basketball player from Chicago, Illinois. He has completed his 2013–14 senior season for Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. He has given a verbal commitment to the Duke University men's basketball team as a package with Tyus Jones and will be a freshman for the 2014–15 team.

He has been heavily recruited since before high school and had been at the top of the recruiting rankings for several years. He is a distant cousin of Emeka Okafor. At the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, he earned the Tournament MVP for the gold-medal winning USA team. In 2013, Okafor led Whitney Young to the 2013 Chicago Public High School League city championship. He was an All-American as a junior in 2013. The following summer, he was an All-Tournament team selection at the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for the gold-medal Team USA.

Okafor led Young to the 2014 Chicago Public High School League city championship game that they lost in a quadruple overtime game against Curie High School and Cliff Alexander that was the lead story on SportsCenter. However, a week later Curie forfeited the championship.