The nation’s No. 1 basketball recruit, Tyran Stokes of Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), won’t play highschool basketball his senior marketing campaign on the faculty in SoCal’s San Fernando Valley after Ballislife.com realized he has been withdrawn from the college on Wednesday.
The information was confirmed by Notre Dame Athletic Director Alec Moss. There is no such thing as a affirmation of any reasoning for his withdrawal.
Stokes is likely one of the nation’s finest basketball prospects and presently ranked the No. 1 prospect within the nation by Rivals.com, ESPN.com and 247Sports.com.
He’s coming off a junior season through which he led Notre Dame’s to California’s No. 2 general rating with a 28-8 file and runner up end within the SoCal open regional playoffs. Notre Dame completed ranked No. 10 within the ultimate 2024-25 FAB 50 nationwide Staff Rankings, as Stokes used his distinctive mixture of energy, explosiveness and competitiveness to common 21.0 ppg, 9.3 rpg and three.4 apg. Stokes was named the Cal-Hello Sports activities State Junior Participant of the 12 months in addition to the Nationwide Junior of the 12 months by Ballislife.com.
Notre Dame opened because the No. 10 workforce within the 2025-26 Preseason FAB 50 Nationwide Staff Rankings, however not having the 6-foot-6, 225-pounder in its lineup clearly modifications issues for a workforce that has objectives of capturing the 2026 Mission League title, the CIF Southern Part open crown and CIF state open title. Sargeant will nonetheless area a tremendous workforce led by junior guard NoVarro Bowman Jr. (14 ppg) and San Diego St.-bound ahead Zach White (12.6 ppg), however it’s secure to say Notre Dame wouldn’t have opened up No. 10 within the nation if not for the presence of Stokes.
Tyran Stokes has withdrawn from Notre Dame. pic.twitter.com/PhvQ4SqfzK
— eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) November 5, 2025
Stokes, who turned 18 on October 12, was on the Blue Knights’ soccer workforce however has not performed since Notre Dame beat L.A. Loyola on October 3. He performed a complete of two varsity soccer video games as a senior.
Stokes was closely recruited by many Blue Blood faculty basketball packages and the Louisville, Ky., native lately narrowed his faculty decisions to Oregon, Kentucky and Kansas. He performed his first two seasons of highschool basketball at Prolific Prep, a program that was then positioned in Napa, Calif., however has since moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. and is the preseason No. 1 workforce within the 2025-26 FAB 50.
