The prospective UNC basketball big man is asking supporters to help him persuade his teammate to join him as a Tar Heel.
In January 2023, James Brown, ranked No. 71 overall on the 247Sports 2024 Composite, confirmed his commitment to UNC basketball. Over a year later, the 6-foot-9, 210-pound four-star is hoping to persuade one of his five-star Link Academy (Mo.) classmates, sharpshooting guard Jasper Johnson, to do the same.
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On Friday, Brown shared a photo of himself wearing Tar Heel attire and standing next to Johnson, who ranks 12th among his 2025 peers but hasn’t ruled out a reclassification to 2024. Brown tagged Johnson in the post and asked his followers to “like” it.:
In January 2023, James Brown, ranked No. 71 overall on the 247Sports 2024 Composite, confirmed his commitment to UNC basketball. Over a year later, the 6-foot-9, 210-pound four-star is hoping to persuade one of his five-star Link Academy (Mo.) classmates, sharpshooting guard Jasper Johnson, to do the same.
Related: Prime UNC Target Shows Off Tar Heel Threads.
On Friday, Brown shared a photo of himself wearing Tar Heel attire and standing next to Johnson, who ranks 12th among his 2025 peers but hasn’t ruled out a reclassification to 2024. Brown tagged Johnson in the post and asked his followers to “like” it.:
Jasper Johnson, a lifetime UNC basketball fan who grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, just returned from an official visit to Chapel Hill. He was in attendance, along with a fellow five-star 2025 target, Holy Innocents Episcopal (Ga.) forward Caleb Wilson, to watch the No. 3 Tar Heels overcome their archival opponent, now-No. 9 Duke.
“It was a great visit,” Johnson told recruiting insider Adam Zagoria. “The message [Hubert Davis and his team] are sending me is that they want me to come in and play big minutes and make an immediate impact from day one…
“[Reclassifying is] always an option, but I’ll probably stay in the class of 2025 just to give my body one more year before college. Several schools would like to
