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# Kentucky commitment is the biggest mover in recruiting rankings update
- URL: https://www.insidekentuckybasketball.com/kentucky-commitment-is-the-biggest-mover-in-recruiting-rankings-update/
- Published: 2026-11-10T23:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-10T23:16:13.000Z
- Description: The major recruiting services have updated their 2027 rankings this fall. Cherif Millogo, a recent UK commitment, was a big riser in the rankings.
- Author: Derek Terry
- Tags: Recruiting

The college basketball early signing period is set to begin on Wednesday and will last through Nov. 18\. Each of the major recruiting services has made updates to their rankings in recent weeks, though [247Sports](https://247sports.com/season/2027-basketball/RecruitRankings/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool&ref=insidekentuckybasketball.com) had a smaller change Tuesday that featured only a couple of prospects moving up in the rankings. 

One of those players was recent Kentucky commitment Cherif Millogo. 

The 7-foot-4, 250-pound center moved up 30 spots in 247Sports' update, going from No. 45 nationally to 15th. Millogo is still a four-star prospect, though he would likely be a five-star in the final rankings if he stayed in that range. 

Millogo was also a big mover in the recent updates from [ESPN ](https://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/rankings/scnext300boys/%5F/view/espnu100?ref=insidekentuckybasketball.com)and [Rivals](https://www.on3.com/rivals/rankings/player/basketball/2027/?ref=insidekentuckybasketball.com). ESPN ranked Millogo at No. 8 overall and the nation's second-best center. Rivals ranks Millogo at No. 11 overall, making him a consensus top 15 recruit entering his senior season at St. Francis Academy in California. 

A move in the rankings was expected for Millogo. Last week, *Inside Kentucky Basketball* caught up with 247Sports national analyst Travis Branham. Branham called Millogo "one of the biggest mysteries in all of high school basketball" because of the limited amount of time he's played in recent years. 

"7-foot-3, 7-foot-4, a huge prospect that just impacts the game with his sheer size and length, organically," Branham said. "But there's real skill that he has that actually impacts the game. He can play inside and out. He's got good footwork down on the block. He finishes above the rim, and he can step out and make some shots from 3\. 

“Now all this, again, has only come in very limited minutes out on the court, and so it's one of these situations where the talent is very obvious, but having a real understanding of how much he impacts the game, how competitive he is, what the intangibles he brings are, still remains a mystery. It's one of these situations where I'm just simply going to have to go out and watch him — and watch his film — a whole lot more this season, because he's missed so much of the last year off of the court. So, it's still a wait and see. It's a gamble on Kentucky's part, but the talent is obvious.”

[A closer look at Cherif Millogo's fit with KentuckyThe national recruiting analyst talks to Inside Kentucky Basketball about Mark Pope's newest commitment, with some eye-popping comments regarding his talent level.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4b/42/4b424756-e11a-4365-9300-59cc68bfbdc1/content/images/icon/IKB-logo--final--e3f208ed-fcaa-4671-a61f-8133b117855e.png)Inside Kentucky BasketballBen Roberts![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4b/42/4b424756-e11a-4365-9300-59cc68bfbdc1/content/images/thumbnail/CherifVisit2-1-17faf33b-2ddd-4216-923d-f7d351a19974.jpg)](https://www.insidekentuckybasketball.com/a-conversation-with-travis-branham-on-cherif-millogo-and-uks-potential-2027-class/)

Ryan Hampton, who was Kentucky's first commitment in the 2027 class, is a consensus top 30 recruit entering his senior season. Hampton is No. 27 nationally at Rivals, but he fell to No. 30 in ESPN's rankings. The 6-foot-6 small forward, who transferred back to Texas for his senior year of high school, is the No. 24 prospect nationally at 247\. 

And then there's CJ Rosser, the five-star power forward who is the main focus of Kentucky's recruiting efforts in the fall signing period. Rosser is ranked as the No. 2 prospect by Rivals and 247, and the No. 3 overall prospect by ESPN. Still, he's the consensus top power forward prospect in the class and would represent a massive recruiting win for Mark Popeif Kentucky is ultimately the choice.

Rosser, who plays at Southeastern Prep in Orlando, Florida, but is originally from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, could make a decision before the early signing period ends. *Inside Kentucky Basketball* [reported on Monday](https://www.insidekentuckybasketball.com/the-latest-uk-basketball-recruiting-buzz-going-into-the-early-signing-period/) that, in addition to Kentucky, UNC and Miami are two other programs strongly in the mix for Rosser.

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