Duke basketball recruiting: Top 5-star hooping stars Jon Scheyer’s team will be targeting from the 2025 class

The Duke Blue Devils have set their roster for the upcoming season via transfer portal additions and freshman recruits. This comes after the transfer portal exodus, when all but two players exited the team.

While preparing for the season, coach Jon Scheyer is also on the lookout for more recruits from the 2025 recruiting class. Here are a few names on his list.

The top 5-star targets for Duke from the 2025 class

#1 Cameron Boozer

The 2023 Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year is one of Duke's top targets. The No. 2 overall recruit has enjoyed an impressive summer as he led Team USA to a gold medal at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup. Boozer was named the tournament MVP and averaged 20.1 points, 9.9 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.7 steals.

Boozer also led Nightrydas Elite to a title win at Nike’s Peach Jam. He finished the championship game with 19 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. The power forward has received offers from eight schools and has already visited Duke, Florida, Miami and Kentucky. He is yet to announce his final decision.

#2 Koa Peat

Koa Peat is the class of 2025 No. 5 overall recruit. 247Sports ranked the Gilbert, Arizona, native as the second-best power forward in the country. In his assessment of Peat, 247Sports' Brandon Jenkins wrote:

"Peat can affect the game in many ways at such a young age. With elite size for a perimeter prospect, Peat projects and excels as a multi-positional player and defender.

"He is a high volume rebounder who is most effective while being utilized as a playmaking four-man offensively. Peat embodies the full use of the term versatility as he can create for those around him just as well as he does himself."

Koa Peat has received offers from almost 31 schools and has visited North Carolina, Michigan and Houston. He is set to take an official visit to Baylor, Arizona, Duke and Arizona State in the coming months.

#3 Nate Ament

Nate Ament, the No. 7-ranked power forward, is one of the best in the sport with a huge potential to grow as he enters his final season at Highland School. On3's Jamie Shaw named Ament as the player to look out for and wrote:

"Ament’s ability to quickly process and deliver on target and on time makes him a threat in the half-court. His combination of size, athleticism, and skill set are unique. In a league that is routinely trying to get taller, across the board, at all positions, this type of unique two-way archetype will be looked at closely by NBA front offices."

Nate Ament participated in the Adidas Championships and averaged 15.7 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.9 blocks per contest. He has received 29 offers and has scheduled official visits to Kentucky and Virginia on Aug. 28 and Sept. 14, respectively, with Duke, UConn and more coming after that.

#4 Caleb Wilson

Caleb Wilson is a No. 6 ranked forward who averaged 21.0 points, 15.0 rebounds and over 4.0 blocks last season with the Holy Innocents. He was also part of Boozer's title-winning Nightrydas team at Nike Peach Jam. Commenting on his skills, Jackson Caudell of Sports Illustrated wrote:

"Wilson has a full gamut of skills and can do it all on the basketball court. Whether he is extending out to guard players on the perimeter or guarding the paint against taller bigs defensively there isn’t much you can’t ask him to do."

Caleb Wilson announced his top 12 earlier this month, and it included Duke along with North Carolina, Ohio State, Oregon, USC, Auburn and more. He is set to take official visits in the coming months.

#5 Brayden Burries

No. 11 recruit Brayden Burries played in front of Duke coach Jon Scheyer during the NBPA Top 100 Camp in June and scored 18 points, five rebounds and two assists. He received an offer from the Blue Devils in July 2023 and has continued to grow his game since. 247Sports' Eric Bossi wrote of Burries as:

"A strong and tough shot maker from deep, he buried the looks that were open to him and then also used his strength to make things happen around the rim. This is a kid who really understands his own strengths, where to be and regardless of setting he's going to play to win."

Brayden Burries led his high school team, the Roosevelt Mustangs, to a Big VIII League tournament win in February. He finished the finals with 31 points and seven rebounds. This title was the Mustangs' first since 2017.

Who are your favorites to add to Duke's 2025 roster? Let us know in the comments section below.

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