Massive boost: Arizona Wildcats bolster squad depth with physically gifted player

On what might be the final day of this season, Arizona has secured a potential key player for the upcoming one.

Another  5-star forward  has pledged to join the Wildcats for the 2025-26 season. He shared the news T on the Pat McAfee Show on ESPN.

Standing 6-foot-8 and weighing 235 pounds, he is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 8 overall player in the 2025 recruiting class, the 4th-best power forward, and the top prospect from Arizona. He plays for Perry High School, which recently claimed its fourth consecutive championship. Last week, Peat was also named the Gatorade Arizona Boys Basketball Player of the Year for the third consecutive year.

 

 

Peat, who chose the Wildcats over ASU, Baylor, Houston, and Texas Tech, becomes Arizona’s highest-ranked recruit since center Deandre Ayton (3rd overall) in 2017. The highest-ranked recruit under head coach Tommy Lloyd has been Carter Bryant, who was ranked 24th in the 2024 recruiting class.

The spring signing period for high school basketball recruits begins on April 16, at which point Peat will join a 2025 class that already includes fall signee Dwayne Aristode, a 5-star wing, and 3-star shooting guard Bryce James—the younger son of LeBron James—who committed to Arizona on January 1.