UVA offers Las Vegas 7-footer Xavion Staton, ’25

By Jerry Ratcliffe

Virginia rolled the dice on a 7-foot prospect from Las Vegas on Monday when the Cavaliers made an offer to big man Xavion Staton, a four-star from the recruiting class of 2025.

Staton is a 7-foot-1, 190-pound center from Sierra Vista High School in Vegas. On3 ranks him the No. 90 overall prospect in the nation for his class, the No. 13 center and the No. 2 prospect from Nevada. 247Sports rates him No. 143, 19 and 2, respectively, in those same categories.

The big center has a ton of offers other than UVA’s: Kansas, UCLA, USC, Auburn, LSU, TCU, Texas, Stanford, Missouri, Memphis, Texas A&M, Illinois, Xavier, Iowa, Creighton, UNLV and Arizona State, among others.

“I’ve been very ecstatic and excited that so many schools want me,” Staton told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “But it’s also one of those things where you celebrate the moment and then you keep your head down, keep pushing and keep getting better. I’ve developed a humble mentality, if anything, with continuing to receive these offers because I know I need to keep getting better and not let it go to my head.

“It’s really been on the rise, just nonstop,” Staton continued. “It’s been great hearing from all these different colleges. That’s always someone’s dream, but to be actually living it and experiencing it every day, it’s been surreal.”

He has been talking “a lot” with Kansas, an offer he said was eye-opening. The Jayhawks are the nation’s preseason No. 1 pick.

“They love how well I can run the floor, especially as a big and how comfortable I am with my running,” Staton said. “And the hustle on every play, whether it’s on defense or offense, just blocking everything around the glass and getting rebounds.”

Check out the video below, with highlights and an in-depth interview with the big man.