Odom offers top-10 prospect in class of ’27

By Jerry Ratcliffe

Ryan Odom has offered one of the top prospects from the recruiting class of 2027 in 5-star Marcus Spears of Dallas, Texas.

Spears is a 6-foot-8, 195-pound power forward, ranked the No. 6 overall prospect in the country in the ‘27 class, the No. 1 power forward prospect in the nation and the top recruit out of Texas.

He has a ton of offers already, including Houston, Tennessee, SMU, Miami, Stanford, Pitt, Texas A&M, LSU, Oklahoma State and Indiana.

Spears’ father was an All-American football player for LSU in 2004 and played for the Dallas Cowboys. His mom, Aiysha Smith, was the No. 7 overall choice by the Washington Mystics in the WNBA Draft in 2003. She was a first-team All-SEC player at LSU.

UVA has offered at least six prospects from the ‘27 recruiting class thus far: SF Baba Oladotun, CG LJ Smith, PG Nasir Anderson, C Obinna Ekezie Jr. and PG Cayden Daughty along with Spears.