Two-sport takeover: No. 1 hoops prospect Tyran Stokes scores on turf, stars on hardwood

Tyran Stokes is already the top-ranked hoops imaginable successful the SportsCenter NEXT 100, but aft debuting astatine wide receiver past play with Notre Dame High School (California), helium could beryllium good connected his mode to five-star presumption connected the gridiron arsenic well.

The 6-foot-7, 230-pounder posted 57 receiving yards and a touchdown successful a 57-14 romp of Culver City High School (California) connected Sept. 26.

Now, Stokes volition descent backmost implicit to the hardwood successful the Border League connected Sunday (9 p.m. ET, ESPN 2), starring Notre Dame (California) against Dynamic Prep (Texas).

While Stokes' imaginable quest to gridiron stardom remains to beryllium seen, simply buckling up the chinstraps puts him connected an exclusive abbreviated database of past, contiguous and budding stars who braved the turf portion maintaining their stardom connected the hardwood.

LeBron James

James doubled arsenic a two-time All-Ohio wide receiver astatine St. Vincent-St. Mary Catholic, reeling successful offers from aggregate Power 4 programs that hoped to snag the then-6-foot-6 jock extraordinaire.

James racked up 1,912 receiving yards connected 99 receptions and 27 touchdowns for the Fighting Irish portion holding down the No. 1 spot successful the ESPN.com 100 successful 2003.

Allen Iverson

The NBA Hall of Famer was a fable astatine Bethel High School (Virginia) for his abilities arsenic a dual-threat quarterback, starring the Bruins to a authorities rubric during his inferior year.

Iverson finished that play throwing for 1,423 yards and 14 touchdowns portion rushing for 781 yards and 15 touchdowns. He besides returned 5 kickoffs and 4 punts for touchdowns and picked disconnected 8 passes from the secondary.

That aforesaid year, Iverson, who has ever expressed that shot was his archetypal love, led Bethel to a authorities rubric successful basketball.

Matt Barnes

The 14-year NBA seasoned -- and existent expert and podcaster -- was erstwhile 1 of the astir feared heavy threats successful California, posting 2,070 receiving yards connected 100 receptions and scoring 45 touchdowns for Del Campo High School.

As a senior, Barnes led the federation with 28 touchdown receptions, starring to him being named an All-American and All-state.

Anthony Black

Black is entering his 3rd play with the Orlando Magic with a estimation for, among different things, being a pinpoint passer. But during his football-playing days astatine Coppell High School (Texas), Black was much known for his quality to reel successful passes for touchdowns.

In 2 years of varsity play, helium racked up 1,327 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns. That accumulation earned him his archetypal connection by mode of the Kansas Jayhawks.

Jalen Suggs

Before Suggs was starring the Gonzaga Bulldogs to the nationalist rubric crippled successful assemblage and wowing Magic fans to the tune of 16.2 points, 4 rebounds and 3.7 assists per crippled past play anterior to a season-ending genu injury, helium was winning Minnesota's Gatorade Player of the Year for shot successful 2019.

The 6-foot-4, 190-pound backmost and antiaircraft backmost passed for 2,210 yards and 25 touchdowns and led the Minnehaha Academy SMB Wolfpack to a 12-1 grounds and a authorities championship. Suggs besides rushed for 974 yards and 12 touchdowns and snagged 9 interceptions, returning 2 for touchdowns and 32 tackles. Back connected the hardwood, Suggs finished ranked No. 6 overall successful the SportsCenter NEXT 100 for 2020.