UNC basketball recruiting target Taylen Kinney Matt Stone/The Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK

Five-Star Floor General Lands UNC Basketball Offer

Originally posted on North Carolina Tar Heels on SI
By Matt Giles | Last updated Feb 28, 2025 8:20 PM ET

Overtime Elite (Ga.) junior floor general Taylen Kinney has now reeled in a UNC basketball offer, North Carolina Tar Heels On SI confirmed on Friday night, adding to the 6-foot-2, 180-pound five-star prospect's notably long list of suitors at his relatively early juncture on the 2026 trail.

Kinney ranks No. 17 overall, No. 4 among point guards, and No. 2 in Georgia on the 247Sports 2026 Composite. A result of his dynamic abilities as a shifty playmaker and explosive bucket-getter, he's already racked up over 30 offers.

RWE PG Taylen Kinney did all that he could in RWE’s final game of the season @Taylen_0

23 PTS l 8 AST l 78% FG l 67% 3PT pic.twitter.com/wnxTeru87S
— Overtime Elite (@OvertimeElite) February 25, 2025

Back in December, Kinney announced a top 15 of Arkansas, Alabama, Auburn, Xavier, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Purdue, Kansas, Tennessee, Oregon, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisville, and Kansas State. At the time, though, he noted his recruitment remains open.

He's the eighth 2026 talent to receive an offer from UNC basketball head coach Hubert Davis.

Thus far, the Tar Heels haven't secured their first pledge in the cycle. But only one of their targets has committed elsewhere.

This article first appeared on North Carolina Tar Heels on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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