Indiana 2023 Target Xavier Booker Jumps 87 Spots to No. 4 in Latest Recruiting Rankings

With two guards committed, Booker would be a massive addition for Indiana. Not only is he considered one of the best players in the country, but he'd help Indiana replace Trayce Jackson-Davis and Race Thompson, who will be gone after next season in all likelihood. 

Booker would be Indiana's first player from Cathedral High School since Armaan Franklin, who was part of the 2019 recruiting class alongside Jackson-Davis. Franklin spent two seasons at Indiana before transferring to Virginia before his junior season. 

Booker currently holds offers from 23 schools, according to 247Sports. Other Big Ten schools to offer Booker include, Michigan State, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State and Purdue. Michigan State is the only school Booker has visited so far, making the Spartans the natural favorite early on in Booker's recruitment. 

It is still very early in the recruiting process as just nine of the top 25 players have committed to schools, but Indiana's 2023 recruiting class currently ranks sixth in the nation. Indiana has commitments from No. 80 Jakai Newton, a 6-foot-3 combo guard from Covington, Ga. and No. 107 Gabe Cupps, a 6-foot-2 point guard from Dayton, Ohio for the class of 2023. Newton rose 30 spots while Cupps dropped 17 spots in the latest rankings.

Other Indiana 2023 targets to note include small forwards Coen Carr, Jamie Kaiser and Andrej Stojakovic, the son of Peja Stojakovic. Andrej, a rose 78 spots to No. 25 in the latest rankings. Carr, from Greenville, S.C., jumped 95 spots to No. 62. Kaiser is the No. 78 player in the class and is from Alexandria, Va. 

Indiana has also offered power forwards Kwame Evans Jr., TJ Power and Bloomington native JaQualon Roberts. Evans was once considered the top player in his class, but he dropped slightly to No. 8. Evans was teammates with Indiana 2022 commits Jalen Hood-Schifino and Malik Reneau at Montverde Academy. Power rose 65 spot to No. 56 and hails from Worcester, Mass. Roberts is a three-star recruit, holding other Power Five offers from Butler, Iowa and Marquette.

Arrinten Page, a 6-foot-9 center from Marrieta, Ga., also holds an Indiana offer. Page was unranked in the last rankings, but is now the No. 59 player in his class. Indiana has also offered 6-foot-4 combo guard Freddie Dilione from Raleigh, N.C., who rose 67 spots to No. 75 in the latest rankings.