One of the coolest and most rewarding things about covering the high school basketball in Tennessee is watching the players as they move on to the next level. The following is a list of all the players from Tennessee that appear on rosters from D1 schools across the country.
Keep in mind the rosters will include walk-ons; as well as, scholarship players. This is Part 1 of a 3 part story.
AMERICAN EAST CONFERENCE
VERMONT
Luke Apfeld
6'7 Sr. F
Chattanooga/
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
LOUISVILLE
Chris Jones
5-10 Jr. PG
Memphis/Melrose
MEMPHIS
Joe Jackson
6-0 Sr. PG
Memphis/White Station
Chris Crawford
6-4 Sr. SG
Memphis/Sheffield
Austin Nichols
6-9 Fr. PF
Eads/Briarcrest Christian
Nick King
6-7 Fr. WF
Memphis/East
Markel Crawford
6-4 Fr. SG
Memphis/Melrose
Trey Draper
5-10 Sr. PG
Memphis/White Station
Anthony Cole
6-1 So. SG
Arlington/Arlington
Jake McDowell
6-6 Fr. SG
Memphis/CBHS
SOUTH FLORIDA
Martino Brock
6-5 Sr. SG
Memphis/Ridgeway
SMU
Johnathan Wilfong
6-2 Fr. SG
Memphis/MUS
ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE
GEORGE MASON
Johnny Williams
6-8 Sr. PF
Eads/Briarcrest Christian
MASSACHUSETTS
Demetrius Dyson
6-5 Fr. SG
Covington/Covington
Sampson Carter
6-8 Sr. PF
Memphis/Ridgeway
RHODE ISLAND
Matthew Butler
6-2 Fr. SG
Memphis/East
RICHMOND
Kendall Anthony
5-8 Jr. PG
Jackson/Liberty Tech
Josh Jones
6-4 Fr. SG
Memphis/Central
VCU
JaQuan Lewis
6-1 Fr. PG
Dickson/Dickson County
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE (ACC)
MIAMI
Corn Elder
5-10 Fr. PG
Nashville/Ensworth
NORTH CAROLINA
Leslie McDonald
6-5 Sr. SG
Eads/Briarcrest
ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE
ETSU
Todd Halvorson
6-3 Sr. SG
Kingsport/Dobyns-Bennett
A.J. Merriweather
6-2 Fr. SG
Jackson/Southside
Lester Wilson
6-4 So. WF
Strawberry Plains/Carter
Hunter Harris
6-7 Sr. PF
Nashville/Dyersburg State
Adam Denison
6-3 Fr. SG
Kingsport/Dobyns-Bennett
JACKSONVILLE
Kordario Fleming
6-6 So. PF
Memphis/Ridgeway
KENNESAW STATE
Nate Rucker
6-6 Jr. PF
Memphis/Melrose
LIPSCOMB
Cam Miller
6-1 Fr. SG
Franklin/Independence
Carter Sanderson
6-1 Jr. PG
Nashville/Lipscomb Academy
Charles Smith
6-9 So. PF
Memphis/Southwind
Martin Smith
6-4 Jr. WF
Clarksville/Clarksville Academy
Malcolm Smith
6-5 Jr. WF
Clarksville/Clarksville Academy
STETSON
Hunter Miller
6-1 Sr. SG
Nashville/CPA
USC-UPSTATE
Ty Greene
6-3 Jr. SG
Knoxville/Bearden
BIG 12 CONFERENCE
Kansas
Tarik Black
6-9 Sr. PF
Memphis/Ridgeway
BIG EAST CONFERENCE
MARQUETTE
Todd Mayo
6-3 Jr. SG
Germantown/Germantown
JuJuan Johnson
6-5 Fr. SG
Memphis/Southwind
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
HIGH POINT
Adam Weary
6-3 So. SG
Memphis/Ridgeway
PRESBYTERIAN
Will Adams
5-10 Fr. PG
Johnson City/Science Hill
