Bradley basketball announced two additional signings in its 2016 recruiting class on the first day of the spring signing period Wednesday.
Darrell Brown, Jr. from Germantown, Tennessee, and Jayden Hodgson from Gosford, Australia, both point guards, signed their National Letters of Intent to attend Bradley University and play for the Braves in 2016-17.
“We are very excited to add Darrell and Jayden to the Bradley family,” head coach Brian Wardle said in a statement Wednesday. “They represent what we want on and off the floor in this program. They both have excelled in the classroom and have competed at the highest level of competition in prep basketball.”
The two newly-signed point guards join Bradley’s two fall commits; shooting guard Nate Kennell from Metamora High School, and Koch Bar from Jacksonville, Florida.
Brown was named the 2016 District 15AAA Player of the Year and averaged 22.6 points, 6.1 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game during his senior year.
“Darrell is a tough, high IQ guard that can make plays on both ends,” Wardle said. “He is a shot maker that performs well in pressure situations.”
Just like current Bradley big man Callum Barker, Hodgson hails from Australia. The 6-foot-2-inch point guard earned all-conference honors in the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association and averaged 15.1 points and six assists per game.
Hodgson also briefly played for the Sydney Kings on a developmental contract in Australia’s National Basketball League.
“Jayden is a mature leader that really understands the game,” Wardle said. “He has a high skill set offensively and makes good decisions with the ball.”
The two point guards could possibly take some of the ball-handling duties off the hands of Ronnie Suggs and Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye.
