Maumelle sophomore guard Jacob Lanier’s co-MVP performance at the Pangos All South Frosh/Soph Camp in Duncanville, Texas, over the weekend should elevate his stock nationally, according to long time national analyst Van Coleman.
Coleman, who has been scouting high school talent on the national level since 1976, said Lanier’s showing should put him in the top 25 nationally of the 2026 class.
“I think top 25 somewhere in the class,” Coleman said. “I don’t know exactly where because I have to sit down and figure that out. He will go up immensely in the rankings and should in everybody’s rankings. There’s no reason why, unless they’re blind. That young man needs to be among the elite guys in the the class at this point anyway.”
Lanier, 6-5, 175 pounds, has scholarship offers from the University of Arkansas, Texas Tech, Clemson, California, Missouri, Kansas State, Arizona State, TCU, Ole…
