UNC recruit ranked No. 1 in Phenom Hoops final 2018 N.C. basketball rankings
UNC recruit Coby White is the top overall recruit in North Carolina in the class of 2018.
The two-time N.C. Gatorade player of the year and leading scorer in state history is ranked No. 1 in the state in Phenom Hoop Report's final ranking for the class of 2018.
Area players in the top 20 were No. 2 Devon Dotson (Providence Day/Kansas); No. 7 Hunter Tyson (Unionville Piedmont/Clemson); No. 8 Jairus Hamilton (Concord Cannon/Boston College); No. 10 Rechon Black (Concord Cox Mill/UNC); No. 11 Michael Wynn (Charlotte Liberty Heights/undecided); No. 13 Nate Hinton (Gaston Day/Houston); No. 15 Trey Wertz (Providence Day/Santa Clara); No. 16 Jamarius Burton (Independence/Wichita State); No. 17 Adrian Delph (Kings Mountain/Appalachian State); No. 19 Blake Preston (Charlotte Christian/Liberty).
▪ Fayetteville Trinity Christian's Joey Baker debuted at No. 4 in the 2018 rankings. Baker recently reclassed up from the 2019 class and committed to Duke.
| 1 | Coby White | 6'5 | Wilson | Greenfield | UNC |
| 2 | Devon Dotson | 6'2 | Charlotte | Providence Day | Kansas |
| 3 | Jaylan Hoard | 6'8 | High Point | Wesleyan Christian | Wake Forest |
| 4 | Joey Baker | 6'8 | Fayetteville | Trinity Christian | Duke |
| 5 | John Newman | 6'6 | Greensboro | Greensboro Day | Clemson |
| 6 | Aaron Wiggins | 6'6 | High Point | Wesleyan Christian | Maryland |
| 7 | Hunter Tyson | 6'8 | Monroe | Piedmont HS | Clemson |
| 8 | Jairus Hamilton | 6'8 | Concord | Cannon School | Boston College |
| 9 | Immanuel Bates | 6'10 | Fayetteville | Northwood Temple | NC State |
| 10 | Rechon Black | 6'8 | Concord | Cox Mill | UNC |
| 11 | Michael Wynn | 6'6 | Charlotte | Liberty Heights | |
| 12 | Kris Monroe | 6'8 | Raleigh | St David's | Providence |
| 13 | Nate Hinton | 6'4 | Gastonia | Gaston Day | Houston |
| 14 | Ian Steere | 6'9 | Fayetteville | Wesleyan Christian | NC State |
| 15 | Trey Wertz | 6'5 | Charlotte | Providence Day | Santa Clara |
| 16 | Jamarius Burton | 6'4 | Charlotte | Independence | Wichita St |
| 17 | Adrian Delph | 6'3 | Kings Mountain | Kings Mountain | Appalachian State |
| 18 | Isaiah Bigelow | 6'6 | Greensboro | Ben L Smith | Wofford |
| 19 | Blake Preston | 6'9 | Charlotte | Charlotte Christian | Liberty |
| 20 | Elijah McCadden | 6'6 | Rocky Mount | Greenfield | Georgia Southern |
| 21 | Will Dillard | 6'2 | Greensboro | Greensboro Day | Georgia Southern |
| 22 | Jaylen Richard | 6'4 | Durham | Jordan | College of Charleston |
| 23 | Jayden Gardner | 6'6 | Wake Forest | Heritage | East Carolina |
| 24 | Trey Murphy | 6'5 | Cary | Cary Academy | Rice |
| 25 | Kevin Obanor | 6'8 | Houston | Mt. Zion | Oral Roberts |
| 26 | Quan McCluney | 6'5 | Gastonia | Gaston Day | College of Charleston |
| 27 | Jarron McAllister | 6'3 | Wake Forest | Heritage | Virginia Tech |
| 28 | Jaylen Alston | 6'3 | Mcleansville | Eastern Guilford | Gardner Webb |
| 29 | Milos Stajcic | 6'9 | Fayetteville | Freedom Christian | Campbell |
| 30 | Qon Murphy | 6'6 | Concord | Cannon School | Houston Baptist |
| 31 | Stephen Edoka | 6'5 | Concord | Concord First Assembly | |
| 32 | Jomaru Brown | 6'0 | Durham | Southern Durham | Eastern Kentucky |
| 33 | KC Hankton | 6'8 | Charlotte | United Faith | |
| 34 | Kody Shubert | 5'11 | Denver | Lincoln Charter | Presbyterian |
| 35 | Daivien Williamson | 6'1 | Winston-Salem | Winston Salem Prep | ETSU |
| 36 | Isaac Sufferen | 6'2 | Charlotte | Providence Day | Lafayette |
| 37 | Dravon Mangum | 6'7 | Roxboro | Person | Charlotte |
| 38 | MJ Armstrong | 6'3 | Gastonia | Gaston Day | |
| 39 | Josiah Jeffers | 6'1 | Burlington | Burlington School | Radford |
| 40 | Marque Maultby | 6'1 | Garner | Garner | New Hampshire |
| 41 | Jaylen Sims | 6'5 | Charlotte | United Faith Christian | UNC-Wilmington |
| 42 | Andy Pack | 6'5 | Greensboro | Northern Guilford | Elon |
| 43 | Torey James | 6'5 | Hickory | Hickory | Ohio University |
| 44 | Corey Boyd | 6'8 | St. Louis | Mt. Zion | JBA League |
| 45 | Junub Chuol | 6'3 | Fayetteville | Village Christian | |
| 46 | Chris Barnette | 6'0 | Raleigh | Ravenscroft | Mars Hill |
| 47 | Jack Hemphill | 6'9 | Raleigh | Ravenscroft | Boston University |
| 48 | Isaiah Wilkins | 6'5 | Winston-Salem | Mt. Tabor | Prep School |
| 49 | Kenyon Burt | 6'6 | Garner | Garner | Mt Olive |
| 50 | Jonathan Hicklin | 6'4 | Charlotte | Northside Christian | James Madison |
| 51 | Nate Springs | 6'10 | Charlotte | Myers Park | Ohio University |
| 52 | Ben Uloko | 6'8 | Clemmons | West Forsyth | Houston Baptist |
| 53 | Adafe Price | 6'7 | Albemarle | Albemarle | |
| 54 | Jaylen Gainey | 6'9 | Greensboro | Ben L Smith | Brown |
| 55 | Anthony Hicks | 6'5 | Winston-Salem | North Forsyth | Lees McRae |
| 56 | Jordan Love | 6'4 | Durham | Voyager Academy | |
| 57 | Ahmad Jeffries | 6'4 | Greensboro | New Garden Friends | Prep School |
| 58 | Ody Oguama | 6'9 | Raleigh | Cardinal Gibbons | Prep School |
| 59 | Kenny Dye | 6'0 | Jacksonville | Northside | Queens University |
| 60 | Chris Martin | 5'10 | Charlotte | Liberty Heights | Presbyterian |
| 61 | Jaylin Gamble | 6'8 | High Point | Ben L Smith | Fayetteville State |
| 62 | Elochukwu Eze | 6'10 | Asheville | Asheville Christian | SIU Edwardsville |
| 63 | Aaron Cash | 6'7 | Raleigh | Word of God | |
| 64 | Zach Newkirk | 6'0 | Apex | Word of God | Brunswick CC |
| 65 | Gerrale Gates | 6'5 | Charlotte | Butler | New Orleans |
| 66 | Tripp Greene | 6'1 | Lewisville | Greensboro Day | Roanoke |
| 67 | David Kasanganay | 6'2 | Charlotte | Ardrey Kell | Navy |
| 68 | Tomas Butkus | 6'3 | Rabun Gap (GA) | Rabun Gap | |
| 69 | Andreas Wilson | 6'1 | Henderson | Kerr Vance Academy | Wingate |
| 70 | Cameron Whiteside | 6'4 | Thomasville | Thomasville | |
| 71 | Corey Rutherford | 6'5 | Winston Salem | Winston Salem prep | Winston Salem St |
| 72 | Blake Wilson | 6'7 | Gastonia | Hunter Huss | |
| 73 | Augustine Ominu | 6'9 | Durham | Mt Zion Academy | |
| 74 | Josh Price | 6'3 | Charlotte | Carmel Christian | Liberty |
| 75 | Josh Cottrell | 6'1 | Hayesvile | Hayesville | Western Carolina |
| 76 | Larry Borland III | 6'6 | Winston Salem | Reynolds | |
| 77 | Tyler Nelson | 6'5 | Charlotte | Metrolina Christian | Roanoke College |
| 78 | Jalin Thorne | 6'8 | Fayetteville | Westover | Butler CC |
| 79 | Silas Love | 6'7 | Raeford | Hoke County | UNC-Pembroke |
| 80 | Trayvon Ferrell | 6'0 | Garner | Garner | |
| 81 | Kris Wooten | 6'1 | Kinston | Parrott Academy | Elon |
| 82 | Demetric Horton | 6'5 | Garner | Garner | |
| 83 | Jacob Crutchfield | 5'10 | Greensboro | Ben L Smith | Fayetteville State |
| 84 | Ricky Clemmons | 6'2 | Rolesville | Rolesville | |
| 85 | DJ Little | 6'2 | Matthews | Butler | Queens |
| 86 | Khyree Thomas | 6'7 | High Point | Wesleyan Christian | |
| 87 | Elijah Lockhart | 6'6 | Charlotte | East Mecklenburg | |
| 88 | Jamarius Hairston | 6'4 | Salisbury | Carson | Landers |
| 89 | Jalen Johnson | 5'11 | Durham | Northern Durham | |
| 90 | Bryson Price | 6'8 | Morganton | Draughn | |
| 91 | Justin Tene | 6'8 | Asheville | Asheville Christian | |
| 92 | Justice Goodloe | 6'2 | Winston-Salem | Winston Salem Prep | |
| 93 | Madison Monroe | 6'2 | Huntersville | Southlake Christian | Army |
| 94 | Steven Randle | 6'8 | Winston Salem | West Ridge Academy | |
| 95 | Dakari Johnson | 5'10 | Fayetteville | Village Christian | |
| 96 | Freddie Taylor | 5'10 | Wilmington | New Hanover | |
| 97 | Satchel Hester | 6'7 | Lexington | North Davidson | Anderson |
| 98 | Jordan Campbell | 5'11 | Charlotte | Rocky River | |
| 99 | Milos Galogaza | 6'9 | Erwin | Cape Fear Christian | Belmont Abbey |
| 100 | Tre Harvey | 6'4 | Burlington | Western Alamance | |
| 100 | Jake Brownlee | 6'6 | Cerra Gordo | West Columbus | |
| 100 | London England | 6'5 | Denver | Lincoln Charter | Lees McRae |
| 100 | Maverick LaRue | 6'6 | Lewisville | West Forsyth | |
| 100 | Deacon Heath | 6'0 | Banner Elk | Avery County | UNC Asheville |
This story was originally published May 18, 2018 at 11:49 PM with the headline "UNC recruit ranked No. 1 in Phenom Hoops final 2018 N.C. basketball rankings."