Providence Day’s Devon Dotson a candidate for McDonald’s All-American Game?

Providence Day junior point guard Devon Dotson had a successful high school basketball season, helping to the lead the Chargers to the N.C. Independent Schools semifinals for a third straight year.

After the season, he was named CISAA Player of the Year, Associated Press all-state and Charlotte Observer All-Mecklenburg Player of the Year. Dotson, who is 6-foot-1, averaged 24.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.1 assists while playing against the toughest schedule of any N.C. high school team, public or private, according to MaxPreps, a national site that tracks high school athletics.

Dotson has received more than 20 college scholarship offers and is considered the No. 1 recruit in North Carolina for the class of 2018 by several in-state recruiting services. 247Sports ranks Dotson No. 35 nationally and recently recorded a video interview, “The Basketball Diary,” with him from New York, where Dotson played with his Team Charlotte travel team, one of 28 competing in the 17-and-under division. 247Sports writes that Dotson is a candidate for the 2018 McDonald’s All-American Game in Chicago, formerly Dotson’s hometown.

Team Charlotte finished 1-3, but Dotson finished the first session of the Under Armour circuit leading all players in steals (4.3 per game). He was second in assists (5.0) He was No. 6 in scoring (18.8 points per game).

In the interview with 247Sports, Dotson talked about how he plays, how he dunks and who is recruiting him.

This story was originally published April 25, 2017 at 1:37 PM with the headline "Providence Day’s Devon Dotson a candidate for McDonald’s All-American Game?."