Top 10 recruit Simi Shittu commits to Vanderbilt

College basketball players who go undrafted by the NBA will be allowed to return to school. (Keith Srakocic/AP)

Burlington, Ont., native Simisola Shittu has committed to Vanderbilt for the 2018 college season via a Players’ Tribune video.

Ranked sixth on ESPN’s Top 100 college prospects list, the six-foot-nine, 200-pound power forward is known for his unique playmaking ability at the position, and prefers to face-up rather than mix it up inside.

His former high school, Vermont Academy, also tweeted their congratulations.

This past summer, Shittu elected to skip Canada’s gold medal run at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup in favour of the NBA Top 100 camp. With R.J. Barrett having declared for Duke earlier this month, and Abu Kigab playing for Oregon, there is plenty to keep an eye on for Canadians on the NCAA basketball stage next year.

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