What Do We Know About Marvel Allen?
BEVERLY HILLS (MI) Next up in our FTS series entitled What do we know about
is incoming freshman Marvel Allen, the 64 195 pound combo guard from West Palm Beach, FL and Montverde Academy.
This is his profile from 247Sports:
https://247sports.com/player/marvel-allen-46103532/
And another from On3Sports:
https://www.on3.com/db/marvel-allen-84569/recruiting/
Video highlight reel of Marvel in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGSqPPgaZ0g
At one point in time, Allen was the #9 prospect in the country but a combination of school changes and injuries saw him fall to #100 in the Rivals rankings, #135 according to 247Sports and #147 per On3. Marvel started his HS career at Wellington HS, where as a frosh he predicted that he would play his college ball for Kentucky:
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/...ky/2171922007/
Allen transferred to Calvary Christian, where he won back-to-back state championships. After his sophomore year, he was in the midst of a great AAU season when he sprained his ankle:
https://www.si.com/college/recruitin...-in-2023-class
Coming off of that success, Allen decided to take his talents to national prep power Montverde for his senior year, where unfortunately the injury bug bit him again, limiting his PT:
https://highschool.si.com/florida/20...tverde-academy
Marvel committed first to LSU:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...mphis-osu-more
When bad boy LSU HC Will Wade was fired, Allen then signed with Georgetown:
https://guhoyas.com/news/2022/11/9/m...vel-allen.aspx
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...u-alabama-more
When HC Patrick Ewing was let go, Marvel reopened his recruitment and in early May after visiting UD, he gave AG his commitment. Here are a couple of pieces from Jablo in The DDN:
https://www.daytondailynews.com/spor...HY47B5HHQWTMY/
https://www.daytondailynews.com/spor...IPGOWJQCSVEJI/
Jablo also shared this tidbit on Twitter as to how he pronounces his first name:
David Jablonski
@DavidPJablonski
One thing I learned after talking to new Dayton recruit Marvel Allen and his high school coach, Cilk McSweeney, is his first name is not pronounced like the movie franchise. It's Mar-vell. His sister's name is Marvelous. His dad's name is Marvin.
Finally, with all of the new players (including four new walk ons) here is handy graphic to help you determine who is who:
Thats it From the Swamp.
You can email me at: swampy@udpride.com
This is his profile from 247Sports:
https://247sports.com/player/marvel-allen-46103532/
And another from On3Sports:
https://www.on3.com/db/marvel-allen-84569/recruiting/
Video highlight reel of Marvel in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGSqPPgaZ0g
At one point in time, Allen was the #9 prospect in the country but a combination of school changes and injuries saw him fall to #100 in the Rivals rankings, #135 according to 247Sports and #147 per On3. Marvel started his HS career at Wellington HS, where as a frosh he predicted that he would play his college ball for Kentucky:
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/...ky/2171922007/
Allen transferred to Calvary Christian, where he won back-to-back state championships. After his sophomore year, he was in the midst of a great AAU season when he sprained his ankle:
https://www.si.com/college/recruitin...-in-2023-class
Coming off of that success, Allen decided to take his talents to national prep power Montverde for his senior year, where unfortunately the injury bug bit him again, limiting his PT:
https://highschool.si.com/florida/20...tverde-academy
Marvel committed first to LSU:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...mphis-osu-more
When bad boy LSU HC Will Wade was fired, Allen then signed with Georgetown:
https://guhoyas.com/news/2022/11/9/m...vel-allen.aspx
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...u-alabama-more
When HC Patrick Ewing was let go, Marvel reopened his recruitment and in early May after visiting UD, he gave AG his commitment. Here are a couple of pieces from Jablo in The DDN:
https://www.daytondailynews.com/spor...HY47B5HHQWTMY/
https://www.daytondailynews.com/spor...IPGOWJQCSVEJI/
Jablo also shared this tidbit on Twitter as to how he pronounces his first name:
David Jablonski
@DavidPJablonski
One thing I learned after talking to new Dayton recruit Marvel Allen and his high school coach, Cilk McSweeney, is his first name is not pronounced like the movie franchise. It's Mar-vell. His sister's name is Marvelous. His dad's name is Marvin.
Finally, with all of the new players (including four new walk ons) here is handy graphic to help you determine who is who:
Thats it From the Swamp.
You can email me at: swampy@udpride.com