Atiki Ally Atiki turned down Oklahoma to sign with BYU
Checking in at 6-foot-11, Atiki is a prospect with a ton of upside. He has a 7-foot-2 wingspan and received offers from Oklahoma and San Diego State.
Atiki was ranked as the No. 5 college basketball prospect in Canada by Canada’s National Preparatory Association. He averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds in his junior season. COVID-19 heavily impacted Atiki’s senior season as Canada had limited athletic events during the pandemic.
With the addition of Atiki, BYU now has three signees in their 2021 recruiting class. The other two are from the state of Utah in Wasatch Academy’s Fousseyni Traore and Timpview’s Jake Wahlin.
BYU Basketball will have three players from Africa on next year’s roster
Next year’s BYU roster will have three players from Africa in Atiki (Tanzania), Traore (Mali), and returning starter Gideon George (Nigeria). George commented on Atiki’s signing, “Let’s go Atiki!! Hype for my brother.”
George got to know Atiki through his recruitment and now they will be teammates in a BYU program looking to get back to the NCAA Tournament next season.
