Aaron Bradshaw, 7-foot Kentucky freshman, reportedly suffers serious injury
By Keith Farner
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Aaron Bradshaw – a prized freshman at Kentucky and a projected top pick in 2024 NBA draft – has suffered a fracture in his foot and could miss start of the 2023-24 season, Shams Charania reported. The program is optimistic on full recovery for the 7-foot freshman.
Bradshaw committed to Kentucky in October, and signed his letter of intent in November.
He’s a major part of UK’s No. 1-ranked recruiting class. He ranked as the No. 4 overall player and the No. 1 center in the country for the class of 2023, per 247Sports Composite rankings. Bradshaw, who is listed at 7-foot and 210 pounds, is from Roselle, New Jersey (Camden High School).
Bradshaw also considered a jump to the NBA G League and had offers from more than 15 Division I programs, including Louisville, Maryland, Michigan, Oklahoma State and UCLA. He also deflected rumors about possibly playing at Southern Cal.
The other players in the recruiting class are 5-stars DJ Wagner, Rob Dillingham and Justin Edwards, 4-star Reed Sheppard and 3-star Jordan Burks.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
