Jaylon Dean-Vines, a 3-star wing from Phoenix, has committed to Vanderbilt basketball, he announced on Instagram on Sunday. He is the first high school commitment for the Commodores under Mark Byington.
Dean-Vines is 6-3, 180 pounds. His top five schools also included Louisville, Texas A&M, West Virginia and UCF.
Byington will be in his first season at Vanderbilt for 2024-25. He replaces Jerry Stackhouse, who parted ways with the school after a 9-23 season in 2023-24.
There were also no 2025 high schoolers committed to the program under Stackhouse. The 2024-25 roster will be comprised of 13 scholarship players, 12 of whom are new to the program. The lone holdover is forward JQ Roberts; everyone else is either a freshman or transfer.
Before the commitment of Dean-Vines, the Commodores were one of six SEC programs that had yet to take a high school player in the class of 2025. As of Sept. 8, just four SEC teams have more than one 2025 high school commit.
The early signing period for men’s basketball begins Nov. 8.
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Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at agerson@gannett.com or on X, formerly Twitter, @aria_gerson.
