No. 6 prospect G.G. Jackson becomes first recruit to decommit from North Carolina men's basketball program since 2003

Elite rising senior G.G. Jackson has decommitted from North Carolina, he announced via social media on Thursday.

Jackson becomes the first prospect to decommit from North Carolina in nearly 20 years; J.R. Smith committed to the Tar Heels in 2003, but opted to go straight to the NBA out of high school. No player in the modern recruiting era has decommitted from the Tar Heels and gone elsewhere for college.

«First I would like to thank God for watching over me and giving me the gift and talent to play basketball,» Jackson wrote on his social media accounts. «To all my coaches from middle school on up and AAU coaches thank you for believing in me and letting me play for your programs. Thank you to coach Hubert Davis and the UNC Basketball staff for recruiting me and giving me a chance to play for your university. My family has stuck by my side since I was born and have been the biggest supporters in my life by guiding me in the right direction.

»I have decided to decommit from UNC to explore other options that can help me grow from a teenage boy to an adult to put me in the best position to reach my dream goal which is the NBA."

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