Dan Hurley’s practice style helped land yet another recruit last week.
Adolph “Junior” County, a four-star prospect and a top-five shooting guard in the 2026 high school class, echoed what several other UConn recruits have said after he made his decision about a week after visiting campus.
“I love the intensity,” County told ESPN. “I think that’s why (Hurley is) able to get the best out of his players every day.”
Like several other recruits, County also comes from an athletic family. His father, Adolph Sr., was a defensive back at Utah in the early 1990s. Prior to joining the Utes, he played at Southern Utah and was on the same defense as a linebacker named David Benedict, who has been director of athletics at UConn since 2016.
County also has an older brother, Terrell Young-County, and a sister, Annaliese County, who played basketball and tennis at Utah State, respectively.
Junior fits the mold of a typical Hurley recruit.
Listed at 6 feet 6, 205 pounds on the Wasatch Academy (Utah) roster, County can attack the rim with his athleticism and also see the game as a playmaker. He averaged 13.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists for the Utah Prospects on the Nike EYBL circuit last spring and summer as he emerged as a top prospect.
“He’s always had a good left hand, as both a driver and a finisher, and been able to absorb contact. Now we’re seeing a little bit of twitch, an understanding of how to use his big frame to play out of pick-and-roll, and enough reliability with the ball to be a secondary handler,” 247Sports Director of Scouting Adam Finkelstein wrote in his report. “He’s a good pull-up shooter and also a threat from three, but will need to smooth out his release from long-range (30% 3pt with a notable wider base), particularly when he’s rushed or on the move.”
With his size and length, County is capable and willing to guard multiple positions and he can also crash the glass as he showed on the EYBL circuit.
He will fit into a backcourt group that will lose at least two players in Dayton transfer Malachi Smith and IU Indy transfer Alex Millender (eligibility), and could see others like Braylon Mullins, Silas Demary Jr. and/or Solo Ball enter the NBA Draft.
Who else could the Huskies add this fall?
UConn was looking for one or potentially two commitments in this high school class and is still in the mix for a few, like 6-5 point guard Dylan Mingo and 6-6 wings Qayden Samuels and Colben Landrew.
Landrew, a four-star prospect who recently rose to No. 21 in the class by 247Sports rankings, set the date for his decision just days after making his official visit to Storrs last weekend. Multiple reports suggest the recruiting battle between UConn and Louisville is heating up ahead of his Wednesday announcement, which will be streamed live on the CBS Sports College Basketball YouTube channel.
A former football player from Wheeler High in Georgia, near Stephon Castle territory, Landrew has the frame and physicality to fit in as a two-way player with what the Huskies are continuing to build.
Mingo, a five-star prospect who visited Storrs in early September, has since made visits to Alabama, Penn State and Baylor, and has not yet set a date for his commitment. Samuels, brother of former UConn women’s basketball player Qadence Samuels (now at NC State), made his official visit on Sept. 19 and has also made trips to Georgetown and Alabama.
