4-star high school basketball star throws down dunk of the summer; is he really only 5-foot-9?

It wouldn’t be club basketball season without a relatively small guard throwing down an insane dunk.

Here we have a viral entrant for high school dunk of the offseason from a member of Team Loaded, which came in the second half of a competitive loss to Indiana Elite in Adidas 3SSB play.

Insane dunk from someone that’s 5’9 😱

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— Hoop Herald (@TheHoopHerald) July 13, 2025

First of all, this is an insane dunk and display of leaping ability whether the dunker in question was 5-foot-5, 6-5, or 7-5. No matter his height, his body control and distance from the floor speaker for themselves.

But was he really only 5-9 like the tweet said?

He certainly was the smallest player on the floor, taking off far from the rim and switching hands in midair before jamming it with emphasis. Based on his proximity in size with the other players on the floor, 5-foot-9 passes the eye test.

However, the player in question was one of the bigger guard recruits in the South/East Coast in 4-star rising senior Yohance Connor of Combine Academy (NC). Connor is listed at 6-2 and ranked 104th in the Class of 2026 by 247Sports.

The truth is, players in the vicinity of 6-1 and 6-2 frequently do appear to be 5-9 when sharing the floor with college and professional-sized wings and frontcourt players. For those who watched the 2025 NBA playoffs, look no farther than T.J. McConnell, who stands 6-0.75 barefoot and 6-2 in basketball shoes. In the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, he was frequently the only player on the floor below 6-foot-5 in bare feet.

Even if 6-foot-2 is a stretch for Connor in bare feet – which it might not be – he’s certainly nowhere near 5-9. But the dunk was still truly insane, and the fact that he’s all of 6-foot-2 at most instead of 5-9 doesn’t diminish its viral-worthiness. That was one of the more impressive and visually jarring dunks you’ll see from a small guard, and that’s that.

Connor finished the game with 22 points despite the loss. While it takes more than just elite athleticism to play high major college ball at 6-foot-2, it’s easy to see why he’s nearly a top-100 recruit in his class with 12 offers that include Auburn, Arizona State, Illinois, LSU, Wake Forest, and Virginia Tech.

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