Top-80 2026 prospect Keonte Greybear discusses early recruitment process, upcoming Link Academy season
By SAM LANCE
BRANSON, MO — Class of 2026 four-star guard Keonte Greybear is gearing up for a big season at Link Academy while navigating the early stages of his recruitment process. Greybear — the 6-foot-1, 160-pound guard from Frisco (TX) — showcased his skillset with the 16u Nike EYBL ProSkills squad this summer, proving he’s more than just a scorer.
“I did score a lot in a lot of games, but I was creating for others and doing the little things like rebounding, playing defense, picking up full court, making the right play,” Greybear told ZAGSBLOG. “I can just create for others and not my own shot all the time.”
Across 13 regular season games in the EYBL, Greybear averaged 11.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 23.0 minutes per contest. He’s looking to carry some of that success to Link Academy for his junior year, where Greybear is looking to be more of a leader.
“I’m the point guard,” he said. “So I have to make sure everybody is in the right spot. I have to get everybody shots, including my own. And kind of just lead the team like a QB.”
Greybear’s recruitment is starting to heat up with several schools showing interest. He has offers from Texas Tech and Oklahoma State and has taken multiple unofficial visits to the two programs just mentioned, and Houston, SMU and Texas. He said programs like Oklahoma, Purdue, UFC, Vanderbilt and Virginia have been in contact as well.
Greybear broke down some of the programs involved:
Texas Tech: “So they were kind of the first school to reach out to me. But I really like the head coach. And I like that it’s close to home since I’m from Texas. I like the colors red, white and black. I was in the arena and it was super loud, so I really like the stands and the people that come and watch the games. That’s really the only thing that’s out there in Lubbock, so. I kind of like that. And just the style of play. Run and play fast. And defense. That’s kind of the main things I like about them.”
Oklahoma State: “I like how coach [Steve] Lutz is defensive minded before everything. So if your not in the right rotation, or not up on your man, or not rebounding — he always said the scoring stuff won’t matter if you can’t rebound and you can’t guard the ball. So I like that. He’s defensive minded because defense is the key to winning and so if everyone contributes to defense they can be a winning team. So I kind of like that about them.”
Houston: “I really like their weight room and the stadium was fine. Again, it’s super close to home. I kind of want my family to be able to watch me in college. So that’s really a big key, staying close to home. Coach Kelvin [Sampson], he’s had a really good history of going in March Madness and stuff. Same with him, defensive minded. That’s really just a big key. And then he has just produced a lot good, not like one-and-done, but he’s produced a lot of people and developed them. So my main goal is to make the league, and if I want to develop, Houston would be a place where I would want to go. So I can make sure I get developed to the true person who I am.”
Texas: “They’ve had a lot of good wings go there, a lot of guards like Kevin Durant. So their style of play, I kind of seen it at their practices. They kind of know who can score and who can’t. And so, I’m a scorer myself. If I want to go score somewhere, I kind of like the style of play there. Rodney Terry, he’s really smart and has a lot of good things to say when I was there. I don’t know if they still have him, but they had an NBA weight lifting coach. So I feel like that was a big thing, see how NBA workouts would be. And I like the colors of there too.”
SMU: “That’s probably the closest one to home. It’s 30 minutes from my house. Another thing that they have there that’s important to me is education. I hear that they have a really big — they are really big on education. If basketball doesn’t work out, I need like a degree or something so I could go further in life. And so that would be a place to go for education and I really like that about them. It’s a new coaching staff. They just moved to the ACC, which is a big move. If they do well there, it would definitely be a school to consider.”
Greybear is ranked the No. 79 prospect in the 2026 class by 247Sports. He said his main ability is shooting.
“I’m really athletic so I can get up off the floor and dunk it,” Greybear added. “I can get to the rim. I can create for others. And it’s just whatever the coach — or the role you need me to do — I’m going to do it. I’m fine with whatever. I can do almost everything. I do need to work on my rebounding and stuff, but I can really defend. So if you just need me to be a 3-and-D guy, I can be a 3-and-D guy. I can kind of just adjust to whatever you want me to.”
Off the court, Greybear comes from a family with athletic roots. His father played Division 1 football at the University of Mary (ND). His younger brother is into soccer, and Greybear also has a little sister. Greybear said his hidden talent is beating everyone in video games.
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