BrandonClayScouting: Player Card – Austin Wiley

Class of 2017 post Austin Wiley of Ala., is one of the premeir low post players nationally. See him live on SUVtv here. Photo cred – Jon Lopez/Nike

Austin Wiley (Hoover, Ala.), Spain Park / Alabama Challenge – 2017
Height: 6’10”
Position: Power Forward
Committed College: Undecided
Star Grade:

By: @JLHemingwayPSB & @BrandonClayPSB

Date: December 22, 2015
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: City of Palms (Fort Myers, Fla.)

Wiley has rebounded nicely from an ACL injury that sidelined him a year ago. He’s a physically strong option on the inside. A legitimate back-to-basket post, Wiley has touch around the rim and at the free throw line.

Date: December 18, 2015
Evaluator: Jonathan Hemingway
Location: City of Palms (Fort Myers, Fla.)

Wiley is a skilled power forward who showed go-to and counter moves in the post. He was physical with soft touch around the rim. He is not quite 100% from recovering from his knee injury, but he was certainly effective. He did not show range on his jumper and did not have a lot of bounce to finish.

Date: October 4, 2014
Evaluator: Jonathan Hemingway
Location: USA Basketball Mini-Camp (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Wiley showed exceptional composure while posting up on the block. He is a willing passer out of of the low block and also good on the weakside of the glass at cleaning up rebounds. Conditioning seemed to be a bit of an issue here this weekend.

Date: October 4, 2014
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: USA Basketball Mini-Camp (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Wiley was even better here than he was in June. His size is similar to Caleb Swanigan (IN-15). Wiley showed lift in his leap and rebounded the ball consistently on both ends. He has the skill, footwork to play the power forward position. Wiley runs the floor well but has limited range on his jumper right now.

Date: July 17, 2014
Evaluator: Jonathan Hemingway
Location: EYBL Nike Peach Jam (North Augusta, S.C.)

Wiley is a skilled post who was as productive as any post player I have seen in the class of 2017. Although he is not the athletic specimen that Cody Riley (CA-17) is, he has a grasp on the nuances of the game that Riley may not have. He has great hands and gets very good positioning. He does a good job of altering shots even though he may not have elite bounce at this moment.

Date: June 14, 2014
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Location: Nike Elite 100 Camp (St. Louis, Mo.)

Wiley didn’t show the same scoring prowess here that he did in Jon’s eval below. That said he has legitimate size for a young prospect and was productive in other areas though not showcasing a definitive specialty in this evaluation.

Date: May 17, 2014
Evaluator: Jonathan Hemingway
Location: Nike EYBL (Hampton, Va.)

Wiley is an elite scorer in the post at a young age. He possesses great footwork to be able to pivot over either shoulder and soft touch to score. He is a productive player and sticks to his specialty. At a young age he is as good of a interior scorer that you will find in the 2017 class.

Watch Wiley on the SUVtv from the Hilton Invitational

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Brandon Clay is the owner of the Peach State Basketball, Inc., and BrandonClayScouting.com. In addition to serving as OTRHoopsReport.com Director of Scouting, Clay serves as the Executive Camp Director for the Elite Basketball Academy Camps. He is a McDonald’s All-American Game Selection Committee member. Clay serves on the Naismith Trophy Men’s / Women’s College Player of the Year Academy and is the National Coordinator of Voting for the Boys / Girls All-American Teams. He has been involved in the community since 2001. You can reach Clay at [email protected]

 
Jonathan Hemingway is a National Evaluator for the OTRHoopsReport. Hemingway serves on the Board of Selectors for the Naismith Trophy. also He is also the publisher of CoachHemi.com. He has been involved in the community since 1996 as a coach, camp director and evaluator. You can reach him via email at [email protected] and follow him on  twitter @JLHemingwayPSB