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Jersey Number 22
Darryn Peterson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Canton, Ohio
- High School:
- Napa Christian HS
Get to Know Darryn ...
What's the significance behind your jersey number?
- My dad wore #22 in high school
- My dad
Tell us about your favorite basketball moment as a player or fan.
- Winning the Naismith Player of the Year award
Who do you model your game off of?
- Devin Booker, Luka Doncic, Dame Lillard
Who's your favorite basketball player?
- Devin Booker
OVERVIEW
One of Kansas’ highest-ever recruited player after earning Naismith Trophy High School Player of the Year and McDonald’s All-American honors following the 2024-25 season … Ended ranked No. 1 by 247Sports.com and On3.com and in the top three of most every recruiting outlet … Other McDonald’s All-Americans on the KU roster includes Elmarko Jackson and Flory Bidunga.
CAREER HONORS
NABC Central Region All-District First Team
All-Big 12 Second Team
Big 12 All-Freshman Team
Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Late-Season List (1 of 30)
Wooden Award Late Midseason Top 20 Watch List
Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Midseason Top 10
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (1/19)
Big 12 Men’s Basketball Starting Five (1/19)
Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch Midseason List (1 of 25)
Wayman Tisdale Award Midseason Watch List (1 of 15)
Dick Vitale Diaper Dandy of the Week (1/12)
Big 12 Men’s Basketball Starting Five (1/12)
Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List
Wooden Award Top 50 Watch List
Big 12 Men’s Basketball Starting Five (11/10)
The Sporting News Preseason All-America First Team
Oscar Robertson Trophy Preseason Watch List (1 of 50)
Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List (1 of 50)
NABC Preseason Player of the Year Watch List (1 of 20)
The Field of 68 Preseason All-America First Team
CBS Sports Top 100 (#2)
The Athletic Preseason All-America First Team
Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Preseason Top 20
CBS Sports Preseason Freshman of the Year
CBS Sports Preseason All-America
Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year
Preseason All-Big 12 (unanimous selection)
2025-26 (FRESHMAN)
Entering the NCAA Tournament, an All-Big 12 Second Team selection and member of the Big 12 All-Freshman Team … Named to the NABC Central Region All-District First Team …. Kansas’ leading scorer at 19.8 points per game … Is tied for the team lead with 56 threes made … Has 10 games of 20 or more points … His 19.8 points per game ranks first on the KU freshmen list … Is ninth on the KU freshman list in points (435), fourth in free throws made (99), and sixth in three-point field goals made (56) … Was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (1/19) and was a two-time member of the Big 12 Starting Five weekly honor … His 32 points in the overtime win against TCU (1/6) rank fourth highest by a freshman in the Bill Self era (since 2003-04) and his 27 points versus Kansas State (3/7) are tied for 10th on the list … Was clutch draining two threes in the waning seconds in the win at Texas Tech (2/2) … Has spent the season on most every national player of the year watch list.
HIGH SCHOOL, ETC.
Was the 2025 Naismith Trophy Boys High School Player of the Year and Naismith Trophy Boys HS All-America First Team ..,. Also earned McDonald’s All-American honors … Averaged 30.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 2.2 steals per game in 2024-25 … Shot 52 percent form the field and 86 percent from the free throw line … Played his first two years of high school basketball at Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy (CVCA) in Cuyahoga, Ohio and then transferred to Huntington Prep in West Virginia in 2023-24 before moving on to Napa Christian HS.
Plays club basketball for Phenom United where he averaged 28.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 4.2 steals and 3.0 blocked shot per game in summer 2024 in the Adidas 3Stripes Select league.
In 2023, Peterson won a gold medal with USA Basketball at the FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. At the championship, Peterson averaged 16.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.3 steals in earning all-tournament honors.
PERSONAL
Nickname is DP … Plans to study communications while at KU.
Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament Second Round Media Availability
Saturday, March 21
Men's Basketball Postgame Press Conference vs. Cal Baptist
Saturday, March 21
Men's Basketball Highlights vs. Cal Baptist
Friday, March 20
Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament First Round Media Availability
Friday, March 20
