Five-star Tennessee basketball recruiting target Malachi Jordan is transferring to Prolific Prep in Fort Lauderdale for his senior season.
It will be the fourth school in four years for the White Station, Tennessee native. Jordan spent his freshman season at the Ensworth School in Nashville, his sophomore season at the Link Academy in Missouri and his junior season at Dream City Christian in Arizona.
Jordan joins a Prolific Prep program that was one of the nation’s best last season. The Crew posted a 38-4 record with five-star Arizona signee Caleb Holt, five-star BYU signee Bruce Branch, four-star Kansas signee Davion Adkins and 2027 five-star point guard Nasir Anderson.
Jordan ranks as a five-star recruit and the No. 10 player in the 2027 recruiting class according to the 247sports composite rankings. He also ranks as the No. 2 small forward in his class.
The 6-foot-7 wing has an official visit scheduled to Tennessee for Sept. 26, the same weekend that the Vol football team hosts Texas at Neyland Stadium. Jordan also has an official visit scheduled to Alabama.
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The Middle Tennessee native took a pair of unofficial visits to Tennessee during the winter of 2025. The blue-chip recruit watched the Vols rout the future national champion Florida Gators and beat Alabama on a Jahmai Mashack buzzer beater.
Tennessee basketball does not have a commit yet in its 2027 recruiting class. The Vols have hosted a handful of 2027 prospects on visits last fall including five-star wing Gabe Nesmith, four-star shooting guard RJ Moore and four-star shooting guard Chase Lumpkin. Rick Barnes and his staff also has interest in five-star Marcus Spears Jr and a number of other recruits.
Jordan’s official visit is the first official visit scheduled for Tennessee basketball this fall. It checks out as the Middle Tennessee native is one of the Vols’ very top targets in the class.
The Vols have four seniors on their roster for this upcoming season so will have at least four scholarships available. However, that number will almost certainly increase with potential NBA Draft prospects and other players potentially entering the transfer portal.
