Billy Richmond is the latest former Kentucky Wildcats commit heading to Arkansas.
On Friday, Richmond committed to the Razorbacks.
On3’s Joe Tipton Broke the news.
The 6-foot-6, 200-pound Richmond is a consensus 4-star recruit ranked as high as 20th overall and seventh among small forwards at On3. He committed to the Wildcats in December.
Richmond was set to continue the Camden (NJ) connection with Kentucky, joining the likes of Lance Ware, DJ Wagner, Aaron Bradshaw, and Kareem Watkins. That obviously is in the wind now after Calipari left for Arkansas. Richmond is the first Camden guy to pick the Hogs, as Bradshaw wound up at Ohio State, and Wagner is still weighing his options in the transfer portal.
Richmond joins Karter Knox, Boogie Fland, and Zvonimir Ivisic as former Kentucky recruits/players to land at Arkansas for the 2024-25 college basketball season.
Best of luck to Richmond as he begins his college career.
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