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2026 Four-Star Power Forward Latrell Almond Has Maryland in His Top Nine

Petersburg's Latrell Almond is the Second-best prospect in Virginia.
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Feb 16, 2025; College Park, Maryland, USA; Maryland Terrapins cheerleaders and mascot perform prior to the game between the Maryland Terrapins and the Iowa Hawkeyes at Xfinity Center. Mandatory Credit: Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images
Feb 16, 2025; College Park, Maryland, USA; Maryland Terrapins cheerleaders and mascot perform prior to the game between the Maryland Terrapins and the Iowa Hawkeyes at Xfinity Center. Mandatory Credit: Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images | Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images

Class of 2026 Four-star power Latrell Allmond from Petersburg, Virginia, has narrowed his school choice down to nine, and Maryland has made his final list. Maryland is in the running along with Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Tennessee, and Virginia. 

Allmond (6-foot-8, 225 pounds), who plays for Petersburg High School, is the second-ranked player in Virginia, the sixth-ranked power forward, and the No. 30-ranked player nationally, according to the 247Sports composite rankings.

Scouts are impressed with Allmond’s length, hands, and playing strength. Allmond can score from inside and outside the paint and is great at being a rim protector and rebounder, as shown, as he scored 16 points on 5-for-7 shooting, to go along with six rebounds and four blocked shots against Indiana Elite in the Adidas 3SSB showcase, playing against a team loaded with talent.

Although Maryland entered the picture later in the process, coach Buzz Williams had been recruiting Allmond since his time at Texas A&M.


"Maryland is newer in the picture, but not really," Allmond told 247 Sports. "Coach Buzz [Williams] offered me back when I was in eighth grade, when he was at Texas A&M. Now he's the head coach at Maryland, and we're just rekindling that relationship.”

Now that Allmond has cut down his choices to nine, he has a timeline for when he wants to commit to Maryland:

"I want to make my decision on October 13th, which is my birthday”.

Maryland could secure a significant recruiting victory and land a power forward for the future in Allmond, which would help address their limited returning depth in the frontcourt beyond 2026.

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Brandon is a lifelong sports long sports fanatic with over a decade in sports media. He's a Prince George’s County, Maryland native who has spent most of his adult life in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. After getting his start as an intern with Sportsradio 93.7 the fan in Pittsburgh, he covered high school sports for TribTotalMedia, covered Pittsburgh Athletics for Pittsburgh Sports Report, Pittsburgh Sports Now (Penn State coverage), and was credentialed for the 2022 season for the New Pittsburgh Courier. Brandon is now covering HBCU Sports for Urban Media Today, as well covering the Terps for Maryland on SI.