THE FLATS – Kayden Allen, a 6-6 guard from Lilburn, Ga., has signed a grant-in-aid to join the Georgia Tech men’s basketball roster, head coach Scott Cross announced on Sunday.
A four-star guard, Allen played his senior season at Long Island Lutheran High School after previously spending two seasons (2023-24, 2024-25) at Montverde (Fla.) Academy where he helped MVA to the 2024 Chipotle Nationals championship. Allen was ranked No. 47 recruit by 247Sports out of high school. Allen began his high school career in Atlanta, playing his ninth-grade season at Grayson High School.
He was invited to the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team October minicamp in Colorado Springs, Colo., and participated in the 2024 Men’s U17 National Team training camp (June 15-17). During summer 2025, Allen averaged 20.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists playing for Team Thad at the Nike EYBL Peach Jam.
“Kayden is a prolific scorer that will provide us with instant offense,” Cross said. “He is a top-50 prospect in the class. Kayden has NBA size and skill at the guard position with playmaking ability. He started his high school career at Grayson High School right here in Atlanta before transferring to Montverde where he teamed up with Cooper Flagg, Asa Newell and Derik Queen, who were all first round NBA Draft choices.”
Allen joins Cross’s signing class that consists of Kaiden Bailey (Santa Margarita Catholic/Irvine, Calif.), Moustapha Diop (Overtime Elite/Thies, Senegal), Colby Garland (San Jose State/Magnolia, Ark.), Tylis Jordan (Ole Miss/Milledgeville, Ga.), Victor Valdés (Troy/Monterrey, Mexico) and Nasir Whitlock (Lehigh/Brooklyn Park, Minn.).