Top-20 guard Gabe Nesmith commits to Vanderbilt over Providence

Gabe Nesmith committed to Vanderbilt on Tuesday. The 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Atlanta is ranked No. 20 in the SC Next 100 for the class of 2027 and No. 3 at his position nationally. Nesmith plays for Overtime Elite and averaged 18.6 points this spring for the Nightrydas on the Nike EYBL circuit.

He averaged 22.5 points across four Session III games in Kansas City in late May and attended the NBPA Top 100 Camp. He is the cousin of Indiana Pacers guard Aaron Nesmith, who played two seasons at Vanderbilt. Nesmith chose the Commodores after visits to both Vanderbilt and Providence.

"Mark Byington is a great and detail-oriented coach," Nesmith told ESPN. "He takes the time to get to know you as a person. I watched practice -- he coaches team basketball. " Nesmith added that Vanderbilt's continued recruitment during an injury stood out.

"What really made a big difference in my recruitment was when I broke my foot. I was on my visit when my foot was broken," he said. "They continued to recruit me hard. " ESPN reported that the commitment gives coach Mark Byington the highest-ranked recruit of his career at Vanderbilt.