Indiana offers top-15 Class of 2028 center Xavier Young

Indiana is getting in early on size, and Xavier Young is the latest sign the Hoosiers want to build the 2028 class around it. The 6-foot-11 center from Faith Family Academy in Dallas drew an offer after Indiana watched him at the NBPA Top-100 Camp, where he stood out among the event’s best performers.

That move fits the direction Darian DeVries has already started to define in Bloomington. Indiana hired DeVries as its 31st head coach on March 19, 2025, and the early 2028 board shows a staff looking hard for long, mobile frontcourt pieces it can develop over time. Young is not being recruited like a fringe project. He is a consensus national top-15 prospect in the class, and 247Sports lists him with 30 offers, a number that reflects just how quickly his market is growing.

Young’s appeal starts with the part of the floor that translates fastest: he finishes around the rim, rebounds in traffic and can alter shots without needing touches to impact the game. As a sophomore at Faith Family, he played a national schedule in the EYBL Scholastic League and averaged 6.9 points and 4.8 rebounds in 21 minutes per game against that level of competition while shooting 61 percent from the field. On the travel circuit with Texas Impact on the UAA, he is averaging 10.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks through seven games while shooting 57 percent.

The profile is exactly what Indiana appears to be chasing. Young’s rankings and measurements have varied across recruiting services, with listings around 6-8, 6-9, 6-10 and 6-11, but every version points to the same type of player: a big-bodied interior anchor with growth left in his frame. Three-point shooting is not yet a major part of his game, but Indiana’s interest suggests the staff values the rim protection, rebounding and long-term upside more than a polished perimeter skill set at this stage.

Young’s rise has accelerated beyond recruiting boards. USA Basketball named him a finalist for the 2026 USA Men’s U17 National Team on June 15, after he took part in the April minicamp in Indianapolis and the training camp in Colorado Springs. He also transferred from Lewisville High School to Faith Family Academy in May 2025, another step that put him in one of the country’s most demanding high school environments.

Indiana’s pursuit of Young is not happening in isolation. The Hoosiers have also pushed into the class for other elite bigs, including Dylan Betts and Bamba Touray, which suggests a broader frontcourt strategy rather than a one-player chase. For Indiana, the message is clear: the early 2028 board is being built from the inside out, and Young is one of the first names to show how serious that plan already is.