Jarrett Harris, Tait Wetzel shine as Indiana prospects stand out at Run N Slam

Four names, four different jobs

The best thing about Run N Slam is that it strips the hype down to role value. Jarrett Harris, Tait Wetzel, Griffin Ott-Large and Jahari Miller did not look like interchangeable spring prospects. They looked like players who win in different ways, and that matters in Indiana, where the jump from circuit basketball to Friday nights is usually about skill that travels.

That is the real takeaway from the weekend in Fort Wayne. The Bill Hensley Memorial Run N Slam, staged May 1-3, 2026, at Turnstone on North Clinton Street, was built for exactly this kind of evaluation. Gym Rats Basketball listed it as a 7th-11th grade boys event with a 4-game guarantee, and the scouting crowd it draws tells you why the weekend matters: Division II, Division III, NAIA and junior college coaches all had reasons to be there.

Why this event keeps exposing the next wave

Run N Slam is not just another spring stop. It is one of the better non-live evaluation windows on the calendar, which means the pressure is real even if the crowd is not always buzzing like an actual championship setting. The same-weekend buzz around the event said it brings together top Midwest teams across multiple shoe circuits, and that is exactly the kind of cross-section that makes strong performances stick.

For Indiana, that matters because these are the names most likely to shape the next high school season before they ever become full-blown recruiting darlings. The notebook around this event was valuable because it was not chasing box scores. It was sorting players by what they can actually become when the lights are brighter and the possessions get tighter.

Tait Wetzel looks like the kind of big Indiana still covets

Wetzel was one of the clearest wins of the weekend because his value is easy to see and even easier to project. Prep Hoops lists the Heritage Hills center as a 6-foot-6 member of the 2027 class who plays for Indiana Elite Team Indiana, and MaxPreps has him at 6-6, 215 pounds as a junior. That combination, size with mobility, still plays in Indiana gyms, and it is why Wetzel stood out.

The state always has opinions about bigs, but the useful ones are the ones who can move without the offense breaking down around them. Wetzel fits that lane. He was identified as one of the better big-man prospects seen during the weekend, which is not just a compliment, it is a signal that his game may translate from circuit spacing to the rougher, more physical possessions of the high school season.

Jahari Miller keeps looking like a guard who controls the room

If Wetzel was the cleanest big-man takeaway, Miller was the loudest guard statement. Prep Hoops lists the Pike standout as a 6-3 point guard in the 2027 class who plays for Indy Heat, and 247Sports lists him as a 6-2, 190-pound combo guard with offers from DePaul, Florida State, Oklahoma State, Appalachian State and Radford. That mix of size, production and recruiting attention is exactly why his weekend mattered.

The strongest language in the notebook called Miller one of the best guards watched all weekend, and that is not the kind of praise thrown around casually in a packed spring evaluation setting. Pike High School Athletics noted he scored 11 points in a Feb. 25, 2026 win over the Wildcats, which is a useful reminder that his value is not limited to AAU settings. He looks like a guard who can create, organize and still have enough juice left to take over stretches, which is the profile every Indiana program wants when the games turn ugly in January.

Griffin Ott-Large and Cash Daniels add to the perimeter depth

Ott-Large of La Porte made his case in a different way. The notebook described him as the head of the snake, and that is the kind of phrase that tells you everything about his job. He was the engine and decision-maker for his team, which means his impact was not just in scoring, but in pace, timing and how everyone else got fed.

That is important because Indiana basketball still rewards guards who can make a team function. Ott-Large’s value lies in that control, the ability to direct traffic and settle a game into the kind of rhythm his team wants. Cash Daniels, a rising guard from Cathedral, adds another data point to the story: the 2027 perimeter class in Indiana has depth, and it is not just one or two prospects carrying the load.

Jarrett Harris gives the class another size-and-skill piece

Harris, listed at 6-foot-5 and connected to Indianapolis Lutheran and Progeny UA Rise, rounds out the group as another size-and-skill piece. He may not have been the loudest name in the notebook, but his inclusion matters because Indiana classes are often judged by whether they have enough players who can bend a game in more than one way. A 6-5 prospect who can bring length, versatility and enough polish to get noticed at a major evaluation stop is exactly the kind of player that ends up mattering once the high school season starts.

That is where this weekend’s bigger story lives. The state is not just producing athletes. It is producing roles that make sense: a mobile big in Wetzel, a pace-setting guard in Ott-Large, a top-end creator in Miller, a versatile wing in Harris and another rising guard in Daniels.

What Run N Slam says about Indiana’s next wave

This weekend reinforced something worth saying plainly: Indiana’s upcoming boys classes are showing more skill than stereotype. The best performers were not just raw upside bets. They were players with defined jobs, and that usually translates better once the schedule tightens and every possession starts to matter.

That is why Run N Slam still works as a statewide trend story. It brings the state’s next wave into one gym, against strong Midwest competition, in front of the kind of college staffs that can turn a good weekend into a real opportunity. If this was an early look at who is ready to become a household name, Miller is already close, Wetzel is the big man to watch, and the rest of the class is showing that Indiana’s future is built on basketball that actually wins.