Boogie Fland
Johnuel "Boogie" Fland is an American college basketball player for the Florida Gators. He previously played for the Arkansas Razorbacks. ESPN and Rivals rated him as a five-star recruit while 247Sports rated him as a 4-star recruit. All three had rated him as one of the top 25 players in the class of 2024.
Early life and high school career
A native of The Bronx, Fland attended local public schools throughout his early life. Fland’s father is Dominican-American while his mother is African-American. In middle school, he led M.S. 54 – Booker T. Washington to a city championship. Fland would attend Archbishop Stepinac High School, leading the school to the Catholic High School Athletic Association Intersectional Final his sophomore, Junior, and Senior years. Stepinac lost the 2022 final but won back-to-back in 2023 and 2024, with Fland announced the Finals MVP in both games. After the 2024 season ended, the CHSAA and Public Schools Athletic League announced that their champions would play each other for a city championship for the first time ever; Stepinac won this inaugural championship over the Eagle Academy for Young Men II.As a senior, Fland averaged 19.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 2.4 steals per game while leading the Crusaders to a 26–4 record.
As a sophomore, Fland was one of the first two New York City high school basketball players to receive NIL deals, along with his friend Ian Jackson. Along with Accelerate Sports Ventures, he developed a clothing line while also promoting the NIL merchandise platform Spreadshop.