Brandon McCoy Jr.
Brandon McCoy Jr. is an American basketball player at Sierra Canyon School in Los Angeles, California. He is a five-star prospect and one of the top recruits in the class of 2026.
Early life
McCoy grew up in Oakland, California, before moving to Los Angeles as a freshman in high school. He attended St. John Bosco High School and played basketball there as a guard. He averaged 8.6 point and 4.5 rebounds per game as a freshman while serving as the team's sixth man, helping them to an appearance in the CIF-SS Open Division championship. As a sophomore in 2023–24, he averaged 18.6 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.4 steals per game, being honored as the MaxPreps National Sophomore of the Year. McCoy was also selected as the Press-Telegram Player of the Year. McCoy missed a portion of the 2024–25 season due to injury, but was still named honorable mention All-American by MaxPreps and averaged 16.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. In August 2025, he transferred to Sierra Canyon School for his senior season. In his debut with Sierra Canyon, McCoy scored 25 points, including nine slam dunks in the Trailblazers' 60–45 win over the JSerra Lions in the Trinity-Mission League Challenge at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on November 22, 2025.A consensus five-star recruit, McCoy is one of the top recruits in the class of 2026. He is ranked by On3.com as the second-best player in the nation and is also ranked in the top-10 of his class by 247Sports and ESPN.