After more than three years of fielding phone calls from college basketball’s top programs, five star forward Kevin Knox is ready to make his decision. Here’s a rundown of the player, the recruitment, and a projected destination.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT

According to Jake Perper of Prep Sports Scouting, Knox will announced his decision on Saturday, May 6 between 7 and 8PM.

2017 Tampa Catholic F Kevin Knox will be announcing his college decision on Saturday. @tampacathhoops — Jake Perper (@JakePerper) May 4, 2017

THE TIMELINE

Knox has reduced his list all the way down to a final five schools (Duke, North Carolina, Florida State, Kentucky and Missouri). He has visited all five schools with the visit to Missouri being the most recent. The Tigers were a very late addition to the recruiting process and made up a lot of ground to land that final official visit on April 8th. Following the trip, Knox hosted the five coaching staffs for final in-home visits with Duke making the trip to Tampa on April 19th.

THE TALENT

At 6-foot-9, Knox has the ability to play either the small forward or power forward position at the college level. The latter role would be as more of a “stretch four” and would give Knox the ability to spread the floor owing to his ability to make jump shots out to the three point line. Offense aside, the Florida prospect can help teams in a number of ways including on the glass and on defense. He possesses a fluidity to his game and is quick off the floor when pursing rebounds. Physically he has nearly a seven foot wing span and move his feet well enough to allow for good lateral coverage. Will need to continue to get stronger and to improve his perimeter shooting accuracy.

NOTABLE

Knox played in the USA Basketball program with Wendell Carter, Gary Trent, and Trevon Duval this past summer.

HOW HE’D FIT AT DUKE

Over the last decade or so the Blue Devils have seemingly always enjoyed success with big wings who ended up more on the perimeter in the pro game, but played as a power forward at Duke. Players such as Jabari Parker, Rodney Hood, Jayson Tatum, Ryan Kelly, Shane Battier, Luol Deng, and Brandon Ingram have come through Durham and ultimately gone on to long and successful NBA careers owing to their versatility and size. In looking ahead to Duke’s 2017-2018 roster, there’s no obvious choice for a player fitting that mold after Jayson Tatum declared (as expected) for the NBA Draft in April. Assuming Duke can land its top point guard prospect, Trevon Duval, in the near future, the Blue Devils have scoring and ball handling in the backcourt (which is magnified if Frank Jackson returns) and muscle and skill in the paint. But they don’t have that bridge talent who can excel both on the perimeter and in the paint, and who can create the kind of matchup problems Duke is known for - on both ends of the floor. Knox may not be as skilled as Tatum or Ingram on the offensive end of the floor, but he is probably a better natural rebounder than either player and, if he stays engaged, could be a better defensive player as well. Depending on how Mike Krzyzewksi elects to start the rotation next season, Knox could be a starter as either a huge small forward (similar to Kyle Singler playing the “3” in 2010 alongside Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek) or as the prototypical Duke “stretch-4” ala Tatum and Ingram (who may have stayed on the wing had Amile Jefferson not been injured in 2015).

Should Knox commit to the Blue Devils, he would become the third five star player in the class to do so, joining Gary Trent and Wendell Carter. Duke is also, as noted, waiting on the decision of Trevon Duval - the nation’s top point guard prospect.

THE CRYSTAL BALL

Duke is the overwhelming favorite as the pick for Knox of late in the 247Sports.com Crystal Ball feature, owning an 83 percent favoritism rate. North Carolina and Kentucky make up the remaining 17 percent at 13 and 4 percent respectively.