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<div>LAWRENCE, Kan. &mdash;&nbsp;Kansas men's basketball signee Darryn Peterson has been named a 2025 McDonald's All-American and will participate in the McDonald's All-American game on April 1 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. &nbsp; Only 24 players among the more than 700 nominated were selected as 2024 McDonald's All-Americans. Peterson gives Kansas 52 total signees who have earned the honor, starting with Darnell Valentine in 1977. Current Jayhawks&nbsp;<dfn><a href="https://kuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/elmarko-jackson/15491" rel="smarttag" rev="15491" data-airgap-id="77">Elmarko Jackson</a></dfn>&nbsp;(2023) and&nbsp;<dfn><a href="https://kuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/flory-bidunga/15502" rel="smarttag" rev="15502" data-airgap-id="78">Flory Bidunga</a></dfn>&nbsp;(2024) were named McDonald's All-American. &nbsp; A 6-foot-5 guard from Canton, Ohio, Peterson is nationally ranked No. 2 by ESPN.com and 247Sports.com, and No. 3 by Rivals.com. On the 2025 Naismith Trophy Boys High School Player of the Year Watch List, Peterson is playing his senior prep season at Prolific Prep in Napa, California, where he is averaging 23.1 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.9 steals per game. &nbsp; Peterson played his first two years of high school basketball at Cuyahoga Falls High School in Cuyahoga, Ohio, and then transferred to Huntington Prep in West Virginia in 2023-24 before moving on to Prolific Prep. He played club basketball for Phenom United where he averaged 28.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 4.2 steals and 3.0 blocked shot per game this past summer in the Adidas 3Stripes Select league. In 2023, Peterson won a gold medal with USA Basketball at the FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. At the championship, Peterson averaged 16.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.3 steals in earning all-tournament honors. Kansas McDonald's All-Americans Darnell Valentine (1977) Greg Dreiling (1981) Danny Manning (1984) Rick Calloway (1985) Tony Guy (1985) Mark Randall (1986) Mike Maddox (1987) Darrin Hancock (1990) Ben Davis (1991) Calvin Rayford (1991) Jacque Vaughn (1993) Raef LaFrentz (1994) Paul Pierce (1995) Ryan Robertson (1995) Lester Earl (1996) Eric Chenowith (1997) Kenny Gregory (1997) Jeff Boschee (1998) Nick Collison (1999) Aaron Miles (2001) <dfn><a href="https://kuathletics.com/staff-directory/wayne-simien/175" rel="smarttag" rev="175" data-airgap-id="79">Wayne Simien</a></dfn>&nbsp;(2001) J.R. Giddens (2003) David Padgett (2003) Mario Chalmers (2005) Micah Downs (2005) Julian Wright (2005) Darrell Arthur (2006) Sherron Collins (2006) Cole Aldrich (2007) Xavier Henry (2009) Josh Selby (2010) Perry Ellis (2012) Wayne Selden, Jr. (2013) Andrew Wiggins (2013) Cliff Alexander (2014) Kelly Oubre Jr. (2014) Carlton Bragg Jr. (2015) Cheick Diallo (2015) Malik Newman (2015) Udoka Azubuike (2016) Josh Jackson (2016) Billy Preston (2017) Devon Dotson (2018) Quentin Grimes (2018) David McCormack (2018) Bryce Thompson (2020) Gradey Dick (2022) Ernest Udeh Jr. (2022) M.J. Rice (2022) <dfn><a href="https://kuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/elmarko-jackson/15491" rel="smarttag" rev="15491" data-airgap-id="80">Elmarko Jackson</a></dfn>&nbsp;(2023) <dfn><a href="https://kuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/flory-bidunga/15502" rel="smarttag" rev="15502" data-airgap-id="81">Flory Bidunga</a></dfn>&nbsp;(2024) Darryn Peterson (2025)</div>
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🏀 Peterson becomes latest KU signee to be named McDonald's All-American