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Donovan eyeing 7-footer Embiid

 |  September 27, 2012  |  2 Comments
UF coach Billy Donovan has been recruiting local 7-foot, center Joel Embiid from Gainesville's The Rock School. / Gator Country photo by Saj Guevara

Joel Embiid has only been playing basketball for a little more than a year, but the 7-foot, 220-pound center out of Gainesville’s The Rock School has generated a lot of buzz around his game.

So much so that Florida head coach Billy Donovan called Embiid, a Cameroon native, earlier this summer to make a pitch for UF's program.


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