Kareem Stagg

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-8
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Chesapeake, Va.
High School:
IMG Academy
Prev Team:
IMG Academy

• Recipient of the Leon Farmer Scholarship for 2025-26.

2025-26 Season Highlights:
• Played in all 33 games during his freshman season, including starting the last nine contests.
• Averaged 4.8 points and 2.4 rebounds in 12.9 minutes per game overal, with his production increasing considerably over the last 10 games.
• After contributing 3.8 points and 10.1 minutes per game in the first 23 outings, upped those tallies to 6.9 points in 19.3 minutes per game thereafter.
• Recorded five double-figure scoring outputs, with three of those coming in the last 10 games.
• Finished second on the team in dunks with 22, a major contributor in Georgia leading the nation in percentage of field goals that were dunks at 18.8 percent.
• Posted season highs of 11 points against South Carolina, eight rebounds versus Long Island, three assists against Georgia Tech, two blocks in three games, two steals at Vanderbilt and 27 minutes at Oklahoma.
• Enjoyed an impressive collegiate debut that featured eight points and three boards in 13 minutes of action against Bellarmine.
• Made an immediate impact after checking in for the first time with 11:26 left in the first half of the season opener, recording a steal and turning that into an emphatic dunk just 29 seconds after entering the game.
• Reached double figures for the first time as a Bulldog with 10 points against Morehead State.
• Quality minutes in Charleston included a dunk to tie the game and force overtime against Clemson in the tournament’s title tilt.
• Scored all of his 12 combined points against Florida State and Cincinnati on six thunderous dunks, including a one-handed alley-oop in Tallahassee that drew plenty of “woahs” from the Seminoles’ crowd.
• Notched his second double-figure scoring effort against West Georgia, with half of those points coming from a 5-of-6 effort at the line.
• Grabbed a game- and career-high eight rebounds against LIU.
• After recording double-digit minutes in two of the first 10 SEC games, scored nine points in 16 minutes of action against No. 14 Florida in Athens.
• Notched his first career start at Oklahoma, scoring 10 points in a career-high 27 minutes of action. That contest began a string of five wins in seven games to complete the regular season, with three of those victories coming over NCAA Tournament teams (Kentucky, Texas and Alabama).
• Scored 10 first-half points en route to a career-high 11 against South Carolina in Athens.
• First 10 SEC games: 0.6 ppg in 6.4 mpg. Last eight SEC games: 7.0 ppg in 19.6 mpg.

High School Highlights:
• Coached by Sean McAloon at IMG Academy as junior and a senior.
• A consensus four-star recruit ranked among the nation’s top-100 prospects in the Class of 2025 by every major scouting service, including No. 70 by 247Sports.com, No. 81 by On3Sports.com and No. 86 by both ESPN.com and Rivals.com.
• Selected to play in the 24K Showcase at the Iverson Classic and scored 16 points – on 7-of-11 shooting from the field – grabbed eight rebounds and blocked two shots for Team Bubba Chuck in a 118-108 victory over Team Answer.
• Teamed with current Georgia classmate Jake Wilkins to play for the Boston Celtics at the 2024 NBPA Top 100 camp.
• Averaged 10.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game for the Celtics, with highs of 19 points against Denver and nine boards versus Dallas.
• Helped IMG finish No. 12 nationally in the ESPN SCNext top-25 boys’ basketball rankings following both the 2023-24 and 2024-25 campaigns.
• As a senior as IMG finished 20-8 overall and earned the No. 8 seed in the Chipotle Nationals.
• In 12 EYBL Scholastic League games during his senior year, averaged 9.0 points and team-leading efforts of 6.8 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game.
• Record EYBL-high tallies of 13 points against both AZ Compass and Long Island Lutheran, 13 rebounds versus Montverde and four blocks against La Lumiere.
• Among EYBL stat leaders, ranked No. 5 in rebounding (6.8 rpg) and No. 4 in blocks (1.4 bpg)
• Helped IMG post a 19-9 record and earn the No. 7 seed for the Chipotle Nationals during his junior season.
• In 11 EYBL Scholastic League outings during the 2023-24 season, averaged 3.2 points and 2.3 boards with single-game highs of 11 points and six boards against Veritas Prep.
• Coached by David Chaney at Oscar Smith High School in his hometown of Chesapeake, Va., as a freshman and sophomore.
• Named first-team all-state for VHSL Class 6A following his sophomore season at Oscar Smith.
• Also honored as first-team All-Tidewater and City Player of the Year after his second season with the Tigers.
• As a sophomore, averaged a double-double of 15.0 points and 10.2 rebounds – as well as 3.5 blocks – for the Tigers, who finished 25-2 and reached the semifinals of the 2023 Virginia state tournament.
• As a freshman, contributed 10.0 points, 7.0 boards and 2.0 blocks per game for Oscar Smith, which posted a 17-5 record en route to reaching the Regional semifinals of the state tourney.

Personal:
Born August 28, 2007, Kareem is the son of Dorinda and Keith Stagg and intends to major in Business.