This national college hoops analyst is very high on a Clemson star in the early stages of the season.

Fox Sports’ John Fanta recently ranked the top 25 players in college basketball through the first 25 days of the season, and Fanta put Clemson big man PJ Hall all the way up at No. 5 on the list.

But just how impressed has Fanta been by Hall?

Fanta went as far as to say that he “fully” believes Hall “could win ACC Player of the Year.”

“Let that sink in,” Fanta wrote. “Yes, Armando Bacot or Kyle Filipowski could just as easily take the honor, but let’s not put Hall behind them because he plays for a non-blue blood. Clemson is 6-0 for the first time in 15 years and Hall is the No. 1 reason for it. He’s had four 20-plus point performances already, and his 21-point, eight-rebound game in just 21 minutes in the win over Alabama was strong in the midst of some foul trouble. He controls the way a game is played when he’s on, and his size and versatility make him really difficult to defend.”

Hall’s senior season is certainly off to an outstanding start, with the 6-foot-10.5, 238-pounder averaging 21.3 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per game while shooting 55 percent from the field and 41 percent from beyond the ark.

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