high-upside Belmont guard with blue-chip pedigree
Cooper Haynes enters Belmont as a 6-2 guard with a four-star recruiting background and a reputation as one of Tennessee’s top prep players, which tells you the upside is real even if his college sample is still small. Belmont lists him as a 2026-27 roster guard after a 2024-25 redshirt, and available stat lines show limited minutes so far, so the better read is projection: a strong fit if you want length, scoring pedigree, and patience for development rather than immediate production.
