I’m not yet ready to put the kid in the same hierarchy as DeJuan Blair, Tyreke Evans, Terrelle Pryor, Wayne Ellington, Gerald Henderson, Sean Singletary … sorry, I’m getting ahead of myself.

My point is before Dalton Pepper ever sets foot on campus at WVU, he’s assembled a pretty good resume. Pepper was named the Class AAAA player of the year in Pennsylvania — not Philly or Bucks County.

The 6-foot-5 Pepper, a West Virginia recruit, made the all-state team for the third time after averaging 24.4 points on the fourth consecutive Pennsbury team to reach the PIAA state playoffs.

Pepper scored 2,107 career points and had nearly 1,000 rebounds while leading the Falcons to a 104-20 record during his career.

And, please, check out the company Pepper now keeps.