Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu

Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu is a 6'10" dunker and college basketball player with a 9'3" standing reach and a vertical measured between 45 and 48 inches. Those two numbers together produce something almost nobody else can do.

He has touched the top of the backboard. A regulation board stands 13 feet at its highest point, and against a 9'3" standing reach that puts the jump at 45 inches, probably a shade more, since he was reaching the top rather than straining at it. Most highlight dunks involve a hand somewhere near the top of the square. He gets to the edge of the board itself.

At 6'10" that combination is unusual, because size and explosion normally trade against each other. Tall players tend to reach the rim without leaving the ground much, so the vertical never develops. He has both, which is why he arrived as a shot blocker before anyone thought of him as a dunker. Getting to a ball at the top of its arc is the defensive version of getting above a backboard.

He played at UT Arlington before transferring to Memphis in 2022, where he was recruited specifically as a defensive presence, and he tested the NBA Draft process in 2023.

Dunkademics has filmed him twice at close range, including a session built around a height check where he touched over 13 feet. Seeing him in the same footage as dunkers a foot shorter, attempting the same jumps, is the clearest way to understand what the size actually changes.