It’s all happening really fast for C.J. Rosser, Jr.

The Northern Nash sophomore is still getting used to the Division-I coaches showing up to practices and games. It’s been an adjustment being at the top of the scouting report for opposing teams.

The constant interview request and autograph seekers after games, all new. Rosser better get used to it.

The 6’9 sophomore went from freshman project for the Knights and in one summer blew up to the top ranked sophomore in the country according to some ranking publications.

His skills have forced coaches from the top conferences to find their way down highway 64 to Nash County, all trying to catch the eye of Rosser, who leads Northern Nash in scoring with 16.2 points per game.

Rosser already has offers from more than 10 schools, including the ACC and Big Ten. More offers figure to find their way to his mailbox, meaning more coaches coming to watch him play. A whole new world for Rosser.

“Really coming from nobody knowing me at all, unranked, to ranked,” Rosser said. “It’s different. I had to step everything up.”

It all happened for Rosser before EYBL. Rosser, who played for Team United, had a strong summer showing. But it’s one thing to play well alongside other high level basketball players. That is what the AAU summer circuit is about.

What started to feel different for Rosser was when he returned to Nash County and suddenly realized the (good) attention he was bringing to the area. A lot of pressure on the shoulders of a teenager who is tall as a pro, but still has the looks of an adolescent barely old enough to drive.

By his own accounts, Rosser said a year ago he was a “basic four” whose job was to rebound and score. Fast forward to his sophomore campaign where he’s in such high demand the Knights are playing all over the country. Literally.

Before playing locally in the John Wall Holiday Invitational, one of the biggest prep tournaments in the country, Rosser and the Knights flew out to Oregon for three games.

That’s part of the receipt when your top sophomore is one of the best players in his class.

Head coach Henry Drake acknowledged how Rosser and the rest of the team have handled it all.

“We talk about playing for the moment,” Drake said. “When the college coaches come around and we’re playing on a national stage, what I like about this team is I see them smiling. We are trying to tell them to enjoy the moment, but remember we still have to play basketball.”

Rosser remembers his first offer, from Presbyterian, “like it was yesterday.”

Since then the likes of Maryland and most recently, Texas, have offered.

It’s so early into the process that Rosser hasn’t narrowed the list down or picked any favorites. He doesn’t want to zero in on any schools yet because he doesn’t know “what’s coming.”

What’s coming in the next two years of his prep career are a lot more schools, coaches and interview requests. He already has a good grasp on how to handle it all moving forward.

“Regardless of where I was, I don’t turn anything down,” Rosser said. “I talk to everybody.”

And everybody in the next two years will, at some point, make the journey to Nash County to see the next big prospect out of the state of North Carolina.