Dave Telep, perhaps the nation’s most respected recruiting analyst, recently gave Bloomington South’s Jordan Hulls major accolades, mentioning him in a interview as one of the Class of 2009′s biggest surprises:

“When I think of guards, Jordan Hulls comes to mind. Heck, as late as May he wasn’t on our Top 100 list. Others are better prospects but how many can lead like he can? Let’s be honest, the kid wasn’t even thought of a serious prospect for the Hoosiers as a junior and he resides in Bloomington!”

Hulls, a 6-foot point guard, gave a verbal commitment in May to Tom Crean‘s Indiana program, and is expected to officially ink today with the Hoosiers.

UPDATE: With Hulls’ commitment now official, IU Media Relations released this statement from Crean:

“Jordan is someone that has taken the steps necessary to make himself, not only a Division I player but a high-major player.  It was a no-brainer there and (assistant coach) Tim Buckley deserves the credit for seeing him in Pittsburgh and coming back and being adamant.  And after the way he felt about players at Marquette like Dwayne Wade and Travis Diener, there was no doubt that I wasn’t going to doubt anything Tim said about Jordan.  We brought him over for an unofficial before I had ever had a chance to see him play.  But after seeing him once and seeing numerous tapes, there was no question that we wanted to have him in the program.  He can shoot the ball with deep range and he understands the game at a very high level as well as making everyone else around him better.  We feel he will be very good in the pick and roll and he comes from a great program, not only at Bloomington South High School and J.R. Holmes, but the Indiana Elite program as well.”