Nashville, TENN--Vanderbilt has signed athletic, class of 2025 guard Jaylon Dean Vines, who believes that this won't be the last you hear of him.

Dean-Vines chose Vanderbilt over Louisville, Texas A&M, UCF and West Virginia. He believes that's an impactful decision for Mark Byington and his staff.

"I'm coming, be ready," Dean-Vines said when addressing the Vanderbilt fanbase.

The 6-foot-3 guard's arrival will give Vanderbilt a unique athlete from day one.

Dean-Vines averaged 12.0 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game on the EYBL circuit this summer for Team Griffin (OK). Bigger than anything was the way his athleticism popped off the tape and impacted each game, though.

The Vanderbilt commit feels that there'd be difficulty finding an athlete better than him in his class.

"I think I'm pretty up there if I'm not the first," Dean-Vines said of where his athleticism ranks in the 2025 class. "I'm definitely like top three. I gotta be."

Dean-Vines knows that his athleticism is what he's known by, but he feels as if there's more to his game that people aren't seeing.

"I'm an all-around player," Dean-Vines said. "I feel like I got good IQ, my passing I pass, like I'm a floor general, to be honest. I score the ball, but I don't mind. I'm like a pass first [guard] really.

"I'm definitely a combo guard."

As a result of what Dean-Vines believes is a skillset with upside, he believes his basketball future could include a stop beyond West End.

Dean-Vines wants to become an NBA player. He feels Vanderbilt is the program that can get him there.

The 6-foot-3 guard knows he has to hold up his end, though.

"The end goal, I'm trying to get to the league," Dean-Vines said. "I feel like if I dominate in [the SEC] nobody can overlook me."

Vanderbilt has been an easy program to overlook in recent memory, Dean-Vines is trying to change that. Part of that change could come from something bigger than Dean-Vines; Vanderbilt's scheme and infrastructure.

That's something Dean-Vines feels fits him well.

"They don't really got that many plays," Dean-Vines said. "They just run a simple offense that you just really gotta choose and I like it because it's kinda similar to what my AAU team, Team Griffin was doing."

The adjustment will be easier for Dean-Vines as a result of the scheme, but will take time to adjust to. Dean-Vines believes that once the adjustment is made he can be a focal point of the future of Vanderbilt's program.