Meet Jaylin Fleming, a 10-year-old, 5-foot-1 fifth grader from Chicago. At first look, you will think that he is just an ordinary 10 year old boy. But what you don’t know is at his age, this boy is now considered the best 10-year-old basketball player in America.

College and high school coaches are circling, inviting him to games and camps. He has established himself on the all-important AAU circuit. Even Bulls star Derrick Rose is impressed with this 10-year-old basketball prodigy. “He’s better than me — that’s what’s crazy about it,” Rose said. “His talent is one of a kind. Kids his age rarely do the stuff he does. He does moves that a grown-up does.”

Jaylin’s father said he knew his son was special the moment he was born.

“All the doctors and nurses noticed (his hands),” John Fleming said. “They were incredibly huge, and I was praying and asking God, what would Jaylin be, what would he do with those hands?”

The answer came seven years later. Jaylin tagged along while his dad and older brother shot hoops with future Marquette point guard Maurice Acker, John Fleming’s godson. When his dad left the gym, Jaylin copied Acker’s drills.

“When I walked back in, Maurice told me what Jaylin was doing with the ball and I could hear God saying this is what he’s supposed to do,” John Fleming said. “He gave me the understanding to see that Jaylin was born to play this game.”

However, as we all know, being good as a 10-year-old has almost nothing to do with being good as an 18-year-old. But with a lot of hard work and dedication maybe someday, we will see this kid play on the NBA.

Here is Jaylin Fleming in action.