The NBA has officially announced that 24 additional early entrant prospects withdrew from the draft before Monday’s deadline, leaving a total of 149 eligible to be selected in this year’s draft. Of those draft-eligible early entrants, 135 are players from colleges (73 seniors and 62 underclassmen), while the remaining 14 are international prospects.
While this year’s 149 early entrants falls well short of last year’s record (217), it’s still a massive number, far exceeding the number of slots that will be available in next Thursday’s draft. With two teams’ second-round picks forfeited due to past free agency violations, there will be just 58 players drafted on June 23.
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A total of 283 prospects initially declared as early entrants, with over 100 of those players removing their names from consideration prior to the NCAA’s June 1 withdrawal deadline to retain their college eligibility.
Here’s the complete list of early entrant prospects eligible for the 2022 NBA draft:
College seniors:
- Jalen Adaway, G, St. Bonaventure
- Ochai Agbaji, G/F, Kansas
- James Akinjo, G, Baylor
- Teddy Allen, F, New Mexico State
- Keve Aluma, F, Virginia Tech
- Eric Ayala, G, Maryland
- Marcus Azor, G, UMass Dartmouth
- David Azore, G, UT Arlington
- Evan Battey, F, Colorado
- Justin Bean, F, Utah State
- Jules Bernard, G/F, UCLA
- Jamal Bieniemy, G, UTEP
- Marcus Bingham, C, Michigan State
- Buddy Boeheim, G, Syracuse
- Luka Brajkovic, F, Davidson
- Izaiah Brockington, G, Iowa State
- Gabe Brown, G/F, Michigan State
- Tevin Brown, G, Murray State
- Maurice Calloo, F, Oregon State
- R.J. Cole, G, UConn
- Vince Cole, G/F, Coastal Carolina
- George Conditt IV, F, Iowa State
- Darius Days, F, LSU
- Adrian Delph, G, Appalachian State
- Michael Devoe, G, Georgia Tech
- Anthony Duruji, F, Florida
- Kyler Edwards, G, Houston
- Keon Ellis, G, Alabama
- Javon Freeman-Liberty, G, DePaul
- Both Gach, G/F, Utah
- Bryce Hamilton, G, UNLV
- Ron Harper Jr., F, Rutgers
- D.J. Harvey, G/F, Detroit
- Jericole Hellems, F, North Carolina State
- Trevor Hudgins, G, Northwest Missouri State
- Bodie Hume, G/F, Northern Colorado
- Drake Jeffries, G, Wyoming
- Andrew Jones, G, Texas
- DeVante’ Jones, G, Michigan
- Noah Kirkwood, G, Harvard
- Peter Kiss, G, Bryant
- Tyrese Martin, G, UConn
- David McCormack, F, Kansas
- Trey McGowens, G, Nebraska
- Justin Minaya, G/F, Providence
- Isaiah Mucius, F, Wake Forest
- Grayson Murphy, G, Belmont
- Nick Muszynski, C, Belmont
- Andrew Nembhard, G, Gonzaga
- JD Notae, G, Arkansas
- Ike Obiagu, C, Seton Hall
- Edward Oliver-Hampton, F, South Carolina State
- Malik Osborne, F, Florida State
- Anthony Polite, G/F, Florida State
- MJ Randolph, G, Florida A&M
- A.J. Reeves, G, Providence
- Jared Rhoden, G/F, Seton Hall
- Ronaldo Segu, G, Buffalo
- Jaylen Sims, G/F, UNC Wilmington
- Amadou Sow, F, Santa Barbara
- Seth Stanley, F, Hendrix College (AR)
- Gabe Stefanini, G, San Francisco
- Sasha Stefanovic, G, Purdue
- Cole Swider, F, Syracuse
- Au’Diese Toney, G, Arkansas
- Ryan Turell, G/F, Yeshiva
- Dallas Walton, F/C, Wake Forest
- Collin Welp, F, UC Irvine
- Aaron Wheeler, F, St. John’s
- Khristien White, G, Southwest Christian
- Jeenathan Williams, G/F, Buffalo
- Trevion Williams, F/C, Purdue
- Vince Williams, F, VCU
College underclassmen:
- Patrick Baldwin Jr., F, Milwaukee (freshman)
- Paolo Banchero, F, Duke (freshman)
- Malaki Branham, G/F, Ohio State (freshman)
- Christian Braun, G, Kansas (junior)
- Kendall Brown, F, Baylor (freshman)
- John Butler Jr., F/C, Florida State (freshman)
- Julian Champagnie, G/F, St. John’s (junior)
- Kennedy Chandler, G, Tennessee (freshman)
- Max Christie, G, Michigan State (freshman)
- Kofi Cockburn, C, Illinois (junior)
- Johnny Davis, G, Wisconsin (sophomore)
- JD Davison, G, Alabama (freshman)
- Moussa Diabate, F, Michigan (freshman)
- Jalen Duren, C, Memphis (freshman)
- Tari Eason, F, LSU (sophomore)
- Tyson Etienne, G, Wichita State (junior)
- AJ Green, G, Northern Iowa (junior)
- AJ Griffin, F, Duke (freshman)
- Jordan Hall, F, Saint Joseph’s (sophomore)
- Chet Holmgren, C, Gonzaga (freshman)
- Caleb Houstan, G/F, Michigan (freshman)
- Austin Hutcherson, G, Illinois (junior)
- Jaden Ivey, G, Purdue (sophomore)
- Jaden Jones, G, Rutgers (freshman)
- Johnny Juzang, G, UCLA (junior)
- Trevor Keels, G, Duke (freshman)
- Walker Kessler, F/C, Auburn (sophomore)
- Christian Koloko, C, Arizona (junior)
- Jake LaRavia, F, Wake Forest (junior)
- Hyunjung Lee, G/F, Davidson (junior)
- Justin Lewis, F, Marquette (sophomore)
- E.J. Liddell, F, Ohio State (junior)
- Kenneth Lofton Jr., F, Louisiana Tech (sophomore)
- Bennedict Mathurin, G/F, Arizona (sophomore)
- Bryce McGowens, G, Nebraska (freshman)
- Josh Minott, F, Memphis (freshman)
- Isaiah Mobley, F, USC (junior)
- Aminu Mohammed, G/F, Georgetown (freshman)
- Iverson Molinar, G, Mississippi State (junior)
- Wendell Moore, F, Duke (junior)
- Keegan Murray, F, Iowa (sophomore)
- Shareef O’Neal, F, LSU (junior)
- Scotty Pippen Jr., G, Vanderbilt (junior)
- Lester Quinones, G, Memphis (junior)
- Orlando Robinson, F/C, Fresno State (junior)
- David Roddy, F, Colorado State (junior)
- Ryan Rollins, G, Toledo (sophomore)
- Dereon Seabron, G, NC State (sophomore)
- Jaden Shackelford, G, Alabama (junior)
- Shaedon Sharpe, G, Kentucky (freshman)
- Jabari Smith, F, Auburn (freshman)
- Jeremy Sochan, F, Baylor (freshman)
- AJ Taylor, F, Grambling (junior)
- Dalen Terry, G, Arizona (sophomore)
- Jabari Walker, F, Colorado (sophomore)
- TyTy Washington Jr., G, Kentucky (freshman)
- Peyton Watson, G/F, UCLA (freshman)
- Blake Wesley, G, Notre Dame (freshman)
- Donovan Williams, G/F, UNLV (junior)
- Jalen Williams, G, Santa Clara (junior)
- Jaylin Williams, F/C, Arkansas (sophomore)
- Mark Williams, C, Duke (sophomore)
International players:
Note: The country indicates where the player had been playing, not necessarily where he was born.
- Ibou Badji, C, Spain (born 2002)
- Hugo Besson, G, Australia (born 2001)
- Ousmane Dieng, F, Australia (born 2003)
- Khalifa Diop, C, Spain (born 2002)
- Nikola Jovic, F, Serbia (born 2003)
- Ismael Kamagate, C, France (born 2001)
- Karlo Matkovic, F/C, Serbia (born 2001)
- Yannick Nzosa, C, Spain (born 2003)
- Gabriele Procida, G/F, Italy (born 2002)
- Ziga Samar, G, Spain (born 2001)
- Gui Santos, F, Brazil (born 2002)
- Pavel Savkov, G, Spain (born 2002)
- Matteo Spagnolo, G, Italy (born 2003)
- Luke Travers, G/F, Australia (born 2001)
For the full list of the players who declared for the draft and then withdrew, click here.
Is there anywhere that I can find a list of the 6th year college players and the players that were automatically in the draft right after this season, like Collin Gillespie or Jermaine Samuels from Villanova or Brady Manek from UNC?
Where is Kai Sotto on this list?
He’s among the auto-eligible players who didn’t have to officially declare as an early entrant. The tracker linked at the bottom of this story includes him and some of the other notable auto-eligible guys.