The NBA has officially announced that 44 additional early entrant prospects withdrew from the draft before Monday’s deadline, leaving a total of 92 eligible to be selected in this year’s draft.
Of those draft-eligible early entrants, 84 are players from colleges (40 seniors and 44 underclassmen), while the remaining eight are international prospects.
This year’s 92 early entrants falls well short of the record set in 2021 (217), as well as the 2022 total (149). Of course, there are still more early entrants than there are slots 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 22.
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A total of 242 prospects initially declared as early entrants, with more than 100 of those players removing their names from consideration prior to the NCAA’s May 31 withdrawal deadline to retain their college eligibility.
Here’s the complete list of early entrant prospects eligible for the 2023 NBA draft:
College seniors:
- Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu, F, Memphis
- Damezi Anderson, F, Detroit
- Chase Audige, G, Northwestern
- Grant Basile, F, Virginia Tech
- Manny Bates, F, Butler
- Damion Baugh, G, TCU
- Kobe Brown, F, Missouri
- Toumani Camara, F, Dayton
- Tyger Campbell, G, UCLA
- Yuri Collins, G, Saint Louis
- Alou Dillon, F, Purdue-Northwest
- Tosan Evbuomwan, F, Princeton
- Adam Flagler, G, Baylor
- Armaan Franklin, G, Virginia
- Myron Gardner, G/F, Little Rock
- De’Vion Harmon, G, Texas Tech
- Joey Hauser, F, Michigan State
- Trayce Jackson-Davis, F, Indiana
- Jaime Jaquez, G, UCLA
- Keyontae Johnson, F, Kansas State
- Jackson Kenyon, F, Miami (OH)
- Seth Lundy, F, Penn State
- Demetrius Mims, G, Gannon (PA)
- Omari Moore, F, San Jose State
- Landers Nolley, G/F, Cincinnati
- Jack Nunge, F/C, Xavier
- Nick Ongenda, C, DePaul
- Uros Plavsic, C, Tennessee
- Terry Roberts, G, Georgia
- Marcus Sasser, G, Houston
- Ben Sheppard, G, Belmont
- Grant Sherfield, G, Oklahoma
- Dontrell Shuler, G, Cal State San Bernardino
- Malachi Smith, G, Gonzaga
- Justice Sueing, F, Ohio State
- Drew Timme, F/C, Gonzaga
- Jacob Toppin, F, Kentucky
- Oscar Tshiebwe, F/C, Kentucky
- Tyler Willoughby, G, Voorhees (SC)
- Isaiah Wong, G, Miami
College underclassmen:
- Marcus Bagley, F, Arizona State (sophomore)
- Amari Bailey, G, UCLA (freshman)
- Emoni Bates, G/F, Eastern Michigan (sophomore)
- Charles Bediako, C, Alabama (sophomore)
- Anthony Black, G, Arkansas (freshman)
- Kobe Bufkin, G, Michigan (sophomore)
- Jaylen Clark, G, UCLA (junior)
- Noah Clowney, F, Alabama (freshman)
- Ricky Council IV, G, Arkansas (junior)
- Gradey Dick, G, Kansas (freshman)
- Alex Fudge, F, Florida (sophomore)
- Keyonte George, G, Baylor (freshman)
- Wendell Green, G, Auburn (junior)
- Mouhamed Gueye, F/C, Washington State (sophomore)
- Jordan Hawkins, G, Connecticut (sophomore)
- Taylor Hendricks, F, UCF (freshman)
- Jalen Hood-Schifino, G, Indiana (freshman)
- Jett Howard, G, Michigan (freshman)
- Andre Jackson, G, UConn (junior)
- G.G. Jackson, F, South Carolina (freshman)
- Colby Jones, G, Xavier (junior)
- Maxwell Lewis, F, Pepperdine (sophomore)
- Dereck Lively II, C, Duke (freshman)
- Chris Livingston, F, Kentucky (freshman)
- Mike Miles, G, TCU (junior)
- Brandon Miller, F, Alabama (freshman)
- Kris Murray, F, Iowa (junior)
- Julian Phillips, F, Tennessee (freshman)
- Brandin Podziemski, G, Santa Clara (sophomore)
- Justin Powell, G, Washington State (junior)
- Olivier-Maxence Prosper, F, Marquette (junior)
- Adama Sanogo, F/C, UConn (junior)
- Brice Sensabaugh, F, Ohio State (freshman)
- Nick Smith Jr., G, Arkansas (freshman)
- Terquavion Smith, G, NC State (sophomore)
- Julian Strawther, G/F, Gonzaga (junior)
- Azuolas Tubelis, F, Arizona (junior)
- Jarace Walker, F, Houston (freshman)
- Cason Wallace, G, Kentucky (freshman)
- Jordan Walsh, F, Arkansas (freshman)
- Dariq Whitehead, G/F, Duke (freshman)
- Cam Whitmore, F, Villanova (freshman)
- Jalen Wilson, F, Kansas (junior)
- Tyrese Wineglass, G, Southwestern Adventist (TX) (junior)
International players:
Note: The country indicates where the player had been playing, not necessarily where he was born.
- Bilal Coulibaly, F, France (born 2004)
- Nadir Hifi, G/F, France (born 2002)
- James Nnaji, C, Spain (born 2004)
- Rayan Rupert, G/F, Australia (born 2004)
- Marcio Santos, F/C, Brazil (born 2002)
- Enzo Shahrvin, F, France (born 2003)
- Tristan Vukcevic, F/C, Serbia (born 2003)
- Victor Wembanyama, C, France (born 2004)
There are also a handful of prospects whom the NBA doesn’t technically consider early entrants, but who became automatically eligible for the draft before what would have been their senior season at college. Here are a few of the most notable players in that group:
- Scoot Henderson, G, G League Ignite (born 2004)
- Leonard Miller, F, G League Ignite (born 2003)
- Amen Thompson, G, Overtime Elite (born 2003)
- Ausar Thompson, G/F, Overtime Elite (born 2003)
For the full list of the players who declared for the draft and then withdrew, click here.
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