Seven More NCAA Early Entrants Withdrew From Draft
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Key Points:
- Seven college basketball players who had declared for the NBA draft have withdrawn their names before the NCAA deadline and will return to college for the 2025/26 season.
- These players include Kennard Davis (BYU), Keanu Dawes (Utah), Gabe Dynes (USC), Eian Elmer (Miami OH), Louis Hutchinson (Alabama A&M), Sebastian Rancik (Colorado), and LeJuan Watts (Texas Tech).
- At least six of them plan to transfer to new schools for the upcoming season, with destinations including Missouri, Kansas, Louisville, Wisconsin, Florida State, and Washington.
- None of these players were ranked in ESPN’s top-100 for the 2026 draft, and they were the last early entrants whose draft decisions had not been publicly reported.
- The NBA’s international player withdrawal deadline is June 13, after which the final draft pool will be confirmed.