While everyone focuses on the upcoming NBA Draft, who will the #1 and #2 picks be for the Philidelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers, whether that be LSU's Ben Simmons or Duke's Brandon Ingram, there has been a new rule instituted that players have been looking forward to for a long time.
The NCAA is now allowing it's players to declare for the NBA Draft and withdraw from the draft with a cushion. In the past, once a player withdrew from the NBA Draft after declaring, his college eligibility was stripped. Now the players can declare for the Draft, withdraw their names, and still remain eligible to play in the NCAA as long as they do so before the May 25th deadline. This can only be done after their freshman year, in which they can declare and withdraw as many times as they wish.
In 2016 there were a total of 162 players which included 117 NCAA players, that declared early for the 2016 NBA Draft. That number has now been reduced to almost half. 57 prospects have withdrawn their names from the Draft and are headed back to the NCAA. Expect to see more of this in the coming years when players find themselves not so favorable on draft boards.
Here are the list of returning players below from NBA.com
- Abdul-Malik Abu, North Carolina State
- BeeJay Anya, North Carolina State
- Ian Baker, New Mexico State
- V.J. Beachem, Notre Dame
- James Blackmon Jr. Indiana
- Antonio Blakeney, LSU
- Jaron Blossomgame Clemson
- Trevon Bluiett, Xavier
- Amida Brimah, Connecticut
- Isaiah Briscoe, Kentucky
- Dillon Brooks, Oregon
- Elijah Brown, New Mexico
- Deonte Burton, Iowa State
- Antonio Campbell, Ohio
- Conor Clifford, Washington State
- Charles Cooke III, Dayton
- Bakari Copeland, Maryland-Eastern Shore
- Moustapha Diagne Northwest Florida State
- Tyler Dorsey, Oregon
- D'Andre Downey, Stillman College (AL)
- Vince Edwards, Purdue
- Jimmy Hall, Kent State
- Josh Hart, Villanova
- Josh Hawkinson, Washington State
- Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
- Ike Iroegbu, Washington State
- Justin Jackson, North Carolina
- Kris Jenkins, Villanova
- Que Johnson, Washington State
- Peter Jok, Iowa
- Moses Kingsley, Arkansas
- Travion Kirkendoll Centenary College (LA)
- Dedric Lawson, Memphis
- Marcus Lee, Kentucky
- Makai Mason, Yale
- Jahmal McMurray, South Florida
- Kennedy Meeks, North Carolina
- Dallas Moore, North Florida
- Jalen Moore, Utah State
- Tyrell Nelson, Gardner-Webb
- Malik Newman, Mississippi State
- Marc-Eddy Norelia Florida Gulf Coast
- Cameron Oliver, Nevada
- Alec Peters, Valparaiso
- QJ Peterson, VMI
- Malik Pope, San Diego State
- Rodney Purvis, Connecticut
- Corey Sanders Jr., Rutgers
- Caleb Swanigan, Purdue
- Rakish Taylor, Anderson University (SC)
- Ethan Telfair, Idaho State
- Trevor Thompson, Ohio State
- Melo Trimble, Maryland
- Maurice Watson Jr. Creighton
- Andrew White III, Nebraska
- Alec Wintering, Portland
- Zeek Woodley, Northwestern State
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