Jalen Lecque is taking an unorthodox route to get where he wants to go, but it appears the fifth-year high school student is preparing to enter the NBA Draft in 2019. He will petition the NBA to enter and there's a decent chance his request is granted because he reclassified to play a fifth-year of high school basketball.

“I could be a freshman on a college campus right now,” Lecque told Jonathan Givony of ESPN. “I am eligible for the [2019] draft. I'm a fifth-year senior, but I'm also eligible for the draft because of my grades.”

Lecque is committed to North Carolina State, but it doesn't look like he'll ever suit up for the Wolf Pack. He wants to play in college, but his ultimate goal is to play in the NBA and provide for his family.

“I am interested in everything because the NBA is my goal at the end of the day. I want to be a great college player, but my end goal is to help my family. I want to be a concrete Round 1 player if I do make that decision. If I'm guaranteed a Round 1 position, then you never know. I could see myself doing it if I am in a good position at the end of the year. A college education is so important and making that jump is really hard, so I really gotta think about that, but if I'm Round 1, then that's different.”

There is a definite shift in the way top-level talent views college and the next few years should tell us a lot about how the changing rules of the NBA Draft will affect the basketball landscape across the country.