2020 NBA Draft Presented By State Farm Early Entry Candidates Update

NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2020 – There are currently 72 players from colleges and other educational institutions and 36 international prospects that are considered early entry candidates for the 2020 NBA Draft presented by State Farm®. Ninety-two collegiate players and seven international players who had declared as early entry candidates have withdrawn their names from consideration.

 

Players who have applied for early entry have the right to withdraw their names from consideration for the Draft by notifying the NBA of their decision in writing 10 days prior to the 2020 NBA Draft.

 

The 2020 NBA Draft presented by State Farm will be held on Friday, October 16.

 

Here is the list of players from colleges and other educational institutions who remain early entry candidates for the 2020 NBA Draft presented by State Farm:

 

Player                                        School        

Precious Achiuwa                     Memphis

Milan Acquaah                         California Baptist

Ty-Shon Alexander                   Creighton

Cole Anthony                           North Carolina

Brendan Bailey                         Marquette

Saddiq Bey                               Villanova

Tyler Bey                                 Colorado

Jermaine Bishop                        Norfolk State

Dachon Burke Jr.                      Nebraska

Vernon Carey Jr.                       Duke

Nate Darling                             Delaware

Lamine Diane                           CSUN

Devon Dotson                           Kansas

Anthony Edwards                      Georgia

CJ Elleby                                  Washington State

Malik Fitts                                St. Mary’s

Malachi Flynn                           San Diego State

Tony Goodwin II                      Redemption Academy (MA)

Josh Green                                Arizona

Ashton Hagans                          Kentucky

Tyrese Haliburton                     Iowa State

Josh Hall                                  Moravian Prep (NC)

Rayshaun Hammonds                Georgia

Jalen Harris                              Nevada

Niven Hart                                Fresno State

Nate Hinton                              Houston

Elijah Hughes                           Syracuse

Isaiah Joe                                  Arkansas

Dakari Johnson                         Cape Fear CC (NC)

C.J. Jones                                 MTSU

Mason Jones                             Arkansas

Tre Jones                                  Duke

Saben Lee                                 Vanderbilt

Micheal Lenoir                         Creating Young Minds Acad. (TX)

Kira Lewis Jr.                           Alabama

Nico Mannion                           Arizona

Naji Marshall                            Xavier

Kenyon Martin Jr.                     IMG Academy (FL)

Tyrese Maxey                           Kentucky

Jaden McDaniels                       Washington

Isiaha Mike                               SMU

EJ Montgomery                        Kentucky

Aaron Nesmith                          Vanderbilt

Zeke Nnaji                                Arizona

Jordan Nwora                           Louisville

Onyeka Okongwu                     USC

Isaac Okoro                              Auburn

Daniel Oturu                             Minnesota

Reggie Perry                             Mississippi State

Filip Petrusev                            Gonzaga

Nate Pierre-Louis                      Temple

Immanuel Quickley                   Kentucky

Jahmi’us Ramsey                      Texas Tech

Paul Reed Jr.                             DePaul

Nick Richards                           Kentucky

Jayden Scrubb                           John A. Logan College (IL)

Jalen Smith                               Maryland

Cassius Stanley                         Duke

Isaiah Stewart                           Washington

Tyrell Terry                              Stanford

Xavier Tillman Sr.                     Michigan State

Obi Toppin                               Dayton

Jordan Tucker                           Butler

Devin Vassell                           Florida State

Nick Weatherspoon                   Mississippi State

Kaleb Wesson                           Ohio State

Kahlil Whitney                         Kentucky

Emmitt Williams                       LSU

Patrick Williams                       Florida State

James Wiseman                        Memphis

Robert Woodard II                    Mississippi State

Omer Yurtseven                        Georgetown

 

 

Following is a list of international players who remain early entry candidates for the 2020 NBA Draft presented by State Farm:

 

Player                                Team/Country of Team      

Deni Avdija                              Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)

Brancou Badio                          Barcelona (Spain)

Darko Bajo                               Split (Croatia)

Marek Blazevic                         Rytas (Lithuania)

Adrian Bogucki                         Radom (Poland)

Leandro Bolmaro                      Barcelona (Spain)

Henri Drell                               Pesaro (Italy)

Imru Duke                                Zentro Basket (Spain)

Michele Ebeling                        Kleb Ferrara (Italy)

Paul Eboua                               Pesaro (Italy)

Osas Ehigiator                          Fuenlabrada (Spain)

Joel Ekamba                             Limoges (France)

Miguel Gonzalez                       Baskonia (Spain)

Killian Hayes                            Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)

Sehmus Hazer                           Bandirma (Turkey)

Rokas Jokubaitis                       Zalgiris (Lithuania)

Georgios Kalaitzakis                 Nevezis (Lithuania)

Vit Krejci                                 Zaragoza (Spain)

Arturs Kurucs                           VEF Riga (Latvia)

Yam Madar                              Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)

Theo Maledon                           ASVEL (France)

Karim Mane                             Vanier (Canada)

Sergi Martinez                          Barcelona (Spain)

Nikola Miskovic                       Mega Bemax (Serbia)

Aristide Mouaha                       Roseto (Italy)

Caio Pacheco                            Bahia Basket (Argentina)

Joel Parra                                  Joventut (Spain)

Aleksej Pokusevski                   Olympiacos (Greece)

Sander Raieste                          Kalev/Cramo (Estonia)

Nikolaos Rogkavopoulos           AEK (Greece)

Njegos Sikiras                           Fuenlabrada (Spain)

Marko Simonovic                      Mega Bemax (Serbia)

Mouhamed Thiam                     Nanterre (France)

Aboubacar Traore                     Dynasty Sports Institute (Canada)

Uros Trifunovic                        Partizan (Serbia)

Arnas Velicka                           Prienai (Lithuania)

 

Here is the list of players from colleges and other educational institutions who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2020 NBA Draft presented by State Farm:

 

Player                                                    School               

Jordyn Adams                           Austin Peay

Abdul Ado                                Mississippi State

Timmy Allen                            Utah

Derrick Alston Jr.                      Boise State

Joel Ayayi                                Gonzaga

Jomaru Brown                          Eastern Kentucky

Marcus Burk                             IUPUI

Jordan Burns                             Colgate

Jared Butler                              Baylor

Manny Camper                         Siena

Marcus Carr                              Minnesota

Tamenang Choh                        Brown

Kofi Cockburn                          Illinois

David Collins                            South Florida

Zach Cooks                              NJIT

Ryan Daly                                St. Joseph’s

Darius Days                              LSU

Dexter Dennis                           Wichita State

Ayo Dosunmu                           Illinois

Nojel Eastern                            Purdue

Mason Faulkner                        Western Carolina

LJ Figueroa                               St. John’s

Blake Francis                            Richmond

Hasahn French                          St. Louis

DJ Funderburk                          NC State

Both Gach                                Utah

Alonzo Gaffney                        Ohio State

Luka Garza                               Iowa

Jacob Gilyard                            Richmond

Grant Golden                            Richmond

Jordan Goodwin                        St. Louis

Jayvon Graves                          Buffalo

AJ Green                                  Northern Iowa

Darin Green Jr.                         UCF

Aaron Henry                             Michigan State

Jalen Hill                                  UCLA

Jay Huff                                   Virginia

Feron Hunt                               SMU

Chance Hunter                          Long Beach State

DeJon Jarreau                           Houston

Damien Jefferson                      Creighton

Jalen Johnson                            Louisiana

Andre Jones                              Nicholls State

Herbert Jones                            Alabama

Corey Kispert                           Gonzaga

Kameron Langley                      NC A&T

AJ Lawson                                South Carolina

Matt Lewis                               James Madison

Isaiah Livers                             Michigan

Denzel Mahoney                       Creighton

Makur Maker                            Pacific Academy (CA)

Sandro Mamukelashvili             Seton Hall

Tre Mann                                  Florida

Remy Martin                            Arizona State

Mac McClung                           Georgetown

Isaiah Miller                             UNCG

Matt Mitchell                            San Diego State

Andrew Nembhard                    Florida

Obadiah Noel                            Massachusetts-Lowell

Elijah Olaniyi                           Stony Brook

John Petty Jr.                            Alabama

Xavier Pinson                           Missouri

Yves Pons                                 Tennessee

Darius Quisenberry                   Youngstown State

Colbey Ross                             Pepperdine

Fatts Russell                             Rhode Island

Joe Saterfield                            Ranger CC (TX)

Aamir Simms                            Clemson

Ja’Vonte Smart                         LSU

Chris Smith                               UCLA

Collin Smith                             UCF

Justin Smith                              Indiana

Mitchell Smith                          Missouri

Stef Smith                                 Vermont

Ben Stanley                              Hampton

Parker Stewart                          UT-Martin

Terry Taylor                             Austin Peay

MaCio Teague                          Baylor

Justin Thomas                           Morehead State

Ethan Thompson                       Oregon State

Jeremiah Tilmon                       Missouri

Alonzo Verge Jr.                       Arizona State

Chris Vogt                                Cincinnati

CJ Walker                                 Ohio State

Trendon Watford                       LSU

Ibi Watson                                Dayton

Jarrod West                              Marshall

Romello White                          Arizona State

DeAndre Williams                    Evansville

Keith Williams                          Cincinnati

McKinley Wright IV                 Colorado

 

 

Here is the list of international players who have withdrawn their names from consideration for the 2020 NBA Draft presented by State Farm:

 

Player                                Team/Country of Team    

Berke Atar                                MZT Skopje (Macedonia)

Philippe Bayehe                        Roseto (Italy)

Vinicius Da Silva                      Prat (Spain)

Selim Fofana                            Neuchatel (Switzerland)

Dut Mabor                                Roseto (Italy)

Yigitcan Saybir                         Anadolu Efes (Turkey)

Andrii Voinalovych                   Khimik (Ukraine)

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