NBA announces 242 early-entry candidates for 2023 NBA Draft

Apr 26 2023 5:29AM UTC

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The NBA announced today that 242 players have filed as early-entry candidates for the 2023 NBA Draft.

Players who have applied for early entry have the right to withdraw their names from consideration for the NBA Draft by notifying the league of their decision in writing no later than 5 p.m. ET on June 12.

Under NCAA rules, in order to retain college basketball eligibility, college players who have entered the 2023 NBA Draft must withdraw by May 31.

The 2023 NBA Draft will be held on June 22 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Below is the list of college players who have applied for early entry into 2023 NBA Draft:

EARLY-ENTRY CANDIDATES

Player	School	Height	Status
Jaden Akins	Michigan State	6-4	Sophomore
Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu	Memphis	6-10	Senior
Trey Alexander	Creighton	6-4	Sophomore
Damezi Anderson Jr.	Detroit	6-7	Senior
Chase Audige	Northwestern	6-4	Senior
Marcus Bagley	Arizona State	6-8	Sophomore
Amari Bailey	UCLA	6-5	Freshman
Will Baker	Nevada	7-0	Junior
TJ Bamba	Washington State	6-5	Junior
Josh Bannan	Montana	6-10	Junior
Grant Basile	Virginia Tech	6-9	Senior
Emoni Bates	Eastern Michigan	6-10	Sophomore
Manny Bates	Butler	6-11	Senior
Damion Baugh	TCU	6-4	Senior
Charles Bediako	Alabama	7-0	Sophomore
Reece Beekman	Virginia	6-3	Junior
T.J. Bickerstaff	Boston College	6-9	Senior
Anthony Black	Arkansas	6-7	Freshman
Adem Bona	UCLA	6-10	Freshman
Gael Bonilla	Capitanes (G League)	6-7
Keylan Boone	Pacific	6-8	Senior
Jalen Bridges	Baylor	6-7	Junior
Johni Broome	Auburn	6-10	Junior
Jordan Brown	Louisiana	6-11	Senior
Kobe Brown	Missouri	6-7	Senior
Kobe Bufkin	Michigan	6-4	Sophomore
Boo Buie	Northwestern	6-2	Senior
Tyler Burton	Richmond	6-7	Senior
Lamont Butler Jr.	San Diego State	6-2	Junior
Toumani Camara	Dayton	6-8	Senior
Tyger Campbell	UCLA	6-0	Senior
Wesley Cardet Jr.	Chicago State	6-6	Sophomore
Dylan Cardwell	Auburn	6-11	Junior
Branden Carlson	Utah	7-0	Senior
Jaylen Clark	UCLA	6-5	Junior
Noah Clowney	Alabama	6-10	Freshman
Frankie Collins	Arizona State	6-1	Sophomore
Yuri Collins	Saint Louis	6-0	Senior
Ricky Council IV	Arkansas	6-6	Junior
Kevin Cross	Tulane	6-8	Senior
LJ Cryer	Baylor	6-1	Junior
Clarence Daniels II	New Hampshire	6-6	Junior
Tristan da Silva	Colorado	6-8	Junior
Davonte Davis	Arkansas	6-4	Junior
Johnell Davis	Florida Atlantic	6-4	Junior
RayJ Dennis	Toledo	6-2	Senior
Gradey Dick	Kansas	6-8	Freshman
Alou Dillon	Purdue-Northwest	6-8	Senior
Jordan Dingle	Pennsylvania	6-3	Junior
Marcus Domask	Southern Illinois	6-6	Senior

Zach Edey	Purdue	7-4	Junior
El Ellis	Louisville	6-3	Senior
Tosan Evbuomwan	Princeton	6-8	Senior
Adam Flagler	Baylor	6-3	Senior
Jaylen Forbes	Tulane	6-5	Senior
Armaan Franklin	Virginia	6-4	Senior
Enrique Freeman	Akron	6-7	Senior
Alex Fudge	Florida	6-8	Sophomore
Eric Gaines	UAB	6-2	Junior
Myron Gardner	Little Rock	6-6	Senior
Keyonte George	Baylor	6-4	Freshman
Joseph Girard III	Syracuse	6-1	Senior
Wendell Green Jr.	Auburn	5-11	Junior
Mouhamed Gueye	Washington State	6-11	Sophomore
PJ Hall	Clemson	6-10	Junior
Jacksun Hamilton	Wisconsin-Parkside	6-7	Sophomore
De’Vion Harmon	Texas Tech	6-2	Senior
Ray Harrison	Grand Canyon	6-4	Junior
Hakim Hart	Maryland	6-6	Senior
Joey Hauser	Michigan State	6-9	Senior
Coleman Hawkins	Illinois	6-10	Junior
Jordan Hawkins	Connecticut	6-5	Sophomore
Taylor Hendricks	UCF	6-9	Freshman
Jalen Hill	Oklahoma	6-7	Senior
Blake Hinson	Pittsburgh	6-7	Junior
A.J. Hoggard	Michigan State	6-4	Junior
DaRon Holmes II	Dayton	6-10	Sophomore
Jalen Hood-Schifino	Indiana	6-6	Freshman
Ithiel Horton	UCF	6-5	Senior
Jett Howard	Michigan	6-8	Freshman
Tyrese Hunter	Texas	6-0	Sophomore
Jordan Ivy-Curry	Pacific	6-2	Junior
Andre Jackson Jr.	Connecticut	6-6	Junior
Gregory “GG” Jackson II	South Carolina	6-9	Freshman
Trayce Jackson-Davis	Indiana	6-9	Senior
Josiah-Jordan James	Tennessee	6-6	Senior
Sion James	Tulane	6-5	Junior
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	UCLA	6-7	Senior
Keshad Johnson	San Diego State	6-7	Senior
Keyontae Johnson	Kansas State	6-5	Senior
Meechie Johnson	South Carolina	6-2	Junior
Colby Jones	Xavier	6-6	Junior
Dillon Jones	Weber State	6-6	Junior
Djordjije Jovanovic	Ontario (G League)	6-7	N/A
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Creighton	7-1	Junior
Arthur Kaluma	Creighton	6-7	Sophomore
Miles Kelly	Georgia Tech	6-4	Sophomore
Jackson Kenyon	Miami (OH)	6-8	Senior
Bobi Klintman	Wake Forest	6-10	Freshman
Bol Kuir	San Diego	7-3	Freshman
Pelle Larsson	Arizona	6-5	Junior

Tyrin Lawrence	Vanderbilt	6-4	Junior
Jaedon LeDee	San Diego State	6-9	Senior
Maxwell Lewis	Pepperdine	6-7	Sophomore
Dereck Lively II	Duke	7-1	Freshman
Chris Livingston	Kentucky	6-6	Freshman
Seth Lundy	Penn State	6-6	Senior
Tramon Mark	Houston	6-5	Sophomore
Alijah Martin	Florida Atlantic	6-2	Junior
Madison McCall	Lesley (MA)	6-2	Senior
Kevin McCullar	Kansas	6-6	Senior
Mike Miles Jr.	TCU	6-2	Junior
Brandon Miller	Alabama	6-9	Freshman
Emanuel Miller	TCU	6-7	Senior
Demetrius Mims	Gannon (PA)	6-6	Senior
Judah Mintz	Syracuse	6-3	Freshman
Isaiah Miranda	North Carolina State	7-1	Freshman
Dillon Mitchell	Texas	6-8	Freshman
RayQuawndis Mitchell	Missouri-Kansas City	6-5	Senior
Omari Moore	San Jose State	6-6	Senior
Jelanie Morgan	Lesley (MA)	6-4	Freshman
Casey Morsell	North Carolina State	6-3	Senior
Paul Mulcahy	Rutgers	6-6	Senior
Kris Murray	Iowa	6-8	Junior
Matthew Murrell	Mississippi	6-4	Junior
Grant Nelson	North Dakota State	6-11	Junior
Jordan Nesbitt	Hampton	6-6	Sophomore
Tristen Newton	Connecticut	6-5	Senior
Olivier Nkamhoua	Tennessee	6-8	Senior
Landers Nolley II	Cincinnati	6-7	Senior
Jack Nunge	Xavier	7-0	Senior
Toby Okani	Illinois-Chicago	6-8	Junior
Norchad Omier	Miami	6-7	Junior
Clifford Omoruyi	Rutgers	6-11	Junior
Nick Ongenda	DePaul	6-11	Senior
Nijel Pack	Miami	6-0	Junior
Elijah Pepper	UC Davis	6-4	Senior
Rob Perry	Murray State	6-4	Senior
Julian Phillips	Tennessee	6-8	Freshman
Uros Plavsic	Tennessee	7-0	Senior
Brandin Podziemski	Santa Clara	6-5	Sophomore
Quinten Post	Boston College	7-0	Senior
Justin Powell	Washington State	6-6	Junior
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	Marquette	6-8	Junior
Zyon Pullin	UC Riverside	6-4	Senior
Jahvon Quinerly	Alabama	6-1	Senior
Antonio Reeves	Kentucky	6-4	Senior
Jeremy Roach	Duke	6-2	Junior
Terry Roberts	Georgia	6-3	Senior
Luis Rodriguez	UNLV	6-6	Senior
Cormac Ryan	Notre Dame	6-5	Senior
Adama Sanogo	Connecticut	6-9	Junior

Marcus Sasser	Houston	6-2	Senior
Mark Sears	Alabama	6-1	Junior
Brice Sensabaugh	Ohio State	6-6	Freshman
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Illinois	6-6	Senior
Mike Sharavjamts	Dayton	6-8	Freshman
Jamarion Sharp	Western Kentucky	7-5	Senior
Jamal Shead	Houston	6-1	Junior
Ben Sheppard	Belmont	6-6	Senior
Grant Sherfield	Oklahoma	6-2	Senior
Dontrell Shuler	Cal State San Bernardino	6-3	Senior
Malachi Smith	Gonzaga	6-4	Senior
Nick Smith Jr.	Arkansas	6-5	Freshman
Terquavion Smith	North Carolina State	6-4	Sophomore
Tolu Smith	Mississippi State	6-10	Senior
Isaiah Stevens	Colorado State	6-0	Senior
Julian Strawther	Gonzaga	6-7	Junior
Justice Sueing	Ohio State	6-7	Senior
Russel Tchewa	South Florida	7-0	Senior
Tyler Thomas	Hofstra	6-3	Senior
Drew Timme	Gonzaga	6-10	Senior
Keisei Tominaga	Nebraska	6-2	Senior
Nae’Qwan Tomlin	Kansas State	6-10	Senior
Jacob Toppin	Kentucky	6-9	Senior
Mady Traore	New Mexico State	6-11	Freshman
Oscar Tshiebwe	Kentucky	6-9	Senior
Azuolas Tubelis	Arizona	6-11	Junior
Cameron Tyson	Seattle	6-3	Senior
Connor Vanover	Oral Roberts	7-5	Senior
Steele Venters	Eastern Washington	6-7	Junior
Damjan Vukcevic	Los Angeles Trade Tech	6-8	Freshman
Qudus Wahab	Georgetown	6-11	Senior
Jarace Walker	Houston	6-8	Freshman
Cason Wallace	Kentucky	6-4	Freshman
Jordan Walsh	Arkansas	6-7	Freshman
Anton Watson	Gonzaga	6-8	Senior
Dariq Whitehead	Duke	6-7	Freshman
Cam Whitmore	Villanova	6-7	Freshman
Jaylin Williams	Auburn	6-8	Senior
Tyler Willoughby	Voorhees (SC)	6-3	Senior
Jalen Wilson	Kansas	6-8	Junior
Tyrese Wineglass	Southwestern Adventist (TX)	5-10	Junior
Isaiah Wong	Miami	6-4	Senior

Below are the international players who filed as early-entry candidates:

Name	Team/Country	Height	Status
Miguel Allen	Joventut (Spain)	6-8	2003 DOB
Idrissa Ba	Levallois (France)	7-0	2002 DOB
Elian Benitez	Bourg (France)	5-11	2003 DOB
William Beugre-Kassi	Roanne (France)	6-6	2004 DOB
Mihailo Boskovic	Dynamic (Serbia)	6-10	2002 DOB
Michael Caicedo	Granada (Spain)	6-6	2003 DOB
Sasa Ciani	Cedevita (Croatia)	6-9	2003 DOB
Bilal Coulibaly	Levallois (France)	6-6	2004 DOB
Carlin Davison	Airs (New Zealand)	6-5	2003 DOB
Ege Demir	Tofas (Turkey)	6-10	2004 DOB
Thijs De Ridder	Antwerp (Belgium)	6-8	2003 DOB
Nikola Djurisic	Mega (Serbia)	6-8	2004 DOB
Ruben Dominguez	Estudiantes (Spain)	6-5	2003 DOB
Quinn Ellis	Monferrato (Italy)	6-4	2003 DOB
Juan Fernandez	Fuenlabrada (Spain)	6-10	2002 DOB
Clement Frisch	Nancy (France)	6-7	2002 DOB
Sananda Fru	Braunschweig (Germany)	6-9	2003 DOB
Gloire Goma	Chlorella (Spain)	6-5	2003 DOB
Hassane Gueye	ASA (France)	6-10	2003 DOB
Ondrej Hanzlik	Girona (Spain)	6-7	2002 DOB
Nadir Hifi	Le Portel (France)	6-3	2002 DOB
Tomislav Ivisic	Podgorica (Montenegro)	7-0	2003 DOB
Zvonimir Ivisic	Podgorica (Montenegro)	7-2	2003 DOB
Ilias Kamardine	Evreux (France)	6-4	2003 DOB
Konstantin Kostadinov	Palencia (Spain)	6-8	2003 DOB
Oleksandr Kovliar	Kalev/Cramo (Estonia)	6-3	2002 DOB
Liutauras Lelevicius	Zalgiris (Lithuania)	6-7	2003 DOB
Gilad Levy	Hapoel Jerusalem (Israel)	7-1	2002 DOB
Ruben Lopez	Gran Canaria (Spain)	6-8	2002 DOB
Assemian Moulare	Vichy-Clermont (France)	6-0	2003 DOB

Ousmane Ndiaye	Baskonia (Spain)	6-11	2004-02-16
James Nnaji	Barcelona (Spain)	7-0	2004-03-03
David Okwera	Melbourne (Australia)	7-0	2002-01-16
Daniel Onwenu	Corinthians (Brazil)	6-6	2002-05-12
Romain Parmentelot	Lyon (France)	6-3	2004-01-07
Ivan Perasovic	Cibona (Croatia)	6-7	2002-03-09
Mantas Rubstavicius	Lietkabelis (Lithuania)	6-6	2002-03-18
Rayan Rupert	New Zealand (Australia)	6-6	2004-02-17
Musa Sagnia	Manresa (Spain)	6-7	2003-02-15
Marcio Santos	Sesi Franca (Brazil)	6-9	2002-02-23
Enzo Shahrvin	Pau Orthez (France)	6-7	2003-03-08
Birahima Sylla	Roanne (France)	6-7	2003-02-18
Dez Andras Tanoh	Budapesti Honved (Hungary)	6-3	2002-02-14
Hugo Toom	Kalev/Cramo (Estonia)	6-7	2002-02-22
Armel Traore	Levallois (France)	6-8	2003-02-16
Ricards Vanags	Liepaja (Latvia)	6-8	2002-02-19
Tristan Vukcevic	Partizan (Serbia)	7-0	2003-02-17
Victor Wembanyama	Levallois (France)	7-4	2004-01-08

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