The current date for college underclassmen and international players to declare for the 2014 Draft is April 27th, however the NCAA requires players who plan on returning to school to announce their intentions by April 16th or risk being ineligible the following year, should they return to school. What this means is that a player who has declared for the draft is no longer able to withdraw and still maintain collegiate status (assuming they have not yet hired an agent) after this point. Players, however, can keep their intentions silent until the April 27th NBA deadline, but once they declare there is no going back. Since NBA teams are prohibited from contacting players before the official NBA deadline and college players must decide in accordance with the NCAA’s deadline, the ability for college underclassmen to gauge their draft stock and team interest is dramatically less. This is an unfortunate situation perpetrated by the NCAA and adds unnecessary risk and confusion into the draft process. As a result, (we expect) a number of players will declare under the false belief that they will be picked or are good enough to play in the league. As both leagues work to find a solution to this complex situation (possibly as soon as this summer), we have a fairly significant number of underclassmen and most interestingly, freshmen declaring for this year’s draft. Here is the list, it will be updated as more underclassmen announce their decisions in the coming week.
Declared:
- Jordan Adams, SG, So., UCLA
- Kyle Anderson, G/F, So., UCLA
- Isaiah Austin, PF, So., Baylor
- Khem Birch, PF, Jr., UNLV
- Sim Bhullar, C, So., New Mexico State
- Jabari Brown, SG, So., Missouri
- Jahii Carson, PG, So., Arizona State
- Semaj Christon, PG, So., Xavier
- Jordan Clarkson, G, Jr., Missouri
- DeAndre Daniels, F, Jr., Connecticut
- Spencer Dinwiddie, SG, Jr., Colorado
- Joel Embiid, C, Fr., Kansas
- Tyler Ennis, PG, Fr., Syracuse
- Aaron Gordon, F, Fr., Arizona
- Jerami Grant, F, So., Syracuse
- Gary Harris, SG, So., Michigan State
- Rodney Hood, SG, Fr., Duke
- Nick Johnson, SG, Jr., Arizona
- Alex Kirk, C, Jr., New Mexico
- Zach LaVine, G, Fr. UCLA
- James Michael McAdoo, PF, Jr., North Carolina
- K.J. McDaniels, SF, Jr., Clemson
- Mitch McGary, PF/C, So., Michigan
- Eric Moreland, F, Jr., Oregon State
- Johnny O’Bryant III, PF, Jr., LSU
- Jabari Parker, SF, Fr., Duke
- Elfrid Payton, PG, Jr., Louisana-Lafayette
- Julius Randle, PF, Fr., Kentucky
- Glenn Robinson III, F, So., Michigan
- LaQuinton Ross, F, Jr., Ohio State
- JaKarr Sampson, F, So., St. John’s
- Marcus Smart, PG, So., Oklahoma State
- Roscoe Smith, F, Jr., UNLV
- Nik Stauskas, SG, So., Michigan
- Jarnell Stokes, PF, Jr., Tennessee
- Noah Vonleh, PF, Fr., Indiana
- T.J. Warren, SF, So., North Carolina State
- Andrew Wiggins, SG, Fr., Kansas
- James Young, SG, Fr., Kentucky
Notable Seniors:
(List includes Seniors within the Top 80 of Chad Ford (of ESPN)’s Big Board or within top 15 of Draft Express’s Senior Rankings)
- Doug McDermott, F, Creighton
- Adreian Payne, PF, Michigan State
- Cleanthony Early, F, Wichita State
- Deonte Burton, PG, Nevada
- C.J. Wilcox, SG, Washington
- Patric Young, PF, Florida
- Dwight Powell, PF, Stanford
- Devyne Marble, SG, Iowa
- Shabazz Napier, G, Connecticut
- Russ Smith, G, Louisville
- Keith Appling, PG, Michigan State
- Cory Jefferson, PF, Baylor
- Markel Brown, SG, Oklahoma State
- Lamar Patterson, SG, Pittsburgh
- Joe Harris, SF, Virginia
- DeAndre Kane, PG, Iowa State
- Aaron Craft, PG, Ohio State
- Jerian Grant, PG, Notre Dame
- C.J. Fair, SF, Syracuse
- Melvin Ejim, SF, Iowa State
International:
(Includes International players under the age of 22 who are eligible and expected to declare)
- Thanasis Antetokounmpo, SF, Greece
- Clint Capela, PF, Switzerland
- Boris Dallo, PG, France
- Illimane Diop, C, Senegal
- Dante Exum, PG, Australia
- Guillermo Hernangomez, C, Spain
- Mario Hezonja, SF, Croatia
- Rasmus Larson, PF, Denmark
- Vasilije Micic, PG, Serbia
- Nikola Milutinov, C, Serbia
- Jusuf Nurkic, C, Bosnia
- Kristaps Porzingis, PF, Latvia
- Dario Saric, F, Croatia
- Kenan Sipahi, PG, Turkey
Returning:
(List consists of notable underclassmen who have announced they are returning to school next season)
- Ron Baker, G, So., Wichita State
- Willie Cauley-Stein, C, Jr., Kentucky
- Branden Dawson, SF, Jr., Michigan State
- Sam Dekkar, SF, So., Wisconsin
- Jerian Grant, PG, Sr., Notre Dame
- A.J. Hammons, C, So., Purdue
- Montrezl Harrell, PF, So., Louisville
- Aaron Harrison, PG, Fr., Kentucky
- Andrew Harrison, PG, Fr., Kentucky
- Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, F, Fr., Arizona
- Brice Johnson, F, So., North Carolina
- Dakari Johnson, C, Fr., Kentucky
- Frank Kaminsky, C, Jr., Wisconsin
- Marcus Paige, PG, So., North Carolina
- Alex Poythress, F, So., Kentucky
- Wayne Seldon, SG, Fr., Kansas
- Juwan Staten, PG, Jr., West Virginia
- Kaleb Tarczewski, C, So., Arizona
- Chris Walker, SF, Fr., Florida
- Delon Wright, G, Jr., Utah
- Joseph Young, SG, Jr., Oregon