Guard Will Richard plans to withdraw from the draft and return to Florida for his senior season, agent George Langberg tells Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68 (Twitter link).
Richard has started 65 of 68 games for the Gators the past two seasons, averaging 10.9 PPG, 4.2 RPG and 0.9 SPG on .445/.366/.824 shooting over that span (28.7 MPG).
Three other players are withdrawing from the 2024 NBA draft as well, they told Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports (all Twitter links).
A.J. Staton-McCray, who was an all-league and all-defensive selection in 2023/24, plans to transfer to Florida Atlantic, per Rothstein. The 6’5″ guard has spent the past four years at Samford, but still has two years of college eligibility left (he was injured one season, plus the pandemic).
6’8″ Portland wing Tyler Harris, who averaged 12.1 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 1.0 SPG and 0.9 BPG in 22 games as a freshman (33.8 MPG), plans to play for Washington for his sophomore season, according to Rothstein.
Lastly, Posh Alexander, who will be a “super senior” in ’24/25, is withdrawing and transferring to Dayton. Alexander spent his first three seasons at St. John’s before playing for Butler last season.
May 29 is the last day for early entrants to withdraw from the NBA draft and retain their NCAA eligibility (10:59 pm CT). The full list of 2024 early entrants can be found here.
It’s still not to late Bronny.
I just feel bad for the kids that stay in the draft and burn the college career. Yes they can go to the g league or over seas but that is not what they were hoping for. With so few draft slots if they were not all but promised a first round pick they should go back to school for a year hopefully get better and try again next year. There is no real rush if they are getting NIL.