Duke wing Isaiah Evans has declared for the 2026 NBA draft, he announced on Wednesday (via Instagram). The university’s basketball program confirmed the report on Twitter.
Evans is a 6’6″ wing who spent two seasons with the Blue Devils and made the 2025/26 All-ACC third team after making the third-most three-pointers in the conference this season. He averaged 15.0 points and 3.2 rebounds while knocking down 36.1% of 7.4 three-point attempts per game. Last season, in a more limited role, he hit 41.6% of his threes on 4.1 attempts per contest.
Evans currently sits at No. 21 on ESPN’s big board, and Jeremy Woo describes him as a gifted movement shooter with good positional size. The 20-year-old from North Carolina is very thin, weighing in at 175 pounds, which has raised questions about his ability to hold up defensively against stronger wings. Still, he was an active defensive play-maker in college and showed solid instincts, averaging 0.7 steals and 0.7 blocks per game this year.
Evans’ teammate at Duke, Caleb Foster, is returning to Duke, the team announced (via Twitter). Foster, who is unranked on ESPN’s board, averaged 8.3 points and 2.8 assists on .447/.398/.582 shooting splits in 33 games this season.
College underclassmen who want to go pro or test the NBA draft waters have until the end of this Friday to file their paperwork. Our early entrant tracker can be found right here.
This is the guy who watched Mullins shoot, get a arm up lazy
Duke lost because of two people and one is this guy Evans
I do like his shot though
How about Scheyer and his assistants?
They tried to call timeout but the small Boozer brother lost the ball instead then Evans watched Mullins shoot. Didn’t you watch the play?