The NBA has officially announced the 38 early entrants who have withdrawn from the 2026 draft (Twitter link). The majority of those players — 35 of the 38 — played college basketball last season and will be headed back to the NCAA.
Early entrants who played college basketball had to withdraw by the end of Wednesday if they wished to retain their NCAA eligibility. One player who wasn’t on the NBA’s initial early entrant list was among those who withdrew: John Mobley Jr., who said when he declared for the draft that he planned to return to Ohio State if he pulled out.
Our tracker of early entrants, including the 26 college underclassmen who are expected to remain in the draft and the eight international prospects who remain eligible to be drafted, has been updated to reflect the news.
Here’s the full list of college underclassmen who have withdrawn from the draft:
Note: Some of these players may also be transferring to new schools; their 2025/26 school is listed here.
- Matt Able, G, North Carolina State (freshman)
- Amari Allen, F, Alabama (freshman)
- Alijah Arenas, G, USC (freshman)
- Flory Bidunga, F/C, Kansas (sophomore)
- Finley Bizjack, G, Butler (junior)
- John Blackwell, G, Wisconsin (junior)
- Shane Blakeney, G, Drexel (junior)
- Anton Bonke, C, Charlotte (junior)
- Rowan Brumbaugh, G, Tulane (junior)
- Elliot Cadeau, G, Michigan (junior)
- Rueben Chinyelu, C, Florida (junior)
- Jacob Cofie, F, USC (sophomore)
- Cruz Davis, G, Hofstra (junior)
- Kennard Davis, G/F, BYU (junior)
- Keanu Dawes, F, Utah (junior)
- Gabe Dynes, C, USC (junior)
- Eian Elmer, F, Miami (OH) (junior)
- Jeremy Fears, G, Michigan State (junior)
- Colby Garland, G, San Jose State (junior)
- Juke Harris, G, Wake Forest (sophomore)
- Isiah Harwell, G, Houston (freshman)
- Louis Hutchinson, G/F, Alabama A&M (junior)
- Acaden Lewis, G, Villanova (freshman)
- John Mobley Jr., G, Ohio State (sophomore)
- Milan Momcilovic, F, Iowa State (junior)
- Malachi Moreno, C, Kentucky (freshman)
- Paulius Murauskas, F, Saint Mary’s (junior)
- Dennis Parker, G, Radford (junior)
- Sebastian Rancik, F, Colorado (sophomore)
- Billy Richmond, G/F, Arkansas (sophomore)
- Andrej Stojakovic, G/F, Illinois (junior)
- Tyler Tanner, G, Vanderbilt (sophomore)
- Aiden Tobiason, G, Temple (sophomore)
- LeJuan Watts, F, Texas Tech (junior)
- Tounde Yessoufou, G/F, Baylor (freshman)
Three international early entrants have withdrawn from the draft as well. The country indicates where the player had been playing, not necessarily where he was born.
- Bassala Bagayoko, C, Spain (born 2006)
- Marc-Owen Fodzo Dada, G, France (born 2006)
- Alex Samodurov, F, Greece (born 2005)
With the NCAA withdrawal deadline behind us, the next big draft-related date to watch is June 13, which is the NBA’s withdrawal deadline. The eight remaining international early entrants will have until that Saturday to decide whether to keep their names in or pull out.