Seven more early entrants who had been testing the NBA draft waters this spring decided prior to the NCAA’s withdrawal deadline on Wednesday to remove their names from consideration and will return to college, reports Jon Chepkevich of DraftExpress (Twitter link).
Those players, along with their 2025/26 schools, are as follows:
- Kennard Davis, G/F, BYU (junior)
- Keanu Dawes, F, Utah (junior)
- Gabe Dynes, C, USC (junior)
- Eian Elmer, F, Miami (OH) (junior)
- Louis Hutchinson, G/F, Alabama A&M (junior)
- Sebastian Rancik, F, Colorado (sophomore)
- LeJuan Watts, F, Texas Tech (junior)
At least six of these prospects will be transferring to new schools for the 2026/27 season, Chepkevich notes, with Davis headed to Missouri, Dawes going to Kansas, Dynes on his way to Louisville, Elmer joining Wisconsin, Rancik committed to Florida State, and Watts set to suit up for Washington.
Hutchinson, who has played for four programs since 2022, is still in the transfer portal, per Chepkevich, so he’ll likely move on to a new school as well.
These seven players, none of whom were on ESPN’s top-100 list for 2026, were the only NCAA early entrants whose draft plans hadn’t been announced or reported. As our tracker shows, there are now 26 college early entrants expected to remain in the draft pool, while 34 reportedly withdrew by 11:59 pm ET on Wednesday. Our data isn’t official, so we’ll wait for confirmation from the NBA to be certain that those lists are accurate.
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 11 international prospects who declared for the draft will have until that Saturday to decide whether to keep their names in or pull out.