2024 NBA Draft: Top College Returners Following Withdrawal Deadline

The 2024 NBA Draft class is shaping up to be deep with how many prospects are returning to school.

The 2024 NBA Draft might lack the generational talent of the class that will be taking the stage later this month, but it should be deep. Not only is there a solid class of incoming freshman at the college level, but there should be a variety of rising sophomores and even quality upperclassmen that will be in the mix for next summer’s draft.

There were several really good college players that had already made their decision to stay in school soon after the recent season came to an end. From there, a much larger group of prospects tested the pre-draft process before withdrawing more recently. On Wednesday, we saw an influx of prospects dropping out fo the 2023 NBA Draft with the withdrawal deadline looming.

With the transfer portal and NIL considerations, going back to school for another year is attractive to most of these players. It also is an opportunity for them to get better and increase draft stock ahead of next summer.

As it relates to the NBA Draft, who are the top returning college players to keep an eye on next season?

Guards

• Arterio Morris (Kansas)
• Caleb Love (Arizona)
• Eric Gaines (UAB)
• Gibson Jimerson (Saint Louis)
• Jayden Nunn (Baylor)
• JJ Starling (Syracuse)
• Judah Mintz (Syracuse)
• Khalif Battle (Arkansas)
• Kobe Elvis (Dayton)
• LJ Cryer (Houston)
• Matthew Murrell (Ole Miss)
• MJ Rice (NC State)
• Nolan Hickman (Gonzaga)
• Reece Beekman (Virginia)
• Riley Kugel (Florida)
• Ryan Nembhard (Gonzaga)
• Skyy Clark (Louisville)
• Tre White (Louisville)
• Trey Alexander (Creighton)
• Tyrese Hunter (Texas)
• Tyrese Proctor (Duke)
• Will Richard (Florida)
• Zhuric Phelps (SMU)

Wings

• Arthur Kaluma (Transfer Portal)
• Baba Miller (Florida State)
• Baylor Scheierman (Creighton)
• Bryce Hopkins (Providence)
• Dillon Jones (Weber State)
• Harrison Ingram (North Carolina)
• Jaylen Forbes (Tulane)
• Kevin McCullar (Kansas)
• Mark Mitchell (Duke)
• Matthew Cleveland (Miami)
• Mike Sharavjamts (Transfer Portal)
• Terrance Arceneaux (Houston)
• Terrence Shannon (Illinois)
• Tramon Mark (Arkansas)
• Tucker DeVries (Drake)
• Tyler Burton (Villanova)

Forwards/Bigs

• Adem Bona (UCLA)
• Alex Karaban (UConn)
• Coleman Hawkins (Illinois)
• DaRon Holmes (Dayton)
• Dillon Mitchell (Texas)
• Donovan Clingan (UConn)
• Ernest Udeh Jr. (TCU)
• Grant Nelson (Transfer Portal)
• Hunter Dickinson (Kansas)
• Jalen Bridges (Transfer Portal)
• Jaylin Williams (Auburn)
• Josh Oduro (Providence)
• Kadin Shedrick (Texas)
• Kel’el Ware (Indiana)
• Kyle Filipowski (Duke)
• Moussa Cisse (Ole Miss)
• Nae'Qwan Tomlin (Kansas State)
• Oumar Ballo (Arizona)
• Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton)
• Trevon Brazile (Arkansas)
• Tristan da Silva (Colorado)
• Yohan Traore (UC Santa Barbara)
• Zach Edey (Purdue)

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