Trevon Brazile, who played the last two seasons at Arkansas under Eric Musselman after transferring from Missouri, will withdraw from the upcoming NBA Draft, according to a report.
Jeff Goodman of the Field of 68 was the first to report the news Monday, citing Brazile’s agent Daniel Hazan. The forward declared for the draft in April and took part in the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago in May.
“The 6-10 forward is extremely talented and is making a smart decision, per multiple NBA executives,” Goodman wrote in a post to his X account. “Wide-open looking for his next spot.”
At the combine, Brazile measured 6-9 1/4 without shoes, weighed in at 215 pounds and had a 7-3 3/4 wingspan. He also had the fifth-best max vertical leap of all players in the event at 41 inches.
Brazile on May 1, prior to the combine, entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal. According to On3.com’s rankings, he is the No. 11 available player in the portal.
Brazile entered his redshirt sophomore season as a projected first-round pick in this year’s draft despite missing most of the 2022-23 season because of a torn ACL. His stock dropped, however, on account of fluctuating production and time missed because of what the program described as knee soreness.
After an awkward fall in the Razorbacks’ road loss to Ole Miss, Brazile did not play in the following seven games. He returned and played four minutes on Feb. 24 vs. Missouri.
Brazile scored in double figures twice in SEC play, including a league-high 12 points in the regular-season final at Alabama. His best showing came in the team’s home upset of Duke in November, when he added a season-high 19 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks in 37 minutes.
Brazile averaged 11.8 points and 6.0 rebounds in 9 games in his first season at Arkansas, and added 8.6 points and 5.9 rebounds in 2023-24.
Since the Razorbacks’ hiring of John Calipari, Arkansas has added eight scholarship players to the roster, including FAU’s Johnell Davis, Tennessee’s Jonas Aidoo and three players from Kentucky’s 2023-24 roster in DJ Wagner, Zvominir Ivisic and Adou Thiero.