It’s been 13 years for the reason that final time a BYU participant was chosen within the NBA draft, when Jimmer Fredette went tenth total within the 2011 draft.
Because of the incoming class from first-year coach Kevin Younger, although, there are many projections that point out that drought may finish subsequent yr.
With the 2024 NBA draft wrapping up Thursday afternoon, a number of media shops churned out their look to the long run with their very own variations of a way-too-early 2025 NBA mock draft.
In 4 of the 5 mock drafts used as reference for this text, worldwide guard Egor Demin was included as a first-round choose.
These mock drafts come from ESPN, CBS Sports activities, USA In the present day, Yahoo Sports activities and On3.
Along with Demin, fellow incoming freshman ahead Kanon Catchings and former BYU wing Jaxson Robinson, who’s now at Kentucky with former Cougars coach Mark Pope, appeared in a minimum of one mock draft.
Right here’s what every mock draft projected for BYU prospects subsequent yr:
ESPN
Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo mission two BYU gamers might be taken throughout the first spherical of the 2025 draft: Demin at No. 9 total to the San Antonio Spurs and Catchings at No. 26 to the Utah Jazz.
That is the one way-too-early mock draft the place Catchings seems.
The final time BYU had two gamers chosen in the identical draft was 1984 — again then, the draft was 10 rounds and included greater than 200 draft picks.
CBS Sports activities
Adam Finkelstein and Travis Branham mission that Demin will go No. 10 total to the Spurs, similar to ESPN’s prediction, one spot after San Antonio additionally selects his former Actual Madrid teammate Hugo Gonzalez.
“Scouts rave about his pure expertise, together with his perimeter dimension at 6-foot-9, skill to make performs for himself and others, in addition to his taking pictures, however warning about his total inconsistency and lack of physicality,” Finkelstein and Branham wrote. “Billed as a possible high 10 choose, the best way his inventory evolves at BYU may have implications on different draft hopefuls contemplating a yr in school basketball.”
Finkelstein and Branham additionally classify Demin as a tier three prospect among the many 2025 class, a tier labeled “potential high-end lottery picks.”
Robinson additionally appeared within the CBS Sports activities mock draft, going No. 21 total to the Golden State Warriors.
“Robinson is a sizey wing who drills pictures from past the arc. Each NBA staff is aware of he can shoot the ball from three however subsequent season they need to see improved power, toughness and proof Robinson can impression the sport past taking pictures jumpers,” Finkelstein and Branham wrote.
Robinson was labeled amongst tier 5, or “Spherical 1 candidates.”
USA In the present day
Cydney Henderson and Jeff Zillgitt additionally projected Demin as a top-10 prospect within the 2025 class, placing him tenth.
In contrast to the 2 earlier mock drafts, although, USA In the present day didn’t predict which groups would take gamers at totally different picks — as an alternative, they listed their model of the highest 30 prospects for subsequent yr.
Yahoo Sports activities
Like USA In the present day’s 2025 mock draft, Yahoo Sports activities’ Krysten Peek listed her model of the highest 30 draft prospects for subsequent yr.
This was the one checklist, although, the place Demin was not projected as a first-round prospect.
On3
Once more, like USA In the present day and Yahoo Sports activities, the On3 mock draft was a listing of the highest 30 prospects and didn’t embody projections for which staff they’d find yourself with.
On3′s James Fletcher III, although, included Demin amongst his high 10, at No. 8.