Auburn 6-foot-11 center Austin Wiley will withdraw from the 2018 NBA Draft and return to Auburn for his junior season, ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reported Tuesday.
Wiley has not personally announced his decision to forgo the Draft.
Wiley, who entered the 2018 NBA Draft without an agent, missed all of his sophomore season after playing in 23 games for the Tigers as a freshman, shooting 58.4 percent from the field and averaging 8.8 points and 4.7rebounds.
The 19-year-old from Hoover, Ala. will be immediately eligible.
Auburn coach Bruce Pearl reacted to the news on Twitter with a tweet reading, “Boom.”
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