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Jalen Wilson to withdraw from 2022 NBA Draft, return to Kansas

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Kansas is getting ready to lose two of its leading scorers from last year’s national championship team. However, the Jayhawks are getting a big piece back.

Jalen Wilson announced he’s withdrawing from the 2022 NBA Draft and coming back to Kansas for another go-round, he said via Twitter. He was the Jayhawks’ third-leading scorer last year with 11.1 points per game and had a team-high 15 points to help lead them to a national title this past season.

Wilson’s return is big news for Kansas considering Ochai Agbaji and Christian Braun are both projected first-round picks. The two led the Jayhawks in scoring with 18.8 and 14.4 points per game, respectively, during the 2021-22 season.

Now, Kansas awaits the decision from Texas Tech transfer Kevin McCullar, who’s also testing the draft waters.

Out of high school, Wilson was a four-star recruit from the class of 2019 and the No. 60 player in the country, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

Report: Kansas forward Christian Braun to stay in the 2022 NBA Draft

According to a report on May 24, Kansas forward Christian Braun will remain in the 2022 NBA Draft, leaving college to play professionally. Braun has been seen as a late first-round draft pick possibly in this year’s draft according to mock drafts, after impressing with his athleticism at the NBA Combine.

Braun’s decision was revealed via a social media post welcoming him to BDA Sports management. As Braun has signed with an agent, he is no longer eligible to return to NCAA play. He joins BDA Sports alongside Jabari Walker and Jalen Williams, according to the management company’s post.

Braun was a huge part of the Jayhawks’ National Championship run this season. He averaged 14.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game while shooting 49.5 percent from the field and 38.6 percent from three-point range. In the championship game against North Carolina, Braun recorded 12 points and 12 rebounds.