There’s never a bad time for hoops fans to familiarize themselves with potential draft prospects. With that being said, the 2026 NBA Draft is still several months away. Nevertheless, there are several fascinating college players who could be late risers in the upcoming draft class.
2026 NBA Draft Sleeper Prospects Watchlist
Below is a running list of the sleeper prospects in the 2026 NBA Draft.
Guards
Obi Agbim (Baylor)
Christian Anderson (Texas Tech)
John Blackwell (Wisconsin)
Leroy Blyden Jr. (Toledo)
Jadin Booth (Samford)
Jaden Bradley (Arizona)
Terrence Brown (Utah)
Rowan Brumbaugh (Tulane)
Cooper Campbell (Troy)
Cameron Carr (Baylor)
Tayton Conerway (Indiana)
Kyler D’Augustino (IU Indy)
Silas Demary Jr. (UConn)
B.J. Edwards (Southern Methodist)
Jason Edwards (Providence)
Mostapha El Moutaouakkil (Jacksonville State)
Jordan Frison (Chattanooga)
Deng Garang (Le Moyne)
Ja’Kobi Gillespie (Tennessee)
Corey Hadnot II (Purdue Fort Wayne)
PJ Haggerty (Kansas State)
Robert Hinton (Harvard)
Aden Holloway (Alabama)
Dior Johnson (Tarleton State)
Larry Johnson (McNeese State)
Tavari Johnson (Akron)
Del Jones (Radford)
Hermann Koffi (Stonehill)
Tamin Lipsey (Iowa State)
Aidan Mahaney (UC Santa Barbara)
Brayden Maldonado (Seattle)
Houston Mallette (Alabama)
Robert McCray V (Florida State)
Don McHenry (Utah)
Isaac McKneely (Louisville)
Duke Miles (Vanderbilt)
Vyctorious Miller (Oklahoma State)
Isaiah Moses (Eastern Washington)
Baraka Okojie (Mercer)
Ebuka Okorie (Stanford)
Jaron Pierre Jr. (Southern Methodist)
Jalen Quinn (Drake)
CJ Shaw (UC Santa Barbara)
Andrej Shoshkikj (Stony Brook)
Braden Smith (Purdue)
Je’Shawn Stevenson (North Texas)
Tyler Tanner (Vanderbilt)
Jaehshon Thomas (Drake)
Bruce Thornton (Ohio State)
Devin Vanterpool (Florida Atlantic)
Keaton Wagler (Illinois)
Spudd Webb (Georgia Southern)
Lamar Wilkerson (Indiana)
Sonny Wilson (Toledo)
Jaden Winston (Manhattan)
Adrian Wooley (Louisville)
Robert Wright III (BYU)
Forwards
Amari Allen (Alabama)
Neoklis Avdalas (Virginia Tech)
Tobe Awaka (Arizona)
Leo Beath (UC San Diego)
Jeremiah Burke (Denver)
Sean Craig (Toledo)
Tucker DeVries (Indiana)
Delrecco Gillespie (Kent State)
Dylan Grant (Rutgers)
Keyshawn Hall (Auburn)
Shelton Henderson (Miami)
Andrew Holifield (Lamar)
Graham Ike (Gonzaga)
Joshua Jefferson (Iowa State)
Alex Karaban (UConn)
Brenen Lorient (West Virginia)
Amani Lyles (Akron)
Keith McKnight (Quinnipiac)
Milan Momcilovic (Iowa State)
Dayan Nessah (Cleveland State)
Tyler Nickel (Vanderbilt)
Josh Pascarelli (Colorado State)
Malik Reneau (Miami)
Zion Sensley (UC Santa Barbara)
Jamir Simpson (UTSA)
Andrej Stojakovic (Illinois)
Isaac Taveras (Southern Mississippi)
Cade Tyson (Minnesota)
Tre White (Kansas)
Jake Wilkins (UGA)
Shelton Williams-Dryden (West Georgia)
Bigs
Robbie Avila (Saint Louis)
Rueben Chinyelu (Florida)
Oscar Cluff (Purdue)
Somtochukwu Cyril (UGA)
N’famara Dabo (Brown)
Mor Massamba Diop (Arizona State)
Sananda Fru (Louisville)
Tomislav Ivisic (Illinois)
Zvonimir Ivisic (Illinois)
Motiejus Krivas (Arizona)
Chol Machot (Charleston)
Armani Mighty (Mercer)
Miles Rubin (Loyola Chicago)
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