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. Nonetheless, there are myriad collegiate and international players that could be late risers on scouts’ big boards.
Below is a running watchlist for the upcoming draft class’s sleepers (alphabetized within position groups).
2026 NBA Draft Sleeper Prospects Watchlist
Guards
A-G
- Christian Anderson (Texas Tech)
- Kiyan Anthony (Syracuse)
- Donovan Atwell (Texas Tech)
- Marcus Banks Jr. (Massachusetts)
- Mason Bendinger (South Carolina Upstate)
- Finley Bizjack (Butler)
- John Blackwell (Wisconsin)
- Leroy Blyden Jr. (Toledo)
- Jadin Booth (Samford)
- Kylan Boswell (Illinois)
- Jaden Bradley (Arizona)
- Terrence Brown (Utah)
- TJ Burch (Wright State)
- Cooper Campbell (Troy)
- Javontae Campbell (Bowling Green)
- Corey Camper Jr. (Nevada)
- Cameron Carr (Baylor)
- Bryson Cokley (Elon)
- MJ Collins (Utah State)
- Tayton Conerway (Indiana)
- Ryan Conwell (Louisville)
- Dominique Daniels Jr. (Cal Baptist)
- Kyler D’Augustino (IU Indy)
- Cruz Davis (Hofstra)
- Brett Decker Jr. (Liberty)
- Sergio de Larrea (Valencia Basket)
- Anthony Dell’Orso (Arizona)
- Silas Demary Jr. (UConn)
- Quinn Denker (Northern Colorado)
- Donovan Dent (UCLA)
- Joshua Dent (Saint Mary’s)
- Ruben Dominguez (Texas A&M)
- Tre Donaldson (Miami)
- DJ Dudley (Louisiana Tech)
- B.J. Edwards (SMU)
- Jason Edwards (Providence)
- Eian Elmer (Miami (OH))
- Mostapha El Moutaouakkil (Jacksonville State)
- Isaiah Elohim (Florida Atlantic)
- Matteo Esmeraldo (Lipscomb)
- Jeremy Fears Jr. (Michigan State)
- Boogie Fland (Florida)
- Jordan Frison (Chattanooga)
- Deng Garang (Le Moyne)
- Greg Gordon (LIU)
- Trey Green (Saint Louis)
- Tarence Guinyard (Duquesne)
- Ja’Kobi Gillespie (Tennessee)
H-N
- Corey Hadnot II (Purdue Fort Wayne)
- PJ Haggerty (Kansas State)
- Jake Hall (New Mexico)
- Juke Harris (Wake Forest)
- Terrence Hill Jr. (VCU)
- Robert Hinton (Harvard)
- Aden Holloway (Alabama)
- Kahmare Holmes (Wofford)
- Nick Janowski (St. Thomas)
- Brandon Jennings (VCU)
- Dior Johnson (Tarleton State)
- Isaiah Johnson (Colorado)
- Larry Johnson (McNeese State)
- Nate Johnson (Kansas State)
- Prophet Johnson (Sacramento State)
- Tavari Johnson (Akron)
- Del Jones (Radford)
- Hermann Koffi (Stonehill)
- Jamarques Lawrence (Nebraska)
- Xaivian Lee (Florida)
- Rob Lee Jr. (Lamar)
- Acaden Lewis (Villanova)
- Tamin Lipsey (Iowa State)
- Max Mackinnon (LSU)
- Aidan Mahaney (UC Santa Barbara)
- Brayden Maldonado (Seattle)
- Robert McCray V (Florida State)
- Don McHenry (Utah)
- Isaac McKneely (Louisville)
- Michael McNair (Boston University)
- Duke Miles (Vanderbilt)
- Boopie Miller (SMU)
- Mercy Miller (Houston)
- Vyctorious Miller (Oklahoma State)
- Andre Mills (Maryland)
- De’Shayne Montgomery (Dayton)
- Isaiah Moses (Eastern Washington)
- Kashie Natt (Sam Houston)
- Aaron Nkrumah (Tennessee State)
O-Z
- Baraka Okojie (Mercer)
- Ebuka Okorie (Stanford)
- Otega Oweh (Kentucky)
- Jaron Pierre Jr. (SMU)
- Jalen Quinn (Drake)
- Jordan Riley (East Carolina)
- Anthony Roy (Oklahoma State)
- Mario Saint-Supery (Gonzaga)
- CJ Shaw (UC Santa Barbara)
- Ketron Shaw (Old Dominion)
- Andrej Shoshkikj (Stony Brook)
- Darryl Simmons II (St. Bonaventure)
- TK Simpkins (Oregon)
- Braden Smith (Purdue)
- Corey Stephenson (Florida International)
- AJ Storr (Mississippi)
- Peter Suder (Miami (OH))
- Tyler Tanner (Vanderbilt)
- Jaehshon Thomas (Drake)
- Meleek Thomas (Arkansas)
- Bruce Thornton (Ohio State)
- Divine Ugochukwu (Michigan State)
- Devin Vanterpool (Florida Atlantic)
- Keaton Wagler (Illinois)
- Taj Walters (Northern Illinois)
- Spudd Webb (Georgia Southern)
- Lamar Wilkerson (Indiana)
- Alex Wilkins (Furman)
- Dontrez Williams (Lindenwood)
- Jimmie Williams (Duquesne)
- Money Williams (Montana)
- Sonny Wilson (Toledo)
- Jaden Winston (Manhattan)
- Jacari White (Virginia)
- Robert Wright III (BYU)
Forwards
- Michael Ajayi (Georgetown)
- Amari Allen (Alabama)
- Neoklis Avdalas (Virginia Tech)
- Tobe Awaka (Arizona)
- Leo Beath (UC San Diego)
- Brandon Benjamin (Fairfield)
- Leonardo Bettiol (Massachusetts)
- Jeremiah Burke (Denver)
- Zach Cleveland (Liberty)
- Sean Craig (Toledo)
- Tae Davis (Oklahoma)
- Thijs De Ridder (Virginia)
- Tucker DeVries (Indiana)
- Roman Domon (Murray State)
- Braden Frager (Nebraska)
- Delrecco Gillespie (Kent State)
- Dylan Grant (Rutgers)
- Allen Graves (Santa Clara)
- Keyshawn Hall (Auburn)
(Last Word on Basketball’s scouting report on Hall from the 2025 NBA Draft cycle can be found here)
- Jalen Haralson (Notre Dame)
- Shelton Henderson (Miami)
- Andrew Holifield (Lamar)
- Graham Ike (Gonzaga)
- Michael Imariagbe (Wright State)
- Joshua Jefferson (Iowa State)
- Alex Karaban (UConn)
- Jaxon Kohler (Michigan State)
- Malique Lewis (South East Melbourne)
- Brenen Lorient (West Virginia)
- Amani Lyles (Akron)
- Nick Martinelli (Northwestern)
- Petar Majstorovic (Long Beach State)
- Keith McKnight (Quinnipiac)
- David Mirkovic (Illinois)
- Frank Mitchell (St. Bonaventure)
- Mark Mitchell (Missouri)
- Milan Momcilovic (Iowa State)
- Baye Ndongo (Georgia Tech)
- Dayan Nessah (Cleveland State)
- Tyler Nickel (Vanderbilt)
- Josh Pascarelli (Colorado State)
- Trent Pierce (Missouri)
- Malik Reneau (Miami)
- Pryce Sandfort (Nebraska)
- Zion Sensley (UC Santa Barbara)
- Jamir Simpson (UTSA)
- Andrej Stojakovic (Illinois)
- Dailyn Swain (Texas)
- Isaac Taveras (Southern Mississippi)
- Cade Tyson (Minnesota)
- Lewis Walker (North Carolina A&T)
- Tre White (Kansas)
- Jake Wilkins (UGA)
- Shelton Williams-Dryden (West Georgia)
Bigs
- Robbie Avila (Saint Louis)
- Nate Bittle (Oregon)
- Duke Brennan (Villanova)
- Rafael Castro (George Washington)
- Rueben Chinyelu (Florida)
- Oscar Cluff (Purdue)
- Somtochukwu Cyril (UGA)
- N’famara Dabo (Brown)
- Mor Massamba Diop (Arizona State)
- Kyle Evans (UC Irvine)
- Kwame Evans Jr. (Oregon)
- Mouhamed Faye (Paris Basketball)
- Sananda Fru (Louisville)
- Tomislav Ivisic (Illinois)
- Zvonimir Ivisic (Illinois)
- Aidan Kehoe (Navy)
- Motiejus Krivas (Arizona)
- William Kyle III (Syracuse)
- Chol Machot (Charleston)
- Aday Mara (Michigan)
- Armani Mighty (Mercer)
- Izaiyah Nelson (South Florida)
- Ugonna Onyenso (Virginia)
- Tarris Reed Jr. (UConn)
- Miles Rubin (Loyola Chicago)
- Aiden Sherrell (Alabama)
- Luigi Suigo (KK Mega)
- Moustapha Thiam (Cincinatti)
- Devin Williams (Florida Atlantic)
Do you have anything that you want to share about these potential NBA Draft prospects? Are there any names that you see missing? Is there a particular player whose scouting report you would like to read?
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