Duke star Cameron Boozer declares for NBA draft

duke star Cameron Boozer declared for this 12 months’s NBA draft, he introduced Friday on social media.

Boozer was among the many many standout freshmen in school hoops this previous season and is within the operating to be taken with the primary general decide.

The 6-foot-9 ahead was ESPN‘s No. 3 general recruit and the McDonald’s All-American Co-MVP.

Boozer averaged 22.5 factors, 10.2 boards, and 4.1 assists throughout 38 appearances throughout his lone season with the Blue Devils. He completed tied for the NCAA’s lead in double-doubles (22) and ranked fourth in free-throw makes an attempt (280).

Boozer was the primary freshman or sophomore to common a minimum of 20 factors, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists in a single season since Larry Bird completed the feat in 1976-77.

Boozer earned the Wooden Award because the nation’s prime general participant and the Karl Malone Award as the very best energy ahead.

The Blue Devils are additionally shedding Isaiah Evans from final season’s Elite Eight squad, however they will have Dame Sarr and Cayden Boozer again for the 2026-27 marketing campaign.