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Matt Haarms Announces He Will Leave BYU, Enter NBA Draft

After deliberating for over a month, BYU big man Matt Haarms decided he will not return to BYU for one year and take advantage of the “free” COVID year. Haarms told reporters after BYU’s NCAA Tournament loss to UCLA that his college career was done, but social media posts by him indicated that he was considering a return. Matt has been sticking around in Provo after the end of the Winter semester. Matt made the announcement on his Instagram and said he will enter the NBA Draft.

Haarms was the WCC defensive player of the year and second team All-WCC and averaged 11.