Duke freshman AJ Griffin has been named to the 2022 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award watch list, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today.
Named after Class of 1993 Hall of Famer and 16-year professional basketball player Julius Erving, the annual honor in its eighth year recognizes the top small forwards in Division I men’s college basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
A native of White Plains, N.Y., Griffin enters his freshman season as the No. 9 player in ESPN 100’s rankings for the class of 2021 and the top-rated prospect from the state of New York.