Cedric Coward is keeping his name in the 2025 NBA draft and will forgo the opportunity to play at Duke next season, he told ESPN on Saturday.
"This is the best opportunity for me to achieve part of my dream, which is making the NBA," Coward said. "Everything is pointing in the right direction right now to follow that."
Coward, a 21-year-old senior, spent this past year at Washington State, but was forced to redshirt after suffering a partially torn shoulder labrum that sidelined him after just six games and required season-ending surgery.