Freshman shooting guard Cameron Thomas officially declared for the NBA Draft Thursday, a decision that was long expected.
Thomas came to LSU as a five-star prospect and arguably the most gifted scorer in the 2020 recruiting class. He exceeded even the wildest expectations and would go on to have one of the best scoring seasons in program history.
Thomas led the Tigers in scoring with 23.0 points per game, which was the fourth-highest figure by a first-year player in school history trailing Pete Maravich’s sophomore season in 1967-68 (43.8), Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf’s freshman season in 1988-89 (30.