Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Caleb McConnell is officially returning to Rutgers men’s basketball! The program announced it Instagram on Wednesday night. McConnell withdrew his name from consideration for the NBA Draft and is returning to utilize his one remaining year of eligibility. He waited until the last day of the deadline for early entrants to withdraw from the NBA Draft.
McConnell tweeted that he worked out with the Orland Magic last week and posted an Instagram story on Wednesday a picture from the Brooklyn Nets practice facility. While there was some interest from those teams, he wasn’t invited to the Portsmouth Invitational, G League combine or NBA combine in the lead up to NBA Draft later this month.