Auburn center Austin Wiley has withdrew from the 2018 NBA draft and will return to school.
He declared for the draft back on April 10, but chose not to sign with an agent.
Wiley, along with fellow teammate Danjel Purifoy, was forced to sit out the entire 2017-18 season due to the FBI’s probe into college basketball.
Welcome back, @__Austinwiley50! The big man has withdrawn his name from the NBA Draft and will return to The Plains for the 2018-19 season.
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— Auburn Basketball (@AuburnMBB) May 29, 2018
The 6-11 sophomore averaged 8.8 points and 4.7 rebounds in 18.0 minutes per game during his freshman season, with the Alabama native enrolling early and joining the team just before Christmas.
He participated with the USA U19 FIBA World Cup team last summer and averaged 10.3 points and 10.9 rebounds.
Wiley was one of four Auburn players to declare for this year’s draft, with Bryce Brown also announcing his return to school on Tuesday. Jared Harper is expected to do the same before May 30.
However, Bruce Pearl’s squad did not come out of the process unscathed, as forward Mustapha Heron withdrew from the draft but announced he would transfer from the program.
Heron was Auburn’s leading scorer this past season in averaging 16.4 points per game.
The Tigers finished 26-8 overall and captured a share of the SEC regular season title before advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
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