Only 26 HBCUs have ever had multiple players selected in the same draft. Coppin State and Delaware State are the only DI HBCUs that haven't had an NBA draft pick. From that group, Bishop and Saint Paul's (VA) are defunct HBCUs with former NBA draft picks. Grambling State is second at 22.įifty-nine HBCUs have had a player taken in the NBA draft. HBCU NBA draft selections by college: Tennessee State and Jackson State have had the most NBA draft picks with 23 selections each. The latest HBCU NBA draft selection: When the Detroit Pistons drafted Shaw's Ed Jenkins in the 19th round of the 1971 NBA draft, Jenkins became the latest selected HBCU player in NBA history going 237th overall. 1961, 19 remain the only years that two HBCU players were drafted in the first round. Tennessee State's Carlos Rogers is the most recent HBCU first round NBA draft pick, going 11th overall to the Seattle SuperSonics in 1994. North Carolina Central's Sam Jones was the first HBCU first round NBA draft pick, going eighth overall to the Boston Celtics in 1957. Short is one of 10 HBCU first-round draft picks since 1976. Jackson State's Purvis Short is the highest HBCU NBA draft selection post-merger, going fifth overall to the Golden State Warriors in 1978. Winston-Salem State's Earl Monroe is the highest HBCU NBA draft selection ever, going second overall to the Baltimore Bullets in 1967. The first-rounders: 21 HBCU men's basketball players have been first-round selections.
Sixty-seven HBCU players have been selected in the first two rounds of the NBA draft. Since the NBA draft shortened to two rounds in 1989, 18 HBCU players have been selected. Since Lloyd's selection, a total of 351 HBCU products have been drafted to the NBA, with 132 players selected after the 1976 NBA-ABA merger. Lloyd would become the first African-American player to play in an NBA game on Oct. The first selection ever: West Virginia State's Earl Lloyd was the first HBCU men's basketball player drafted to the NBA and it was in the 1950 draft. Here is a complete history of HBCU players in the NBA draft (through 2022).
A total of 351 HBCU men's basketball players have been drafted in NBA history, with Norfolk State's Kyle O'Quinn being the most recent selection during 2012's second round.
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