Potential top-10 pick Louisville G Mikel Brown Jr. declares for 2026 NBA Draft
Brown averaged over 18 points per game but missed the NCAA tournament because of a back injury.
Louisville guard Mikel Brown Jr. is off to the NBA. The freshman guard announced Tuesday that he would enter the 2026 NBA Draft.
Brown is a consensus top-10 pick in the June draft and was projected to go No. 10 to the Milwaukee Bucks in Yahoo Sports’ April 2 mock draft. Brown, who turned 20 on April 3, averaged 18.
2 points, 4. 7 assists and 3. 3 rebounds across 21 games in 2025-26 for the Cardinals.
He was the team’s second-leading scorer behind Ryan Conwell, but did not play in the month of March because of a back injury. “Obviously, it’s just been a dream of mine to be able to be in this position,” Brown told Andscape about his draft decision. “The little kid in me would freaking scream just to know that I have an opportunity to play at the highest level, which has been a dream of mine since I started picking up a basketball.