Ohio State basketball guard invited to the 2026 NBA Draft Combine

Ohio State basketball's all-time leading scorer, Bruce Thornton , has been invited to the 2026 NBA Draft Combine. The news was made available through a release from the NBA on social media channels on Friday. The Fairburn, Georgia, native will be remembered as one of the best ever to don the Scarlet and Gray.

He is the only four-time captain in OSU history, has more points than any player in Buckeye history (2,1640), and is No. 3 all-time in assists in program history with 541 total. Now, Thornton is hoping that he can do enough to be selected in the first round of the upcoming draft to live out a lifelong dream of playing at the game's highest level.

Thornton started from Day 1 in Columbus, but got better each and every year, finishing his senior season with career bests in points per game (19. 9) and rebounds (5. 1).

He is a two-time All-Big Ten performer and led Ohio State to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in four years during his last year. The NBA Draft Combine is scheduled to take place from May 10-17 in Chicago, Illinois, and will have highlights and sound bites that come out of the combine when Thornton goes through the paces. The NBA draft takes place Tuesday and Wednesday, June 23 and 24, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.