Jackson-Davis, Hood-Schifino Invited to Next Week's NBA Draft Combine in Chicago

Indiana standouts Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jalen Hood-Schifino have been invited to the NBA Draft Combine next week in Chicago. They'll get measured up and go through a lot of drills, but also play five-on-five games in from of scouts from all 30 NBA teams.

CHICAGO — As expected, Indiana stars Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jalen Hood-Schifino have been invited to the NBA Draft Combine next week in Chicago. They are part of a list of 76 players who have been invited, though the top projected picks probably won't attend. They event takes place May 15-18.

Jackson-Davis, who graduated from Indiana over the weekend and has had a brilliant four-year career in Bloomington, was invited to the combine last year as well, but when he came down with COVID days before it started and couldn't improve his draft stock, he chose to return to the Hoosiers.

That won't happen this year. Jackson-Davis is staying in the draft this time, and has already hired an agent. He is a projected early second-round pick, but could move up into the first round if the right team gets interested. He is the third all-time leading scorer in Indiana history with 2,256 points and is first all-time in both blocked shots and rebounds. He averaged 20.9 points, 10.8 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.9 blocks per game this season.

Hood-Schifino, who was the Big Ten's Freshman of the Year, is locked into the draft too as a one-and-done player. He is a projected mid-first round pick, rising his draft stock considerably during a fine freshman season, highlighted by a 35-point outing at Purdue when the Hoosiers upset the Boilermakers.

Taking over the point guard duties almost exclusively after the Hoosiers lost Xavier Johnson to a broken foot in mid-December, Hood-Schifino averaged 13.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game.

A total of 11 Big Ten players have been invited to the combine. Here's the list:

Kobe Bufkin, Michigan
Zach Edey, Purdue
Coleman Hawkins, Illinois
Jalen Hood-Schifino, Indiana
Jett Howard, Michigan
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
Seth Lundy, Penn State
Kris Murray, Iowa
Jalen Pickett, Penn State
Brice Sensabaugh, Ohio State
Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois

For the complete list of all 76 players invited, CLICK HERE

The NBA also hosts 45 players in a G League Elite Camp over the weekend in Chicago. Five Big Ten players will compete there. They are:

Hakim Hart, Maryland
Joey Hauser, Michigan State
Matthew Mayer, Illinois
Caleb McConnell, Rutgers
Cliff Omoruyi, Rutgers