Inside the SEC: The Ultimate SEC to 2025 NBA Draft Guide

For quite some time, the SEC has been known as THE football conference and the national champions over the past couple of decades are reflective of that. Under that same criteria, basketball has belonged to the ACC, Big 12 and Big East.

The SEC logged a 14-2 record in this past season's SEC/ACC Challenge. FOURTEEN WINS and TWO LOSSES against perhaps the best college basketball conference of this generation one year after going 7-7 in the 2023 event.

The SEC absolutely obliterated its non-conference opponents before the SEC/ACC Challenge as well, but it was at this moment that the college basketball world realized that the Southeastern Conference was in charge.

The SEC finished its non-conference slate with an overall record of 185-23, including an all-time best 21-8 record against AP Top 25 teams. And after a wild couple of months of SEC play, the conference sent a record 14 teams to the NCAA Tournament with Florida eventually winning it all.

After a historic season, the Southeastern Conference has dozens of players hoping to hear their name called over the next two nights of the 2025 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Last month, the NBA Combine hosted 75 players across college basketball to perform drills and scrimmage in front of league scouts and coaches. Additionally, the NBA G League Elite Camp hosted 45 prospects around the same time.

50 early entry candidates withdrew from the 2025 NBA Draft by the May 28 deadline––including numerous standouts from the SEC––to either return to their respective schools or transfer elsewhere.

Now that the deadline has passed, there are 14 SEC NBA Draft hopefuls who participated at the NBA Combine with 12 others from the NBA G League Elite Camp having a slim chance of hearing their names called over the next two nights.

There are only 59 picks in the 2025 NBA Draft and it’s very unlikely that every player listed above will be selected over the next two nights. Here’s a look at when each of them is expected to go according to numerous analysts.

Note: LSU, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt did not have any players invited to either the NBA Combine or G League Camp.

Alabama

Grant Nelson, 6-11 forward (NBA Combine)

2024-25 Stats: 11.5 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists
Accolades: NABC Southeast District Second Team, fifth-most SEC rebounds in 2024-25
Draft Projection: very late second round to undrafted

Mark Sears, 6-1 guard (NBA Combine)

2024-25 Stats: 18.6 points, 2.9 rebounds, 5.1 assists
Accolades: Consensus First Team All-American, 19th all-time in Division I points
Draft Projection: late second round to undrafted

Chris Youngblood, 6-4 guard (G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 10.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.9 assists
Accolades: 2024 AAC Co-Player of the Year at South Florida before transferring
Draft Projection: undrafted

Arkansas

Adou Thiero, 6-8 forward (NBA Combine)

2024-25 Stats: 15.1 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists
Accolades: second-highest field goal percentage and ninth-most free-throw attempts in SEC
Draft Projection: early second round

Johnell Davis, 6-4 guard (G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 12.0 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists
Accolades: 2024 AAC Co-Player of the Year at Florida Atlantic before transferring
Draft Projection: very late second round to undrafted

Auburn

Johni Broome, 6-10 forward (NBA Combine)

2024-25 Stats: 18.6 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists
Accolades: Consensus First Team All-American, runner-up for National Player of the Year
Draft Projection: mid-second round

Dylan Cardwell, 6-11 center (G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 5.0 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists
Accolades: fifth all-time in career blocked shots and seventh in career games played
Draft Projection: undrafted

Miles Kelly, 6-4 guard (G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 11.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists
Accolades: 2024 All-ACC Honorable Mention at Georgia Tech before transferring
Draft Projection: very late second round to undrafted

Florida

Walter Clayton Jr., 6-2 guard (NBA Combine)

2024-25 Stats: 18.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists
Accolades: Consensus First Team All-American, Final Four Most Outstanding Player
Draft Projection: mid-to-late first round

Alijah Martin, 6-2 guard (NBA Combine)

2024-25 Stats: 14.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists
Accolades: 2025 NABC All-District Second Team, 2025 Jerry West Award Top 10
Draft Projection: late second round

Will Richard, 6-5 guard (G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 13.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists
Accolades: 2025 All-SEC Tournament team, scored 18 points in National Championship
Draft Projection: very late second round to undrafted

Georgia

Asa Newell, 6-11 forward (NBA Combine)

2024-25 Stats: 15.4 points, 6.9 rebounds, 0.9 assists
Accolades: 2025 SEC All-Freshman Team, picked as the SEC Freshman of the Week four times
Draft Projection: mid-first round

Kentucky

Koby Brea, 6-7 guard (NBA Combine)

2024-25 Stats: 11.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists
Accolades: 2022 and 2024 Atlantic 10 Sixth-Man of the Year at Dayton before transferring
Draft Projection: mid-to-late second round

Amari Williams, 6-10 center (G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 10.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists
Accolades: 3-time CAA Defensive Player of the Year at Drexel before transferring
Draft Projection: late second round

Missouri

Tamar Bates, 6-5 guard (called up to NBA Combine after stellar G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 13.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists
Accolades: NABC All-Central District Second Team, 1-time National Player of the Week
Draft Projection: very late second round to undrafted

Caleb Grill, 6-3 guard (G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 13.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists
Accolades: 2025 SEC Sixth Man of the Year, NABC All-Central District Second Team
Draft Projection: very late second round to undrafted

Oklahoma

Jeremiah Fears, 6-4 guard (NBA Combine)

2024-25 Stats: 17.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists
Accolades: 2025 SEC All-Freshman Team, seventh among D-I freshmen in points per game
Draft Projection: top 10

Jalon Moore, 6-6 forward (NBA Combine but tore Achilles in a pre-draft workout)

2024-25 Stats: 15.9 points, 5.8 rebounds, 0.6 assists
Accolades: 2024 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, 2025 top-10 candidate for Julius Erving Award
Draft Projection: undrafted

Ole Miss

Sean Pedulla, 6-1 guard (G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 15.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists
Accolades: All-SEC Third Team, top-7 in program history in career assists and 3-point%
Draft Projection: very late second round to undrafted

South Carolina

Collin Murray-Boyles, 6-7 forward (NBA Combine)

2024-25 Stats: 16.8 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists
Accolades: 2025 All-SEC Second Team, 2024 SEC All-Freshman Team
Draft Projection: top 15

Tennessee

Chaz Lanier, 6-4 guard (NBA Combine)

2024-25 Stats: 18.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists
Accolades: 2025 All-SEC Second Team, SEC Newcomer of the Year
Draft Projection: early second round

Jahmai Mashack, 6-4 guard (G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 6.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists
Accolades: 2025 Naismith Defensive Player Finalist, SEC All-Defensive Team
Draft Projection: undrafted

Igor Miličić Jr., 6-10 forward (G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 9.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists
Accolades: tied for ninth in the SEC in total rebounds, sixth in defensive rebounds
Draft Projection: very late second round to undrafted

Texas

Tre Johnson, 6-6 guard (NBA Combine)

2024-25 Stats: 19.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists
Accolades: 2025 SEC Freshman of the Year, All-SEC Second Team, led SEC in points per game
Draft Projection: top 10

Arthur Kaluma, 6-7 forward (G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 12.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists
Accolades: fifth-most rebounds in the SEC in 2024-25
Draft Projection: undrafted

Texas A&M

Wade Taylor IV, 6-0 guard (G League Elite Camp)

2024-25 Stats: 15.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists
Accolades: three-time All-SEC First Team, Aggie record for career points, free throws and more
Draft Projection: undrafted