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For several weeks now, we’ve kept a running list of ACC players that announced decisions to enter the 2020 NBA Draft. However, with the April 28 deadline to apply having passed, here’s the official list of ACC players that remain in the 2020 NBA Draft pool. This list is comprised of players who have declared and will remain in the draft, and of players that continue to test the waters.

Of note: players that applied for early entrance have the right to withdraw their names from consideration for the NBA Draft by notifying the decision. That must be done in writing, at least 10 days prior (June 15) to the draft, which is set for June 25. Of course, the rules are slightly different for college underclassmen, who have 10 days after the pre-draft camp to withdraw.

Under normal circumstances, the deadline to withdraw for underclassmen is 10 days after the PreDraft camp (June 3) and international players on June 15. However, expect both dates to get adjusted to a later time.

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) April 29, 2020

That June 25 date for the draft is subject to change, too. As the sport works to deal with a cavalcade of factors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are a lot of different factors at play.

In total, though, there are 205 early-entrants this year. That number is actually down from the two previous years: 236 in 2018 and 233 in 2019.

From that group of 205, nearly 80 percent are NCAA prospects: 163. Of that 163 group, 13 have ACC ties. They either played in the ACC this season or are JUCO/prep signees.

Clemson

• • Aamir Simms, junior, PF/C
    • Testing

Duke

• • Tre Jones, sophomore, PG
    • Declared
  • Vernon Carey Jr., freshman, C
    • Declared
  • Cassius Stanley, freshman, SG
    • Declared

Florida State

• • Devin Vassell, sophomore, SG/SF
    • Declared
  • Patrick Williams, freshman, PF/SF
    • Declared

Louisville

• • Jordan Nwora, junior, SF/PF
    • Declared
  • Jay Scrubb, JUCO committ, SG/SF
    • Declared

NC State

• • DJ Funderburk, junior, C/PF
    • Testing
  • Josh Hall, incoming freshman/HS senior, PF/SF
    • Testing

North Carolina

• • Cole Anthony, freshman, PG
    • Declared

Syracuse

• • Elijah Hughes, junior, SG/SF
    • Declared

Virginia

• • Jay Huff, junior, C
    • Testing

Players that had a change of heart and are not on the list of early entries:

Teshaun Hightower
Devon Daniels, NC State
Cartier Diarra, Virginia Tech
Paul Atkinson, Yale
Javon Freeman, Transferring https://t.co/Whir6ArusQ

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) April 29, 2020

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