Potential second-round pick Karter Knox is withdrawing from the draft and returning to Arkansas, ESPN’s Jonathan Givony tweets.
The 6’6” wing could move into first-round consideration next June with a strong sophomore season. Knox started 24 of 36 games for the Razorbacks as a freshman but posted fairly modest stats — he averaged 8.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists per contest while shooting 46.2% from the field and 35.0% from beyond the arc.
Knox was ranked No. 56 on ESPN’s list of this year’s top 100 prospects.
Knox, 20, was considered a top-30 player in the 2024 recruiting class and originally committed to Kentucky. He followed coach John Calipari to Arkansas after Calipari left the Wildcats’ program.
Knox is the younger brother of 2018 lottery pick Kevin Knox, who finished this season with Golden State.
Smart move, he has his brother as a sample of not being ready for the league. If Karter wanted to be bounced around and survive on 10 day contracts go right he would have stayed.
Unlock that scoring and you should be a nice pick in the next draft
Kevin Knox’s best season was his rookie season. What coach was there at that time?