1 week Ago By Yahoo Sports
Texas freshman guard Tre Johnson announced on Tuesday that he will declare for the NBA Draft. Johnson, 6-foot-6, led the SEC in scoring at 19.9 points per game and shot 40% on 3-pointers (224 attempts).
His best game was an 39-point performance (hitting 7-of-11 3s) in an 86-81 overtime loss to Arkansas on Feb. 26. He was named SEC freshman of the year and second-team All-SEC.
Coming into college, he was ranked as the No. 5 player overall in the 2024 recruiting class by Rivals and the No. 3 shooting guard .
The Longhorns went 19-16 and 6-12 in conference play, getting into the NCAA tournament as one of the final eight teams. Johnson scored 23 points in a First Four loss to Xavier , leading to head coach Rodney Terry being fired after the season and replaced by Sean Miller. Johnson is ranked as the No.
6 player on Yahoo Sports' big board . NBA draft analyst Kevin O'Connor, has him going with the No. 8 selection in his latest mock draft , pending the draft order changing after the NBA Draft Lottery.
The 19-year-old is currently in Santa Barbara, California, to prepare for the draft combine (held May 11-18), according to ESPN . The 2025 NBA Draft will be held June 25-26 in New York..
