Four Wildcats mentioned in ESPN's updated Top 100 NBA Draft prospects

Kentucky’s 14-year streak of having a first-round NBA Draft pick is likely to end in 2025. But a handful of Wildcats could still hear their names called this June.

On Tuesday morning, ESPN’s Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo released an updated version of their Top 100 2025 NBA Draft prospects where four Kentucky players cracked the list. Compared to ESPN’s previous update from early October, there’s a new face among the bunch. Keep in mind that there will be 59 total picks in the 2025 NBA Draft.

• No. 57 | SG/SF Koby Brea (Age: 22.0)
• No. 76 | SG Otega Oweh (Age: 21.4)
• No. 81 | PF/C Brandon Garrison (Age: 20.6)
• No. 99 | SG/SF Jaxson Robinson (Age: 22.0)

Updated Top 100 rankings for the 2025 NBA draft: Who's rising and falling?

Cooper Flagg is still No. 1, but there's shuffling among his Duke teammates, and players from BYU, Illinois and Texas move up the ranks.https://t.co/ZKqdFG3HIT

— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) December 10, 2024

Oweh is a fresh addition to the Top 100 after not making the cut last time. The junior transfer from Oklahoma leads Kentucky in scoring through nine games this season at 15.7 per outing. He’s also averaging 4.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 1.3 steals in 26 minutes per contest while shooting 52.1 percent from the field, 36 percent from deep, and 79.1 percent from the free throw line.

As for the other three Wildcats, two saw significant jumps in their ranking while the third saw a slip.

Garrison rose 15 spots from the previous update while Brea shot up 12 spots. A sophomore transfer from Oklahoma State, Garrison has been productive off the bench for head coach Mark Pope. He averages 6.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.0 blocks, and 0.9 steals in just 17.5 minutes per game on 50 percent shooting. As for Brea, the veteran Dayton transfer is fourth on the team in scoring at 11.9 points per contest with an elite three-point shooting percentage of 55.1.

Robinson was the only Kentucky player of the four who saw his ranking drop. The BYU transfer fell nine spots and just barely remained among the Top 100 at No. 99. But he’s been impressive in spurts this season, especially against Gonzaga over the weekend when he dropped 18 points, five assists, and three rebounds while having to fill in as point guard. Robinson is averaging 12.7 points on 43.9 percent shooting this season.