Yaxel Lendeborg is withdrawing from the draft and can spend his last collegiate season at Michigan. Lendeborg was a projected late first rounder choice within the 2025 draft.
Lendeborg helped lead UAB to the NIT quarterfinals and have become certainly one of solely two gamers in Division I historical past to put up 600-plus factors, 400-plus rebounds and 150-plus assists in a season, together with Larry Hen.
Lendeborg was additionally named Defensive Participant of the 12 months and first-team All-AAC in every of the previous two seasons underneath head coach Dusty Might. Lendeborg will step into the void at Michigan left by 7-footer Danny Wolf, a projected top-20 draft choose.
“I would wish to thank Coach Might and employees for permitting me to undergo this course of with none stress, the Champions Circle collective for serving to make this chance potential, and all of the NBA groups I labored out for, permitting me to expertise the predraft course of,” Lendeborg stated. “Go Blue!”