Keyontae Johnson is now officially cleared and eligible for the NBA Draft.
Johnson will now start traveling and working out for NBA teams ahead of next month’s draft.
While the news shouldn't come as much of a surprise, considering Johnson played last season for Kansas State and was instrumental in their deep NCAA tournament run, it marks the end ofIn 2020, when Johnson was a junior at Florida, he collapsed during a game against Florida State and was rushed to the hospital. He was in a coma for three days.
"The first thing I remember waking up in the hospital is seeing my mom and she was holding my hand," Johnson."I heard her talking and my vision was still blurry and she was the first thing I saw and then my dad walked in and just the look on both their faces, I knew something happened." Johnson missed the rest of that season, and then briefly appeared in one game during the 2021-22 campaign. He transferred to Kansas State for his final year of eligibility last year afterJohnson averaged 17.4 points and 6.8 rebounds per game last season with the Wildcats and made it to the Elite Eight, where they were knocked out by Florida Atlantic.to the Charlotte Hornets in her latest mock draft."It's the best story in basketball," one NBA scout.
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