Surprise, BJ Young Declares for the NBA Draft

BJ Young could have stayed longer, but he decided to move along, and it’s not much of a surprise. Is it?

The Razorback guard made his announcement via Twitter, as did Marshawn Powell earlier this week.

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Reaction from the internet is below:

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BJ Young’s bio:

2012-13 Preview:
The leading scorer among freshmen in the SEC in 2012 … third-team preseason All-American by Sporting News … Bleacher Report slots him in as No. 6 shooting guard and the No. 5 Super Sophomore … Fox Sports named him one of the nation’s top shooting guards … attended both the LeBron James and Deron Williams Skills Academies … Athlon Sports preseason magazine named him the No. 4 scorer in their superlatives as well as a first-team All-SEC player … Lindy’s Sports preview has him as the No.6 shooting guard in the nation and a first-team All-SEC player as well as the top playmaker in the SEC and an honors candidate … averaged 15.0 points per game in Italy and led the team with 13 assists … according to Coach Anderson “he has come back with the mind set of becoming a better player all around.  He can not only score, but is a guy who can distribute as well.  Defensively, and I think he is, needs to be a lot more committed to being a better defensive player.  He is the ultimate competitor and I want him to channel that energy in a positive way.  When the lights come on he steps up his game to another level.”

2011-12 (Freshman):
Second-Team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman Team by league coaches … fifth Arkansas player to earn all-league and all-freshman honors in the same season … honorable mention All-SEC by the Associated Press … third-team All-SEC by College Sports Madness … USBWA All-District VII … averaged 15.3 points and 3.1 rebounds … led the team in scoring, points, field goal percentage, free throws made and attempted … scored in double figures 27 times and grabbed double digit rebounds once … SEC Freshman of the Week on Jan. 9 after averaging 20.5 points and 3.0 rebounds … had six 20-point games, the fourth most by a freshman since 1989-90 … scored a career high 31 points against Florida, making him just the third freshman to score 30 points in a game in Arkansas history … tallied 28 points and five rebounds against UConn … recorded a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds against Utah Valley … averaged 20.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and shot 52.4 percent in 26.2 minutes in games against ranked teams  … led Arkansas in scoring 17 times and rebounding four … ranked sixth in the SEC and 174th nationally in scoring, fourth in the SEC and 68th nationally in field goal percentage and 14th in the SEC in free throw percentage … given team offensive player of the year award by Razorback coaches.

In High School:
Named Athlete of the Year, MVP, all-tournament and all-state as a senior … averaged 30.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game his final year at McCluer North … career highs of 45 points, 16 rebounds, 16 assists and five steals … scored more than 2,000 points in his prep career … led McCluer North to a 6A state championship as a senior and to the elite 8 as a sophomore … rated the No. 16 player in the nation by ESPN, No. 25 by Rivals and No. 22 by Scout.com … signed with the Razorbacks after also considering Baylor, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Marquette and N.C. State.

Personal:
Son of Floyd Bell and Charrallotte Young … born May 26, 1993 … he is enrolled in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

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