NEW YORK, United States, CMC – VJ Edgecombe of the Bahamas created historical past on Wednesday when he was drafted third total by the Philadelphia 76ers within the 2025 NBA Draft.
By doing so, the 19-year-old guard turned Baylor College’s (BU) highest draft choose in program historical past.
Edgecombe turned the fifth participant from BU to earn a top-10 choose, the earlier highest being Ekpe Udoh at No. 6 total in 2010 by the Golden State Warriors.
The Bears are the one program within the nation with top-19 picks in every of the final 5 drafts.
Edgecombe, who was a part of the Bahamian nationwide workforce final summer season alongside a number of present NBA gamers, may very well be a long-term complement to All-Star Tyrese Maxey in Philadelphia’s backcourt.
In his lone 12 months at BU, Edgecombe averaged 15.0 factors, 5.6 rebounds, and three.2 assists per recreation whereas capturing 43.6 p.c from the sector, 34.0 p.c from three, and 78.2 p.c from the free throw line.
He was named the Huge 12 Rookie of the Yr and named to each the All-Huge 12 and Huge 12 All-Freshman groups.
