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NBA Draft 2018 Profile: Collin Sexton

On June 21st, the NBA draft will begin and Alabama will have their first NBA draft pick in a decade and their first 1st round draft pick since Gerald Wallace in 2001. Collin Sexton, the one-year wonder out of Mableton, GA, was expected to be a top 10 NBA pick since before he even arrived on campus.

Despite the hype, however, Sexton has always been known as a blue-collar, no-nonsense kind of guy who thrives under pressure rather than buckle under expectations. He’s a fiery competitor on the court, and a perfect student-athlete off of it. He finished his one year of college with a 4.