After a college career that started at Duke University and ended at Southern Methodist University, Semi Ojeleye was selected by the Boston Celtics in the second-round of the 2017 NBA Draft.
Semi Ojeleye made the decision to transfer from Duke to SMU in hopes of achieving his goals of reaching the NBA. It sounds contradictory to leave a great basketball program that Duke offers, but Ojeleye wasn’t seeing the court nearly enough to be noticed by NBA scouts.
Transferring to SMU in 2016 was probably the best option for Ojeleye. After only appearing in 23 games (0 starts) for the Blue Devils, Ojeleye went on to start all 35 games for the Mustangs and led SMU to the American Athletic Conference championship and tournament championship that season.