After some indecision on whether or not to declare for the 2020 NBA Draft, Xavier Tillman has decided to keep his name in the draft pool and forgo his senior year at Michigan State. Coming off of a season in which he was named to the All-Big Ten second team and awarded Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, Tillman’s stock rose to the point where he’s firmly entrenched as a top-40 prospect, thanks in part to Spartans head coach Tom Izzo.
Tillman says he came to MSU as a "chubby 18-year-old" and everyone expected him to be a nice four-year player.