Kentucky’s own Reed Sheppard was selected No. 3 overall in the 2024 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, becoming the first Wildcat to hear his name called in the draft.
Sheppard burst onto the scene at Kentucky out of North Laurel High School in London, Kentucky, as the son of Kentucky legend and Atlanta Hawk Jeff Sheppard and Kentucky women’s basketball star Stacey Reed Sheppard.