In fact, there are some in the Sooner Nation who are in betting pools over which Sooner star will go higher in their respective professional drafts: Baker Mayfield or Trae Young? We will learn how Mayfield fares much sooner, however, than we will learn Young’s fate. The 2018 NFL Draft will be held later this month. but the NBA Draft is not until late June.
Flash forward to April 2018, nearly a month after the Oklahoma basketball season ended in an NCAA Tournament loss to Rhode Island, and with it the short-lived college career of the consensus First-Team All-American Young.