As is much deserved, the former star freshman center for the Texas Longhorns basketball program Jaxson Hayes is getting a lot of attention for his journey to become the eighth overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft of the New Orleans Pelicans. Hayes will join the Duke Blue Devils transcendent forward talent Zion Williamson in a quickly building young core with the Pelicans.
Hayes was the only former Longhorn selected in the 2019 NBA Draft. Four-year Texas shooting guard Kerwin Roach Jr. was projected to be a late second round pick likely at best.