{"id":683211,"date":"2026-03-28T00:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/683211\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T00:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:55:16","slug":"uncs-caleb-wilson-declares-for-nba-draft-a-projected-top-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/683211\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC&#8217;s Caleb Wilson declares for NBA Draft, a projected top pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolina freshman forward Caleb Wilson, a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/three-tar-heels-earn-acc-230514717.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:first-team All-ACC selection;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;first-team All-ACC selection&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first-team All-ACC selection<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/unc-basketball-freshman-caleb-wilson-174104334.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:consensus second-team All-American;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;consensus second-team All-American&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">consensus second-team All-American<\/a>, announced on Instagram that he will enter the 2026 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/draft\/2026\/03\/26\/nba-mock-draft-2026-first-round-predictions-sweet-16\/89329716007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:recent mock draft by USA TODAY Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;recent mock draft by USA TODAY Sports&quot;}\" class=\"link \">recent mock draft by USA TODAY Sports<\/a>, Wilson is projected as a top-five pick, going No. 4 overall to the Sacramento Kings.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Before his season-ending injury, Wilson was one of the best players in college basketball. He led UNC in scoring at 19.8 points per game and rebounding at 9.4 per game. He also averaged 1.5 steals and 1.4 blocks, both still team highs. Wilson recorded 11 double-doubles, tied for the second most by a freshman in program history.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson rewrote the Tar Heels\u2019 freshman record book for scoring, rebounding, 20-point games and double-doubles.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tarheelswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@TarHeelsWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@TarHeelsWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@TarHeelsWire<\/a> on X and like our page on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TarHeelsWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> to follow ongoing coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/tarheelswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/tarheels\/mens-basketball\/2026\/03\/27\/unc-basketball-caleb-wilson-declares-for-nba-draft\/89356408007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:UNC Basketball: Caleb Wilson declares for NBA Draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;UNC Basketball&quot;}\" class=\"link \">UNC Basketball: Caleb Wilson declares for NBA Draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Carolina freshman forward Caleb Wilson, a first-team All-ACC selection and a consensus second-team All-American, announced on Instagram&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,7146,6,12,477,8837,12984],"class_list":["post-683211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba-draft","tag-basketball","tag-caleb-wilson","tag-nba","tag-nba-draft","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-usa-today-sports","tag-wilson"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116304080080973454","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}