{"id":704763,"date":"2026-04-08T06:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/704763\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T06:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:57:41","slug":"dailyn-swain-declares-for-the-nba-draft-likely-to-maintain-college-eligibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/704763\/","title":{"rendered":"Dailyn Swain declares for the NBA Draft, likely to maintain college eligibility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas forward Dailyn Swain<\/a> has declared for the NBA Draft, he announced on Instagram. <\/p>\n

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Swain made no mention of this being a final decision. Inside Texas anticipates he will maintain the ability to return to college. The NBA Combine is in mid-May and players have until May 27 to determine whether they will stay in the draft or return to college.<\/p>\n

\u201cCincinnati to Austin\u2026 what a ride,\u201d Swain wrote in his draft declaration. \u201cThe journey has been everything I dreamed of and more. Xavier built me \u2014 it was home. Texas elevated me and made it feel like home too. Wearing a Xavier uniform taught me how to compete at the highest level. Putting on burnt orange took it even further. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis March was special. I\u2019m grateful for every moment and every battle with my brothers. To Coach (Sean) Miller, Coach (Ryan) Cohen, and the staff \u2014 thank you for believing in me. To my agent \u2014 thank you for always having my back and your guidance. To my family \u2014 everything I do is for you. With gratitude for the journey and excitement for what\u2019s next, I am declaring for the 2026 NBA Draft.\u201d <\/p>\n

This season, Swain as a second-team All-SEC selection and was the SEC Newcomer of the Year. In 36 games for Texas, he averaged 17.3 ppg and 7.5 rpg. He shot 54% from the field, 34% from three, and 81% from the line.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Swain had been receiving some late-round mention in mock drafts. Now, he\u2019ll get to test his skills against other NBA talent at the combine and in the pre-draft process.<\/p>\n

Texas won\u2019t let up in trying to get him back, but the Swain took the logical next step in his process by declaring on Monday. <\/p>\n

The roster at a glance<\/p>\n

Out of eligibility (6)<\/p>\n

G\u00a0Tramon Mark<\/a>: 14.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.8 apg<\/p>\n

G\u00a0Jordan Pope<\/a>: 13.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.9 apg<\/p>\n

G\u00a0Chendall Weaver<\/a>: 5.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 1.1 apg<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Lassina Traore<\/a>: 3.4 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 0.6 apg<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Cole Bott<\/a>\u00a0(Walk-on): 0.5 ppg, 0.2 rpg, 0.2 apg<\/p>\n

G\u00a0Brandon Taylor\u00a0(Walk-on): 0.8 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 0.0 apg<\/p>\n

Eligible to return (9)<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Dailyn Swain<\/a>: 17.3 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 3.6 apg<\/p>\n

G\u00a0Camden Heide<\/a>: 5.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 0.7 apg<\/p>\n

G\u00a0Simeon Wilcher<\/a>: 5.6 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 1.7 apg<\/p>\n

C\u00a0Matas Vokietaitis<\/a>: 15.6 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 0.6 apg<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Nic Codie<\/a>: 4.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 0.8 apg<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Declan Duru<\/a>: 1.3 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 0.0 apg<\/p>\n

G\u00a0Anthon McDermott<\/a>: 0.9 ppg, 0.6 rpg, 0.3 apg<\/p>\n

F\u00a0John Clark<\/a><\/p>\n

C\u00a0Lewis Obiorah<\/a><\/p>\n

The 2026 class (4)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas forward Dailyn Swain has declared for the NBA Draft, he announced on Instagram. [Sign up for Inside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,52410,6,12,195],"class_list":{"0":"post-704763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dailyn-swain-23-columbus-africentric-early-college","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-nba-draft","12":"tag-regwall"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116367789003245916","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704763","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=704763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}