Is Baylor freshman VJ Edgecombe eligible for 2025 NBA Draft?

VJ Edgecombe is eligible for the 2025 NBA Draft. He is progressing through his freshman year in college for the Baylor Bears.

If he declares for the draft, he is projected to be selected in the top 10. According to NBA Draft Room, the Portland Trail Blazers would pick him at sixth in their mock draft. Their NBA comparisons for Edgecombe are Jalen Green, Victor Oladipo and Dwayne Wade.

"An elite talent at the SG position with all the physical tools and intangibles to be great," the NBA Draft Room said in their scouting evaluation. "Edgecombe glides on the court and is the type of athlete that is hard to look away from.

He gets above the rim effortlessly, plays with a ton of intensity and seems to have all the intangibles that make the great ones great. I don’t give him the Dwayne Wade comp lightly. He has a chance to be that good. Baylor has had a number of big time guard prospects in recent years but VJ could be the best."

How VJ Edgecombe has performed for Baylor so far

VJ Edgecombe has had ups and downs to begin his collegiate career, but has been solid overall for the Baylor Bears.

Playing in nine out of Baylor's 10 games to begin the 2024-25 season, Edgecombe is averaging 11.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. He is shooting 41.7% from the field and 26.3% from beyond the arc, having reached double-digits in scoring seven times with his season-high being 20 points against Tennessee on Nov. 22.

While his 3-point shot remains a work in progress, his efforts in multiple areas of the game have helped Baylor start the year with a 7-3 record. It averages 84.9 points on 49% shooting overall and 38% from downtown, having a winning margin of 13.6 points against its opponents.

Five players are scoring in double-digits for the Bears, including Edgecombe. Norchad Omier leads the way with 15.9 points and 9.3 rebounds, Robert O. Wright III comes next with 12.9 points and 5.4 assists and Jeremy Roach follows suit with 12.8 points and 4.1 assists. Jayden Nunn puts up 12.2 points on 52.7% shooting from three.

VJ Edgecombe and the Bears will look to finish 2024 on a high note, playing their second-to-last game of the year against Arlington Baptist at the Foster Pavilion on Dec. 27 at 7 p.m. ET.