NBA players drafted/signed out of Southern Illinois
The basketball team of Southern Illinois is currently part of the NCAA Division I. The team plays in the Missoury Valley conference and is nicknamed as the Salukis.
18 players have been selected out of Southern Illinois in NBA draft history, 2 in the first round (0 during the last 10 years), 3 in the second round and 0 among the top 3 picks. The last time a player out of Southern Illinois was selected in the NBA draft was in 1995.
NBA teams with most selected players drafted out of Southern Illinois: Los Angeles Lakers (3 times), Cleveland Cavaliers (2), Portland Trail Blazers (2).
Active NBA players drafted/signed out of Southern Illinois 1
No players drafted/signed out of Southern Illinois are currently playing in the NBA.
Former NBA players out of Southern Illinois 1
Name | Draft | Pos. | Ht | In the NBA | ||
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From | To | Seasons | ||||
Troy Hudson | n.d | PG | 1.85/ 6'1'' | 1997 | 2008 | 11 |
Chris Carr | 1995 (56) | G/F | 1.96/ 6'5'' | 1995 | 2001 | 6 |
Ashraf Amaya | n.d | PF | 2.03/ 6'8'' | 1995 | 1997 | 2 |
Mike Glenn | 1977 (23) | PG/SG | 1.88/ 6'2'' | 1977 | 1987 | 10 |
Joe Meriweather | 1975 (11) | C/PF | 2.08/ 6'10'' | 1975 | 1985 | 10 |
Walt Frazier | 1967 (5) | PG | 1.93/ 6'4'' | 1967 | 1980 | 13 |
Nate Hawthorne | 1973 (118) | SG | 1.93/ 6'4'' | 1973 | 1976 | 3 |
Dick Garrett | 1969 (27) | SG/PG | 1.91/ 6'3'' | 1969 | 1974 | 5 |
Chico Vaughn | 1962 (28) | SG/PG | 1.88/ 6'2'' | 1962 | 1967 | 5 |
Other NBA draft picks out of Southern Illinois 1
YEAR | PICK | ROUND | POS. | PLAYER | TEAM |
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1969 | 27 | 2 | 12 | Eldo Garrett | Los Angeles Lakers |
1980 | 55 | 3 | 9 | Wayne Abrams | Cleveland Cavaliers |
1985 | 65 | 3 | 18 | Ken Perry | Washington Bullets |
1966 | 70 | 8 | 2 | George McNeil | Detroit Pistons |
1965 | 96 | 13 | 2 | Joe Ramsey | Baltimore Bullets |
1948 | 106 | 10 | 5 | Quentin Stinson | Minneapolis Lakers |
1982 | 111 | 5 | 19 | Rod Camp | Seattle SuperSonics |
1972 | 132 | 9 | 3 | Greg Starrick | Cleveland Cavaliers |
1971 | 155 | 10 | 3 | Greg Starrick | Portland Trail Blazers |
1979 | 167 | 9 | 1 | Milt Huggins | Utah Jazz |
1979 | 181 | 9 | 15 | Gary Wilson | Kansas City Kings |
1970 | 235 | 18 | 2 | Bruce Butchko | Portland Trail Blazers |
(1) Non NCAA international players are listed by the country in which they were playing when drafted or signed if undrafted.