for reasons explained by ESPN.com columnist Eamonn Brennan in an April 2010 piece: Early entrants College underclassmen The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance. Solomon Alabi – C, Florida State (sophomore) Cole Aldrich – C/F, Kansas (junior) / Al-Farouq Aminu – F, Wake Forest (sophomore) James Anderson – G, Oklahoma State (junior) Luke Babbitt – F, Nevada (sophomore) Armon Bassett – G, Ohio (junior) Eric Bledsoe – G, Kentucky (freshman) Dee Bost – G, Mississippi State (junior) Craig Brackins – F, Iowa State (junior) Avery Bradley – G, Texas (freshman) Derrick Caracter – F, UTEP (junior) DeMarcus Cousins – F, Kentucky (freshman) Jordan Crawford – G, Xavier (sophomore) Ed Davis – F, North Carolina (sophomore) Devin Ebanks – F, West Virginia (sophomore) Derrick Favors – F, Georgia Tech (freshman) Courtney Fortson – G, Arkansas (sophomore) Tiny Gallon – F, Oklahoma (freshman) Charles García – F, Seattle (junior) Paul George – F, Fresno State (sophomore) Manny Harris – G, Michigan (junior) Gordon Hayward – F, Butler (sophomore) Xavier Henry – G, Kansas (freshman) Darington Hobson – F, New Mexico State (junior) Armon Johnson – G, Nevada (junior) Wesley Johnson – F, Syracuse (junior) Dominique Jones – G, South Florida (junior) Mac Koshwal – F, DePaul (junior) Sylven Landesberg – G, Virginia (sophomore) / Gani Lawal – F, Georgia Tech (junior) Tommy Mason-Griffin – G, Oklahoma (freshman) Elijah Millsap – F, UAB (junior) Greg Monroe – F, Georgetown (sophomore) Andrew Ogilvy – C, Vanderbilt (junior) Daniel Orton – F/C, Kentucky (freshman) Patrick Patterson – F, Kentucky (junior) Samardo Samuels – F, Louisville (sophomore) Larry Sanders – F, VCU (junior) John Sloan – G, Huntingdon (junior) Lance Stephenson – G, Cincinnati (freshman) Lazar Trifunovic – F, Radford (junior) Evan Turner – G, Ohio State (junior) / Ekpe Udoh – F, Baylor (junior) John Wall – G, Kentucky (freshman) Willie Warren – G, Oklahoma (sophomore) C. J. Webster – F, San Jose State (junior) Terrico White – G, Ole Miss (sophomore) Hassan Whiteside – C, Marshall (freshman) Elliot Williams – G, Memphis (sophomore) Stevy Worah-Ozimo – F, Slippery Rock (junior) Jahmar Young – G, New Mexico State (junior) International players The following international players successfully applied for early draft entrance. Thomas Heurtel – G, SIG Strasbourg (France) Dusan Korac – F, KK Centar (Montenegro) Tibor Pleiß – C, Brose Baskets (Germany) Ryan Richards – F, CB Gran Canaria (Spain) Kevin