NBA players from Louisville

28 NBA players on file played college basketball at Louisville. 5 are on NBA rosters now, among them Donovan Mitchell, Chucky Hepburn, and J'Vonne Hadley. Wes Unseld has played the most NBA seasons of them, 13. 14 were first-round picks, most recently Mikel Brown Jr. in 2026. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

On NBA rosters now (5)

Louisville players on NBA rosters now
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsDraft
Donovan MitchellCLEG2017–202692017, Rd 1, Pk 13
Chucky HepburnTORG2025–20261—
J'Vonne HadleyMIAFNo games yet——
Mikel Brown Jr.BKNGNo games yet—2026, Rd 1, Pk 6
Ryan ConwellMIAGNo games yet—2026, Rd 2, Pk 37

Former NBA players (23)

Former NBA players from Louisville
PlayerPosYearsSeasonsDraft
Wes Unseld—1968–198113—
Felton SpencerC1990–2002121990, Rd 1, Pk 6
Pervis EllisonF1989–2001111989, Rd 1, Pk 1
Francisco GarciaSG2005–2015102005, Rd 1, Pk 23
Gorgui DiengC2013–2023102013, Rd 1, Pk 21
Samaki WalkerPF1996–2006101996, Rd 1, Pk 9
Terry RozierG2015–2025102015, Rd 1, Pk 16
Montrezl HarrellC2015–202382015, Rd 2, Pk 32
Damion LeeSG2017–20257—
Earl ClarkSF2009–201562009, Rd 1, Pk 14
Greg MinorG1994–199951994, Rd 1, Pk 25
Clifford RozierF1994–199841994, Rd 1, Pk 16
Terrence WilliamsSG2009–201342009, Rd 1, Pk 11
Labradford SmithG1991–199431991, Rd 1, Pk 19
Reece GainesPG2003–200632003, Rd 1, Pk 15
Samardo SamuelsPF2010–20133—
Chinanu OnuakuC2016–201822016, Rd 2, Pk 37
Dejuan WheatG1997–199921997, Rd 2, Pk 52
Alvin SimsG1998–19991—
Chris SmithPG2013–20141—
Dwayne MortonF1994–199511994, Rd 2, Pk 45
Jerome HarmonG1994–19951—
Jerry SmithPG2011–20121—

College as ESPN lists it for each player; the draft line is ESPN’s too. Most seasons first.

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