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FILE - In this Saturday, March 26, 2016 file photo, Oregon forward Dillon Brooks (24) reacts during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Oklahoma in the regional finals of the NCAA Tournament in Anaheim, Calif. Oregon coach Dana Altman's message to Coach K: No apology necessary. With a week to digest the dust-up between Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and Oregon guard Dillon Brooks, Altman said on Friday, April 1, 2016, he wished he had handled things differently, too, but that he was fine with Krzyzewski's dressing down of Brooks after the game.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)Gregory Bull/Associated Press

Dillon Brooks Declares for 2016 NBA Draft: Latest Comments and Reaction

Danny WebsterApr 14, 2016

You can add Dillon Brooks to the list of NBA draft prospects this year.

The Oregon Ducks forward, who led the team with 16.7 points per game, will declare for the NBA draft but not sign with an agent, ESPN.com’s Jeff Goodman reported Thursday.

Brooks was a key catalyst as the Ducks earned the first No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament in program history, a 31-7 record and an appearance in the Elite Eight.

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"I love Oregon and everything the program has done for me," Brooks said, per Goodman. "I feel it's the right move to test the waters and declare for the draft without an agent. I'm going to go through the process and see where I'm at."

Brooks is the latest player to take advantage of a new NCAA rule that allows players to return to their student-athlete status as long as they don’t hire an agent and withdraw from draft consideration before May 25, 10 days after the conclusion of the NBA Draft Combine.

Brooks will be able to take advantage of that rule if he doesn’t see his draft stock improve within that time. He is not one of DraftExpress’ top 100 prospects, though the site ranks him as the 13th-best sophomore in the nation.

He’ll need to improve his three-point shooting, as he made only 33.8 percent of his threes in 2015-16, but he should be able to develop his untapped potential and athleticism over the next few years.