Despite being a second round draft pick, Bucks rookie Malcolm Brogdon has made a name for himself in the early goings of the 2016-17 season. Maybe it should come as no surprise that the 2016 ACC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, a unanimous All-American, a three-time All-ACC First Team selection, and a 23-year-old with a master’s degree, is finding early success in the difficult transition from the college game to the professional level.

In its weekly ranking of NBA rookies, NBA.com thrust Brogdon into the Top Ten of NBA rookies, placing him fourth after previously being unranked. Brogdon’s one of just two players in the Top Ten who wasn’t a first round draft pick. Here’s what Scott Howard-Cooper of NBA.com had to say about Brogdon:

“From No. 36 pick to immediately making the rotation to top seven in the class in points, assists, steals, minutes and free-throw percentage. Shooting has been a problem – 36.7 percent – but, like Dunn, Brogdon counters that by taking care of the ball. His assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.63-to-1 is an encouraging start.”

Malcolm for threeeeeeee!! #OwnTheFuture pic.twitter.com/bPwqI4UQtr — Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) November 2, 2016

Brogdon is not only getting playing time on the court (averaging 20.9 minutes per game, which ranks tied for sixth among NBA rookies), but he’s impressed with 7.4 points per game (6th among rookies), assists per game (5th), 1.6 steals per game (2nd) and a 86.7 percent free-throw percentage (1st). The former Virginia standout has already scored in double figures twice and has a commendable assist-to-turnover ratio.

Playing the third most minutes among reserve players on the Bucks so far, Brogdon is excelling early on. If it continues, he will certainly be looked at as one of the steals of the 2016 NBA Draft.