College basketball: FGCU's Brandon Goodwin lands on the Memphis NBA Summer League roster

Dana Caldwell | Naples

According to ESPN's Chris Haynes in a tweet early Friday, the morning after the NBA draft, Florida Gulf Coast University recent graduate Brandon Goodwin will be on the Memphis Grizzlies' NBA Summer League roster.

The reigning Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, Goodwin, a 6-foot-2 combo guard, wasn't drafted Thursday night. But he worked out for the Grizzlies and Atlanta Hawks earlier this summer after participating in April's prestigious Portsmouth Invitational in Virginia where many of the nation's best seniors practiced and played in one of the NBA's two pre-draft camps.

For the first time, all 30 NBA teams will be involved in the Summer League during which each team will play a minimum of five games in July. The Grizzlies will start against Detroit in the Cox Pavilion on July 7, and all Summer League games will be televised via an ESPN network or NBA TV.

NBA teams use the Summer Leagues -- the others are Utah and Orlando -- to experiment with possible longer-term additions.

A Norcross, Georgia, native who transferred to FGCU from Central Florida after his sophomore season, Goodwin's 18.5 two-season average is the best in the Eagles' history. The 2016-17 ASUN Newcomer of the Year also holds the top-two single-season program records for points (629 as a junior, 632 as a senior) and is seventh in all-time points (1,261), fifth in assists (301), eighth in field goals made (442), seventh in field-goal percentage (49.0) and third in free throws made (280).

Probably won’t get drafted tonight but everybody’s path is different. I know I’m made for it, I’ll get there ‼️ — Brandon Goodwin (@goodysav) June 21, 2018

FGCU has sent more than a dozen players to professional careers, but none has played in an NBA game. Goodwin, who has not returned messages from the Daily News since graduating, is no shrinking violet, and he apparently is intent on changing that.

On June 14 someone with NBA Drafty Analyst (@NBADraftRanks) tweeted: "The Atlantic Sun is not known for its NBA prospects and nothing is different this year. But, Brandon Goodwin from FGCU is a capable scorer and undersized, 'do-it-all' combo guard. He'll play professionally...just not likely in the NBA."

Goodwin quickly responded.

"Nah ima be in the league," Goodwin tweeted.