Indiana Pacers forward Myles Turner played one season at Texas before declaring for the NBA draft in 2015.

He was a five-star recruit who grew up in Texas, so it wasn’t a total surprise that he’d choose to play for the Longhorns. But the manner in which he came to that decision was far from traditional.

Turner literally lived out his dream.

In a story with The Players’ Tribune, Turner said that he was torn between Texas and Kansas, but the night before he made his college choice, he had a dream and knew he’d be a Longhorn.

He wrote:

Even though Texas was a late-comer in my recruitment, they showed love constantly — they had somebody at my practice every other day. The day before I was going to announce my commitment, I still didn’t know where I was going. Seriously. At that moment, I thought I was going to choose Kansas — I felt good about it. But then I had a dream that night and I woke up the next morning, and I was like, I’m going to Texas. It was the weirdest thing. When I woke up, I rubbed my eyes and the first thing I saw was my Texas pennant hanging above my door. I took it as a sign and followed my heart.

With that being said, he did have time to get a briefcase for that Texas bucket hat.

https://youtu.be/GYgJgmuoC-Q?t=181

Turner went on to be the No. 11 overall pick.