Ohio State fans were not caught too off guard when junior forward Kaleb Wesson announced his intent to put his name in the 2020 NBA Draft pool. Wesson did this last year and it was long believed that 2019-20 would be the center's last season of college basketball.

What might surprise Buckeye fans is that Wesson is not the only Scarlet and Gray player who intends to at least get feedback from the NBA. Junior point guard CJ Walker announced on Tuesday that he has decided to enter his name in the draft pool as well with a post on Instagram. Walker will maintain his eligibility in order to return to Ohio State.

"After extensive thought and discussion with my family and coaches I have decided to enter my name in the 2020 NBA Draft," Walker posted with a graphic on Instagram." With the help of my coaches and the OSU Staff, I am intending to start the NBA evaluation process. Throughout this draft process I will pursue the appropriate feedback while retaining my college eligibility status."

Under the current NBA rules, a player can hire an agent and go through the draft process without eliminating the option of returning to college. Walker will be evaluated by NBA personnel, potentially receive workout invitations but can still return to Ohio State if he receives a lower projection in an attempt to improve his stock. Players have until June 10 to remove their names from the NBA Draft pool.

According to Buckeye head coach Chris Holtmann, the Scarlet and Gray anticipate Walker will return for his senior season. Holtmann made this clear when speaking with reporters on a teleconference on Tuesday.

"CJ Walker also is wanting to go through the process of kind of gathering information," Holtmann said. "But I don't want anybody to overreact. He fully expects and plans to come back and lead our team. But I think that's a right that every player has and we support him in that to just kind of gather information. I think CJ's doing a little bit of what Kaleb did last year in terms of gathering information."

Coming out of Arsenal Technical (Indianapolis, Indiana), Walker was a four-star prospect according to the 247 Sports Composite, the 24th ranked point guard and 113th ranked player in the 2016 recruiting class. He was recruited by Holtmann and his staff at their previous job at Butler. After originally committing to Purdue, Walker chose Florida State over the Bulldogs, the Boilermakers, Illinois, Penn State, Cincinnati and others.

As a freshman with the Seminoles, Walker played in 33 games, averaging 12.5 minutes, 4.9 points and 1.3 assists per the contest. As a sophomore during the 2017-18 season, Walker averaged eight points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game while starting in 34 of 35 outings and helping to lead FSU to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.

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After sitting out the 2018-19 season following his transfer, Walker was the starting point guard for Ohio State last season. In 31 games, Walker averaged 8.7 points, 3.5 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game while shooting 42.7 percent from the field and 32.1 percent from three-point range.

Walker is the only returning point guard on the roster for the 2020-21 season after DJ Carton put his name in the transfer portal. Duane Washington managed some of the ball-handling duties as well a year ago. The Buckeyes will also add graduate transfer guard Abel Porter from Utah State for next season.