Jarrey Foster is returning to SMU for his senior season. Foster, a two-year starting forward for SMU, announced on Wednesday that he is withdrawing from the NBA draft and coming back to school after declaring earlier this spring.

"I have decided to come back for my senior year. I'm excited for the future of this team," Foster said in a tweet from the SMU Basketball Twitter. "I am rehabbing to the best of my ability to be ready for next season. Lastly, I would like to thank those who supported me in the NBA Draft process."

His classmate, junior guard Shake Milton, has already signed with an agent and ended his college career. Milton is poised to become SMU's third draft pick in the last two years. Foster, though, did not sign with an agent. That made him eligible to return to school, as per a recent NCAA rule change designed to let players get feedback from NBA personnel.

Foster, a 6-foot-6, 220-pound wing who has played the three and four at SMU, was a projected late second-round pick in some mock drafts. Others had him going undrafted. He was not invited to the NBA Draft Combine.

If not for a torn ACL suffered in 2017-18, Foster's draft stock would have likely been higher. Foster tore his left ACL in a Jan. 17 win at Wichita State. Prior to the injury, he was averaging 13.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.2 blocks. All were on pace to set career highs. Foster shot 46.6 percent from the floor, 32.3 percent on 3-pointers and 69.8 percent from the foul line.

Though a 4-for-23 slump on 3s right before the injury lowered Foster's shooting percentages, his body of work was enough to plant him firmly on the NBA's radar. He matched his career high of 19 points four times. He tied a career high with four blocks in a November win over Arizona and projected No. 1 overall pick Deandre Ayton. Two of those blocks came directly against Ayton. Foster was 2-for-17 from the floor against Arizona, but totaled six rebounds, five assists and two steals. He also played part of the second half at the five, as part of SMU's plan to deal with Ayton.

Everything continued to grow from there. Foster put that poor offensive performance aside and averaged 16.4 points in his next five games. He shot 8-for-15 (53 percent) from 3-point range and averaged a steal per game in that span.

Foster remained a projected draft pick even after the ACL tear, due to his upside, athleticism and ability to guard multiple positions. Foster also tore his ACL once before, in 2014, and it caused him to miss his senior year of high school.

Foster declared for the draft in late March. He told ESPN at the time he was looking for a second-round guarantee.

"To stay in the draft, I would have to be confident that I will be drafted in a spot that I am in a good situation," Foster said. "If I can get into the second round, that would be ideal. I'm looking for a team that can work with me with what I'm going through, providing me with a protocol to help me out and get as strong as possible. I'm looking for the right situation, a team that will take care of me, put their time into me."