Former high school star Mitchell Robinson will bypass college and begin training for next year’s NBA Draft, he tells Scout.

“I’ve decided to leave Western Kentucky and just focus on next year’s NBA Draft,” Robinson said. “I want to thank Western Kentucky, the coaching staff, the fans and my teammates, but I decided to pursue a professional career.”

The decision comes three weeks after Robinson, a 7-footer big man out of Chalmette (La.) High, opted to re-enroll at Western Kentucky. Robinson left Western Kentucky’s campus earlier this week, returning to his home in Louisiana, before coming to this decision.

Robinson will move to Dallas (Tex.) with his mother, Lakesha Robinson, and begin his preparation for next year's draft by regularly working out with a professional basketball trainer.

“The lifetime goal of mine is to play in the NBA and I feel like forgoing my year of college and going straight to work on a day to day basis will help prepare me, so I can focus just on basketball and maturing,” Robinson added.

“He’s strictly focusing on training in Dallas,” his mother told Scout. “He has another plan and it’s training.”

Robinson signed with the Hilltoppers out of high school. After a few weeks of summer class, Robinson opted to look at other college options, but ultimately landed back in Bowling Green on August 28th.

Robinson had a decorated high school career that included selections to the McDonald’s All-American and Jordan Brand All-American games. He also participated in the USA Basketball u19 trials this past summer, where he was measured with a 7-foot-4 wingspan.

“I just want to get better and just grow as a person,” Robinson told Scout.

As a senior at Chalmette (La.) High last season, Robinson was ranked as the No. 9 overall recruit in the 2017 recruiting class.