SALT LAKE CITY — And so the parade of potential draft picks begins.

The Utah Jazz will host six players on Wednesday for their first pre-draft workout, leading up to the June 27 NBA draft.

The first group includes all college seniors. Underclassmen who declared for the draft are unable to work out for teams until after next week's draft lottery concludes.

Wednesday's bunch includes five guards and one forward: 6-foot-8, 215-pound G Russell Byrd, Master's College; 6-foot-4, 178-pound guard Denzel Livingston, Incarnate Word; 6-foot-9, 200-pound forward Maurice Ndour, Ohio; 6-foot-4, 210-pound guard D.J. Newbill, Penn State; 6-foot-4, 230-pound guard Rayvonte Rice, Illinois; and 6-foot-5, 203-pound guard Trey Zeigler, TCU.

This group will hope to replicate what Bryce Cotton did. The point guard worked out for the Jazz in their first pre-draft group last year and was later signed to a contract by Utah, even ending the season with a string of solid performances.

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