For a second consecutive offseason, Kentucky has convinced a former five-star prospect to return to Lexington for a sophomore season.

EJ Montgomery, a talented freshman who weighed his NBA Draft options over the last month, announced Thursday he has pulled his name from the draft pool and will return for a second season at UK. The decision comes a mere hours before the official midnight deadline for underclassmen testing the waters.

PJ Washington made the same decision a year ago by putting the NBA -- and a potential first-round status -- on hold. As a sophomore at Kentucky last season, Washington led the Wildcats in scoring and vaulted his draft status into lottery territory. Montgomery, alongside returning role player Nick Richards and Bucknell grad transfer Nate Sestina, has a chance to follow in the same path as his former teammate.

Montgomery's reported decision is indeed one of the biggest of deadline day, but we're not quite finished yet. There are other players who remain in the draft pool but are expected to withdraw. Players who wish to retain any remaining college eligibility must submit paperwork to the NBA as formal withdrawal intentions by 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday night, else they'll be stuck in the draft for good.

By now, after the NBA Draft Combine, private workouts, meetings and interviews, players should be informed enough to know whether staying in the draft or going back to college is a wise one. Now, the difficult decision of actually deciding is all that is left.

As we barrel towards the deadline, CBS Sports will continue to update this tracker with the latest stay-or-go decisions in the sections below.

Announced return to school

Milan Acquaah, California Baptist

Bryce Aiken, Harvard

Al-Wajid Aminu, North Florida

Desmond Bane, TCU

Charles Bassey, Western Kentucky

Troy Baxter Jr., FGCU

Kerry Blackshear Jr., Virginia Tech

Phil Bledsoe, Glenville State (West Virginia)

Keith Braxton, St. Francis (Pa.)

DaQuan Bracey, Louisiana Tech

Nico Carvacho, Colorado State

Yoeli Childs, BYU

RJ Cole, Howard

Anthony Cowan Jr., Maryland

Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati

Caleb Daniels, Villanova

Tulio Da Silva, Missouri State

Silvio De Sousa, Kansas

Javin DeLaurier, Duke

Mamadi Diakite, Virginia

Alpha Diallo, Providence

James Dickey, UNCG

David DiLeo, Central Michigan

Davon Dillard, Shaw (NC)

Devon Dotson, Kansas

Aljami Durham, Indiana



CJ Elleby, Washington State

Steven Enoch, Louisville

Jaylen Fisher, TCU

Savion Flagg, Texas A&M

Eugene German, Northern Illinois

TJ Gibbs, Notre Dame

Quentin Goodin, Xavier

Kellan Grady, Davidson

Devonte Green, Indiana

Quentin Grimes, Kansas

Jon Axel Gudmundsson, Davidson

Jerrick Harding, Weber State

Kevon Harris, Stephen F. Austin

Jayce Johnson, Utah

Markell Johnson, North Carolina State

Tyrique Jones, Xavier

Nathan Knight, William & Mary

Anthony Lamb, Vermont



A.J. Lawson, South Carolina

Tevin Mack, Alabama

Malik Maitland, Bethune-Cookman

Jermaine Marrow, Hampton

Naji Marshall, Xavier

Skylar Mays, LSU

Davion Mintz, Creighton

EJ Montgomery, Kentucky

Andrew Nembhard, Florida

Joel Ntambwe, UNLV

Jordan Nwora, Louisville

Reggie Perry, Mississippi State

Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga

Jalen Pickett, Siena

Cletrell Pope, Bethune-Cookman

Nik Popovic, Boston College

Myles Powell, Seton Hall

Payton Pritchard, Oregon

Neemias Queta, Utah State

Nick Richards, Kentucky

LaQuincy Rideau, South Florida

Kevin Samuel, TCU

Paul Scruggs, Xavier

Josh Sharkey, Samford

Nike Sibande, Miami (Ohio)

Javonte Smart, LSU

Justin Smith, Indiana



Derrik Smits, Valparaiso

Xavier Sneed, Kansas State



Lamar Stevens, Penn State

Marlon Taylor, LSU

Ethan Thompson, Oregon State

Killian Tillie, Gonzaga

Donnie Tillman, Utah

Tres Tinkle, Oregon State

Obi Toppin, Dayton

Justin Turner, Bowling Green

Kaleb Wesson, Ohio State

Jimmy Whitt Jr., Arkansas

Charles Williams, Howard

Emmitt Williams, LSU

Joe Wieskamp, Iowa

Holland Woods II, Portland State

Still in draft