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Tyler Harris didn’t get selected in June’s NBA Draft, but that doesn’t mean the former Auburn men’s basketball player isn’t going pro.

The 6-foot-9 forward signed a professional contract with French team Paris Levallois on Friday and will report to training camp on Aug. 8.

“It was really exciting, and I am very blessed to be in a great situation with this team, and I am ready to get out there and start working,” Harris said in a statement.

Harris, a graduate transfer from Providence, averaged 13.9 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in his one season with the Tigers.

The Dix Hills, N.Y., native joins a group of more than 20 former Auburn men’s basketball players playing professionally. He also joins his brother, Detroit Pistons forward Tobias Harris, in the pro ranks.

“Playing with BP helped me with a lot of things with being a leader,” Harris said about playing for Auburn coach Bruce Pearl, who also coached Tobias at Tennessee.

“He really wanted to help me to show my full potential out on the court. BP giving me confidence and seeing my confidence grow throughout the year really helped me as a player, and it is going to help me going overseas because your confidence has to be high playing over there. That is really what he prepared me for.”

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