ANN ARBOR -- Derrick Walton Jr. went unselected in Thursday's NBA Draft.



Then the phones started ringing.

Walton has agreed to join the Orlando Magic for the Orlando Pro Summer League, a league source told MLive. The 6-foot-1 point guard will be with the team from July 1 to July 7 in hopes of earning a contract or an invitation to preseason camp.

Walton will be bringing 127 games of college experience to the Magic. His 1,471 career points rank 22nd in U-M history. His 499 assists are fourth, as are his 233 made 3-pointers. He ranks second in career free-throw percentage (83.7). All told, Walton is the only player in school history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists.

While compiling all those numbers over the years, though, Walton wasn't seen as an NBA prospect. If anything, he was painted as an underachiever. He came to Michigan as the heir apparent to Trey Burke, but never quite fit the bill.

Then came Walton's senior year.

He was the best point guard in the Big Ten. He was the hero Michigan's Big Ten Tournament championship and its romp to the Sweet 16. He posted career highs across the board: 15.5 ppg, 4.9 apg, 43.6 percent shooting, 42.2 percent 3-point shooting, 34.8 mpg.

Walton was even better when it counted most. he averaged 18.3 points, 6.0 assists and 5.5 rebounds in the final 21 games of the season. The Wolverines went 15-6 over that stretch. Walton took and made most of the big shots in most of the big games.

There were defining moments along the way.

There was that Sunday night in Nebraska, the final regular-season game of the season, when he toyed with the hapless Huskers and handed out a school-record 16 assists.

There was the 19-point, five-assist gem he delivered against Illinois the day after a plane wreck.

There was the 29-point, nine-assist tour de force against Minnesota in the Big Ten semifinals, followed promptly by a 22-point, seven-assist performance against Wisconsin in the championship game.

In the NCAA Tournament first round, Walton led Michigan to a 92-91 win over Oklahoma State (and draft choice Jawun Evans) with 26 points and 11 assists.

He finished a Sweet 16 loss against Oregon with 20 points and eight assists.

All told, Walton averaged 19.7 points and 7.1 assists in seven postseason games. Along the way, NBA scouts, some of whom were watching Walton's Michigan teammates D.J. Wilson and Moritz Wagner, started paying attention to him.

Walton landed a number of pre-draft workouts, including with the Pistons.

Though he wasn't selected in second round, Walton can still find a road to the league. Former Big Ten point guards Yogi Ferrell and Tim Frazier have recently made rosters as unrestricted free agents. Walton will look to do the same.