COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State forward Brice Sensabaugh was drafted by the Utah Jazz Thursday night in the 2023 NBA Draft.
The Jazz used the 28th overall pick to select the freshman.
Sensabaugh played in 33 games with 21 starts and led the team in scoring with 16.3 per game and averaged 5.4 rebounds a contest. He scored in double figures in 29 of the 33 games with 11 20-point games.
Sensabaugh missed the final two games of the Buckeyes’ season in the Big Ten Conference Tournament due to a knee injury.
The Orlando native was named the conference’s freshman of the week four times this season and earned a spot on the Big Ten all-freshman team and third-team honors.
Sensabaugh is the 26th Buckeye ever to be drafted in the first round. This is the first time Ohio State has had first round draft picks in back-to-back drafts since a streak of four consecutive drafts from 2007 to 2010.
Buckeyes Overall in the NBA Draft
- Ohio State has had 56 players drafted since the start of the draft in 1947.
- 26 Buckeyes have been drafted in the first round.
- A total of 37 Buckeyes have been selected in the first or second rounds.
- Malaki Branham was the most recent Buckeye selected in the draft’s first round as he was taken with the No. 20 pick by the San Antonio Spurs in 2022.
- Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr. and Daequan Cook were all taken in the first round during the 2007 NBA Draft with Oden going No. 1 (Portland), Conley No. 4 (Memphis) and Cook No. 21 (Philadelphia).
- Sensabaugh is just the second Buckeye to be drafted by the Utah Jazz, joining Kosta Koufus who was the 23rd overall selection by the Jazz in 2008.
