released a video statement Monday<\/a> from the 6-foot-10 forward regarded as a top prospect in the June draft. That made Wilson’s one-and-done route official, coming after he had posted an \u201c#8out\u201d message on social media late last month indicating he was headed in that anticipated direction.<\/p>\n\u201cI am grateful for the opportunity I had to represent North Carolina,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cWearing No. 8, running out of that historic tunnel every day for practice and games, and i\u2019m happy to say every day I gave it my all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilson averaged 19.8 points and 9.4 rebounds in a dynamic season was cut short by injury, first a broken bone in his left hand days after a thrilling win against rival Duke. Then, when he was on the verge of returning, he broke his right thumb in a non-contact drill to end his season on the eve of Round 2 with the Blue Devils.<\/p>\n
Still, Wilson was named a second-team Associated Press All-American, a distinction that will ensure that he will be included among the honored jerseys in the Smith Center rafters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) \u2014 North Carolina freshman Caleb Wilson is headed to the NBA draft after what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,201068,48,459,22865,200420,200422,200416,217825,227862,200419,227861,82,227860],"class_list":{"0":"post-602323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-caleb-wilson","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-north-carolina","13":"tag-package-100024-ap-online","14":"tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","15":"tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","16":"tag-product-32001-ap-online-basketball-news","17":"tag-product-32555-ap-online-college-sports-news","18":"tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","19":"tag-product-40804-ap-north-carolina-sports-only","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-unc-caleb-wilson-nba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}