Illinois NBA Draft History | Dosunmu Awards | Dosunmu 2020-21 Season Bio | Dosunmu Career & Season Game-By-Game Stats
Chicago, ILL.– University of Illinois point guard Ayo Dosunmu (Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park H.S.) was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the No. 38 overall pick in the second round of the 2021 NBA Draft.
The first Fighting Illini player to be drafted since Meyers Leonard in 2012, Dosunmu becomes the 73rd Illini selected all-time in the NBA Draft.
Dosunmu averaged 20.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists this past season as a junior, becoming the first NCAA player in the last 11 years to average at least 20 points, six rebounds and five assists. He accumulated the most impressive single-season list of accolades ever by an Illini player, highlighted by USA Today National Player of the Year, Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year, and consensus first-team All-American.
"Tonight we saw Ayo's dreams come true, and no one is more deserving of this moment than him. He has been preparing for this opportunity his entire life," head coach Brad Underwood said. "The work he puts in to perfecting his craft and the way he handles himself on and off the court allowed him to have historic success at Illinois, and those same attributes will serve him well in the NBA. I know this, the Bulls are getting a young man of the highest character with unparalleled work ethic, and above all else, a winner. We are thrilled for Ayo and the entire Dosunmu family, and proud that he will be representing Fighting Illini Basketball at the highest level."
Dosunmu led Illinois to a 24-7 record, including a 16-4 mark in conference play followed by the Big Ten Tournament championship and No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Illini set school records with 19 victories against Big Ten competitors and six wins over top-10 teams. Illinois ended the year at No. 2 in the final AP poll, the second-highest ranking in program history.
Ayo Dosunmu 2020-21 Highlights
- USA Today National Player of the Year
- Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year
- NCAA Consensus First-Team All-American
- Wooden Award Finalist
- Naismith Trophy Finalist
- Oscar Robertson Trophy Finalist
- Wooden Award All-American Team
- Associated Press First-Team All-American, the first-ever Illini voted to first team by AP
- NABC First-Team All-American
- USBWA First-Team All-American
- Sporting News unanimous First-Team All-American
- Sports Illustrated unanimous First-Team All-American
- CBS Sports First-Team All-American
- USA Today First-Team All-American
- Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player and All-Tournament Team
- USBWA District V Player of the Year and All-District Team
- Unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten
- NABC First-Team All-District 7
- Illinois Athlete of the Year
- Only player in the NCAA over the last 11 seasons to average at least 20 points, six rebounds and five assists
- Joined Michigan State's Magic Johnson as the only two players in Big Ten history with multiple triple-doubles in league play
- Concluded junior season with scoring average of 20.1 points, the highest by an Illini in the last 30 years
- 21st in the NCAA in scoring (20.1 ppg)
- Second in the Big Ten in assists (5.3 apg)
- 13th in the B1G in rebounding (6.3 rpg)
