NASHVILLE—Vanderbilt guard Tyler Tanner is declaring for the NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility and, thus, leaving the door open for a return to Vanderbilt.

He’s projected as a fringe first-round pick in the draft and would have to put together an exceptionally-strong pre-draft process to be guaranteed a first-round selection in the draft. Tanner is a polarizing prospect in that he’s undersized and wasn’t a highly-recruited high schooler, but demonstrated a number of NBA traits throughout a breakout sophomore season at Vanderbilt–which resulted in him being named a First-Team All-SEC player.

Tanner averaged 19.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game while shooting 48.5% from the field and 36.8% from 3-point range in 2025-26.…