Most of college basketball’s biggest scorers from 2025-26 are gone, but a couple of heavy hitters are sticking around for 2026-27. PJ Haggerty and Juke Harris both finished among the NCAA’s top 10 in total points last season, and both are back in the college game with eyes on the 2027 NBA Draft.
Haggerty arrives at Texas A&M as a seasoned scorer with a long college trail behind him. The veteran guard has already played four years, and the Aggies will be his fifth stop in five seasons.
He opened his career with six games as a true freshman at TCU, then moved to Tulsa for his redshirt freshman year and averaged 21.2 points per game. That was followed by a Memphis season in which he put up 21.7 points per game.
His most recent stop, Kansas State, may have been his best yet. In 2025-26, Haggerty averaged 23.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 48.9% from the field and 35.1% from 3-point range. He tied Labaron Philon for No. 10 in the nation in total points with 725 and ranked No. 4 in points per game, trailing only Darius Acuff Jr., Jordan Riley and AJ Dybantsa.
Haggerty also tested the NBA Draft waters in 2025. At the combine, he measured 6-foot-2-and-a-quarter without shoes and posted a 6-foot-6-and-a-half wingspan. A productive senior year against SEC competition could put him in the mix for a second-round spot, though his age and size are likely to keep him from the top tier of the 2027 class.
Harris is taking a different path back to school after two years at Wake Forest. He entered the transfer portal and declared for the 2026 NBA Draft, but ultimately chose to return and play for the Volunteers.
The Wake Forest breakout was real. As a sophomore, Harris averaged 21.4 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.3 steals while shooting 44.4% from the floor and 33.2% from deep on 7.5 attempts per game. That kind of production had him looking like a possible first-round pick in the 2026 class, and a strong junior season could lock him into the top 30 conversation for 2027.
Listed at 6-foot-7 and 200 pounds, Harris now gets another chance to sharpen his stock against SEC competition. He finished 2025-26 at No. 6 in the country in total points with 750, trailing Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer, Acuff, Dominique Daniels and Nick Martinelli.
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