Dylan Cardwell

About

Dylan Cardwell (born December 16, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Auburn Tigers.

Cardwell attended Oak Hill Academy up to his junior season before transferring to McEachern High School for his senior year. As a junior he averaged 3.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. Coming out of high school, Cardwell was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play college basketball for the Auburn Tigers over other schools such as Georgia, Tennessee, Miami, Maryland and UConn.

As a freshman in 2020–21, Cardwell appeared in 27 games where he averaged 3.8 points and 3.6 rebounds in 15.2 minutes per game. On January 11, 2022, he tallied six points, six rebounds and four blocks in a win over rival Alabama. During the 2021–22 season, Cardwell appeared in all 34 games and averaged three points and three rebounds. In the first two games of the 2022–23 season, he put up nine points and ten blocks. In the 2022–23 season, Cardwell averaged 3.7 points and 3.8 rebounds in 32 appearances. In 2023–24, he averaged 5.3 points…