June 25th 2025 at 7:55pm CST by Rory Maher
With the seventh overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, the **Pelicans** have selected guard **[Jeremiah Fears](https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jeremiah-fears-1.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&utm_campaign=2025-06-25_cbb)**.
Fears raised his stock significantly over the course of his first and only college season at Oklahoma — he didn’t show up at all on [ESPN’s 59-player mock draft](https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/42114504/2025-nba-mock-draft-projecting-all-30-first-round-picks-teams) last November. The former four-star recruit was among the NCAA’s best ball-handlers and play-makers as a freshman, averaging 17.1 points, 4.1 assists, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.6 steals per game in 34 outings (31 starts).
Fears’ jumper remains a work in progress, as he knocked down just 28.4% of 3.9 three-point tries per game for the Sooners, but the 6’4″ guard still has plenty of room to grow — he won’t turn 19 years old until October.
More to come…