Remember the one-and-done era? It wasn’t so long ago that it felt like college basketball was a deteriorating sport, almost entirely reserved as a stepping stone for 18-year-olds on their way to the NBA.
Older college basketball players? Psh. That was an aberration reserved for, like the Missouri Valley Conference. And, uh, probably BYU.Â
That era is dead and buried. With NIL making college basketball a profitable enterprise for good players, and a weakened NCAA granting more waivers than ever before, veteran players have robust representation and a renewed status in college hoops.
There will always be one-and-done players who are sucked up into the NBA lottery. But these are the names on the other end of the spectrum – the oldest Division I players in college basketball:
Oldest Players In College Basketball (2026)
| Player | Age (Birthday) | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Ramel Bethea | 29 (7/27/96) | Green Bay |
| Brett White III | 27 (2/17/98) | Oakland |
| Corey Sands | 27 (1/5/99) | Chicago State |
| Nginyu Ngala | 26 (4/3/99) | Kansas |
| Simeon German | 26 (4/24/99) | The Citadel |
| Curt Lewis | 26 (5/19/99) | Southern Miss |
| Ibrahim Olajuwon | 26 (5/26/99) | Florida International |
| Antwaan Jones | 26 (5/29/99) | UNC Greensboro |
| Blaise Keita | 26 (6/29/99) | Western Kentucky |
| Cooper Smith | 26 (7/12/99) | Eastern Michigan |
| Devin Haid | 26 (8/22/99) | South Florida |
| Hunter Erickson | 26 (9/14/99) | Hawai'i |
| Dawson Baker | 26 (10/29/99) | BYU |
| Bouna Kebe | 26 (12/24/99) | Delaware |
| Jordan Brinson | 26 (12/31/99) | Cal State Northridge (CSUN) |
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