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ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia Tech freshman Derrick Favors says he's leaving the Yellow Jackets after one season to enter the NBA draft.
Favors becomes the team's second key player to leave school early, following junior forward Gani Lawal. The duo helped Georgia Tech reach the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game and second round of the NCAA tournament.
Favors, a 6-foot-10 forward from Atlanta, was widely expected to leave after one season even when he signed with the Yellow Jackets.
He was named ACC rookie of the year after ranking second on the team in scoring (12.4 points a game) and rebounds (8.4), and is projected as a top-five draft pick.
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