ATLANTA – On Thursday, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced the 2026 Naismith Men's Collegiate Defensive Player of the Year Watch List and Arizona's
Jaden Bradley was one of 25 players named to the list.
Arizona is 21-0 on the season after a win at No. 13 BYU on Monday and senior guard
Jaden Bradley is a big part of the hot start to the season for the Wildcats. He is averaging nearly 14 points per game and a 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio. On the defensive end, he leads the Wildcats and ranks among the Big 12's best in steals while spearheading one of the top five rated defenses in the country according to KenPom.com.
The complete 25-person list for the award is below.
| Full Name |
School |
| Jaden Bradley |
Arizona |
| Javontae Campbell |
Bowling Green |
| Jaquan Johnson |
Bradley |
| Keba Keita |
BYU |
| Cameron Boozer |
Duke |
| Maliq Brown |
Duke |
| Rueben Chinyelu |
Florida |
| Somto Cyril |
Georgia |
| Joseph Tugler |
Houston |
| Kylan Boswell |
Illinois |
| Zvonimir Ivisic |
Illinois |
| Joshua Jefferson |
Iowa State |
| Tamin Lipsey |
Iowa State |
| Flory Bidunga |
Kansas |
| Ernest Udeh Jr. |
Miami |
| Yaxel Lendeborg |
Michigan |
| Aday Mara |
Michigan |
| Caleb Wilson |
North Carolina |
| Zuby Ejiofor |
St. John's |
| William Kyle III |
Syracuse |
| Kyle Evans |
UC Irvine |
| Silas Demary Jr. |
UConn |
| Tarris Reed Jr. |
UConn |
| Duke Miles |
Vanderbilt |
| Tyler Tanner |
Vanderbilt |
