Braylon Mullins
American basketball player (born 2006)
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Braylon Anthony Mullins (born April 18, 2006) is an American college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference.
| No. 24 – UConn Huskies | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | Big East Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 18, 2006 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 196 lb (89 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Greenfield-Central (Greenfield, Indiana) |
| College | UConn (2025–present) |
| Career highlights | |
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Early life and high school
Mullins grew up in Greenfield, Indiana and attended Greenfield-Central High School.[1] He averaged 16.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.6 steals per game during his sophomore season.[2] After the season, Mullins participated in the Indiana All-Star Futures Game.[3] He then averaged 25 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 3.2 steals per game.[4] During the season, he recorded a career-high 51 points in a game against Pendleton Heights High School.[5] After the season, Mullins joined the Indiana Elite, an Amateur Athletic Union team, competing on the Adidas 3SSB circuit.[6] As a senior, Braylon led Greenfield-Central to a 23–4 record and averaged 32.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.7 steals per game while shooting over 47 percent from 3-point range. He was named a 2025 McDonald's All American in January 2025. He was then recognized in April as Indiana's Mr. Basketball.
Mullins was ranked a consensus top-25 prospect in the 2025 recruiting class and a five-star recruit by 247Sports.com.[7][8] He committed to play college basketball at UConn over offers from Indiana and North Carolina.[9][10]
College career
Mullins enrolled at the University of Connecticut in June 2025 in order to take part in the Huskies' summer practices.[11]
During UConn's Elite Eight game versus Duke in the 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Mullins made a game-winning logo three with 0.4 seconds left after Silas Demary Jr. deflected a pass from Duke's Cayden Boozer during the game's final seconds.[12] ESPN college basketball analyst Jeff Borzello called the shot "one of the greatest shots in the history of the NCAA tournament."[13] Lesley Visser, of CBS Sports, called it "the greatest shot in NCAA Tournament history."[14]
Personal life
Mullins is the son of Katie and Josh Mullins, and has twin younger brothers, Cole and Clay. Both parents have generations-deep roots in Greenfield—Katie's family has farmed in the area since the Reconstruction era, and Josh is a third-generation Greenfield native.[15] His father played college basketball at Lincoln Trail College and Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, the latter being the athletic predecessor to the current Indiana University Indianapolis (IU Indy) program.[16] Josh played on the only IUPUI or IU Indy team to reach the NCAA Division I tournament in 2003.[15]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |