Dylan Cardwell

Cardwell attended Oak Hill Academy up to his junior season before transferring to McEachern High School for his senior year. As a junior he averaged 3.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.^[1] Coming out of high school, Cardwell was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play college basketball for the Auburn Tigers over other schools such as Georgia, Tennessee, Miami, Maryland and UConn.^[2]

As a freshman in 2020–21, Cardwell appeared in 27 games where he averaged 3.8 points and 3.6 rebounds in 15.2 minutes per game.^[3] On January 11, 2022, he tallied six points, six rebounds and four blocks in a win over rival Alabama.^[4] During the 2021–22 season, Cardwell appeared in all 34 games and averaged three points and three rebounds.^[5] In the first two games of the 2022–23 season, he put up nine points and ten blocks.^[6] In the 2022–23 season, Cardwell averaged 3.7 points and 3.8 rebounds in 32 appearances.^[7] In 2023–24, he averaged 5.3 points, 1.6 blocks and 1.2 assists in 14.7 minutes per game.^[8] Heading into the 2024–25 season, Cardwell become a full-time starter for the first time.^[9] On December 30, 2024, he posted 12 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks and a steal in a win over Monmouth.^[10] On March 1, 2025, Cardwell become the all-time winningest player in Auburn men’s basketball history, with 115 wins after he helped the Tigers to a 94–78 win over Kentucky.^[11]

On June 26, 2025 after being undrafted in the 2025 NBA draft, Cardwell signed a two-way contract with the Sacramento Kings.^[12]

On February 6, 2026, the Kings signed Cardwell to a four-year standard contract after trading Dennis Schroder, Keon Ellis and Dario Šarić as part of a three-team deal that brought De'Andre Hunter to Sacramento. At the time of the signing, Cardwell was leading his rookie class in blocks per game,^[13] and he began to lead all rookies in rebounds per game the same month.