Florida will be leaning on NBA hopeful Walter Clayton Jr. as the Gators seek their first hoops title in almost 20 years.

Monday night's March Madness finale between No. 1 seeds Florida and Houston features a litany of future NBA talent from both teams with one common -- and rather unusual -- through-line: all of the game's participating prospects are peaking in terms of draft stock.

But it’s his 34-point outing against Auburn in the Final Four on Saturday that has led to ESPN’s Jay Williams declaring he’d take him as high as No. 2 in the upcoming NBA Draft. He has him coming off the board right after Duke forward Cooper Flagg.