After three years in the U.S., including one season at Penn State, Niederhauser became a first-round pick of the Clippers, who selected him at No. 30 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft. Niederhauser is the first Penn State player of the modern draft era to go in the first round. What did the Clippers see?

And with that pick the 7-foot, 250-pound center became the first Penn State player ever taken in the first round of the NBA Draft. He also became the first Nittany Lions player selected since both Jalen Pickett (Denver) and Seth Lundy (Atlanta) were taking in 2023.

Penn State men’s basketball forward Yanic Konan Niederhauser was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers with the 30th overall pick in the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft Wednesday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.