NC State point guard Markell Johnson says he'll return for senior season

Posted May 26, 2019
N.C. State's basketball program got a boost Friday when point guard Markell Johnson announced that he would return to Raleigh for his senior season. Johnson had entered the NBA draft process. It has always been my dream to play in the NBA and it still is," Johnson wrote on social media, but he went on to say he'd be returning to the Wolfpack. (ABC 11)

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