Last season, 43 rookies suited up. It would have been 44, but Luis Villegas never got to play during the 2023-24 PBA season.
Of the 18 rookies, five came from the third round. The last rookie to see action in this conference is Xyrus Torres. The biggest steal of the draft aside from Lemetti is Terrafirma's Paolo Hernandez, who has scored in double figures this season on five occasions.
Cansino averaged 15 points in the last four games for the Meralco Bolts.
Without Justine Baltazar, Sedrick Barefield is the de facto top rookie of the Governors Cup. That said, the ouster of Blackwater could fuel RJ Abarrientos, CJ Cansino, Felix Lemetti, and Caelan Tiongson to take their game to another level.
18 | FRANCIS ESCANDOR | RAIN OR SHINE
2024 PICK 13 - RAIN OR SHINE
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 2.3PPG - 0.3RPG - 0.3SPG | 3 GAMES
17 | PAUL GARCIA | GINEBRA
2024 PICK 34 - GINEBRA
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 0.9PPG - 0.4RPG - 0.3APG | 7 GAMES
16 | AVAN NAVA | SAN MIGUEL
2024 PICK 12 - SAN MIGUEL
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 1.2PPG - 0.4RPG - 0.6APG | 5 GAMES
15 | MIGGY CORTEZA | BLACKWATER
2024 PICK 20 - RAIN OR SHINE
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 2.3PPG - 1.0RPG - 0.3APG | 4 GAMES
14 | PETER ALFARO | MAGNOLIA
2024 PICK 27 - TERRAFIRMA
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 2.8PPG - 0.5RPG - 0.5APG | 4 GAMES
13 | XYRUS TORRES | NLEX
2024 PICK 30 - NLEX
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 5.5PPG - 1.5RPG - 1.0APG | 2 GAMES
12 | CJ PAYAWAL | TNT
2024 PICK 28 - PHOENIX
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 2.3PPG - 2.1RPG - 0.3SPG | 7 GAMES
11 | DJ MITCHELL | BLACKWATER
2024 PICK 26 - BLACKWATER
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 2.8PPG - 0.8RPG - 1.2APG - 0.6SPG | 9 GAMES
10 | DIDAT HANAPI | TERRAFIRMA
2024 PICK 17 - GINEBRA
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 6.4PPG - 0.9RPG - 0.3APG | 9 GAMES
9 | EVAN NELLE | NORTHPORT
2024 PICK 14 - NORTHPORT
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 3.4PPG - 1.3RPG - 1.8APG | 10 GAMES
8 | JONNEL POLICARPIO | NLEX
2024 PICK 6 - NLEX
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 6.3PPG - 5.8RPG - 0.4BPG | 9 GAMES
7 | KAI BALLUNGAY | PHOENIX
2024 PICK 4 - PHOENIX
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 7.5PPG - 4.0RPG - 0.6SPG | 10 GAMES
6 | CAELAN TIONGSON | RAIN OR SHINE
2024 PICK 7 - RAIN OR SHINE
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 8.9PPG - 4.2RPG - 2.4APG | 9 GAMES
5 | PAOLO HERNANDEZ | TERRAFIRMA
2024 PICK 22 - GINEBRA
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 9.7PPG - 2.4RPG - 2.6APG - 0.7SPG | 10 GAMES
4 | FELIX LEMETTI | RAIN OR SHINE
2024 PICK 8 - RAIN OR SHINE
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 11.9PPG - 2.3RPG - 2.4APG | 10 GAMES
3 | CJ CANSINO | MERALCO
2024 PICK 11 - MERALCO
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 9.8PPG - 3.7RPG - 1.0APG - 1.1SPG | 10 GAMES
2 | RJ ABARRIENTOS | GINEBRA
2024 PICK 3 - GINEBRA
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 14.6PPG - 2.8RPG - 2.8APG - 1.3SPG | 10 GAMES
1 | SEDRICK BAREFIELD | BLACKWATER
2024 PICK 2 - BLACKWATER
GOVS CUP AVERAGES | 18.9PPG - 2.2RPG - 4.2APG - 1.0SPG | 10 GAMES
MISSING IN PBA ACTION
JUSTINE BALTAZAR
2024 PICK 1 - CONVERGE
STILL IN THE MPBL
DAVE ILDEFONSO
2024 PICK 5 - NORTHPORT
CONTRACT ISSUES
JEROM LASTIMOSA
2024 PICK 9 - MAGNOLIA
CURRENTLY INJURED
MARK NONOY
2024 PICK 10 - TERRAFIRMA
STILL IN THE MPBL
CJ CATAPUSAN
2024 PICK 15 - TERRAFIRMA
STILL IN THE MPBL
MIKE MALONZO
2024 PICK 16 - RAIN OR SHINE
STILL IN THE MPBL
BRANDON RAMIREZ
2024 PICK 18 - NLEX
STILL IN THE MPBL
PAOLO JAVILLONAR
2024 PICK 19 - CONVERGE
PLAYING FINAL SEASON WITH LETRAN (NCAA 100)
BEN PHILLIPS
2024 PICK 21 - CONVERGE
HE HAS YET TO SIGN
KURT REYSON
2024 PICK 23 - MERALCO
STILL IN THE MPBL
JASON CREDO
2024 PICK 24 - CONVERGE
STILL IN THE MPBL