Braylon Anthony Mullins (born April 18, 2006) is an American college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference.
Mullins grew up in Greenfield, Indiana and attended Greenfield-Central High School. He averaged 16.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.6 steals per game during his sophomore season. After the season, Mullins participated in the Indiana All-Star Futures Game. He then averaged 25 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 3.2 steals per game. During the season, he recorded a career-high 51 points in a game against Pendleton Heights High School. After the season, Mullins joined the Indiana Elite, an Amateur Athletic Union team, competing on the Adidas 3SSB circuit. As a senior, Braylon led Greenfield-Central to a 23âÂÂ4 record and averaged 32.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.7 steals per game while shooting over 47 percent from 3-point range. He was named a 2025 McDonald's All American in January 2025. He was then recognized in April as Indiana's Mr. Basketball.
Mullins was ranked a consensus top-25 prospect in the 2025 recruiting class and a five-star recruit by 247Sports.com. He committed to play college basketball at UConn over offers from Indiana and North Carolina.
Mullins enrolled at the University of Connecticut in June 2025 in order to take part in the Huskies' summer practices.
During UConn's Elite Eight game versus Duke in the 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Mullins made a game-winning three-point shot with 0.4 seconds left after Silas Demary deflected a pass from Duke's Cayden Boozer during the game's final seconds. ESPN college basketball analyst Jeff Borzello called the shot "one of the greatest shots in the history of the NCAA tournament."
Mullins is the son of Katie and Josh Mullins, and has two younger brothers, Cole and Clay. His father played college basketball at Lincoln Trail College and Indiana UniversityâÂÂPurdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).