Brandon Costner is a American

United States

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 former collegiate basketball

College basketball

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 power forward

Power forward (basketball)

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 for the North Carolina State

North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...

 Wolfpack basketball team.

Costner sat out his first season because of an injury, earning a medical redshirt and making 2007 his freshman season. His highest scoring game was in the 2007 ACC Tournament against Duke

Duke University

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 in which he scored 30 points in the Wolfpack victory.

Costner is a left-hander, whose original number was 23 prior to his redshirt season. He announced March 22, 2009 that he would forgo his senior season at North Carolina State and enter the NBA Draft

NBA Draft

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, where he was not realistically a potential first round selection, and went undrafted.

He played the 2010/11 NBA D-League season with the Utah Flash

Utah Flash

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