Andrew Wiggins is one of the many people who are all but positive Andrew Wiggins will not only enter the 2014 NBA Draft, but be selected first overall.

The freshman at Kansas has not played a minute in a meaningful game for the Jayhawks and is still a week away from doing so. He has already generated enough hype and praise to be a virtual lock for the first overall pick in next year's draft.

In an interview with ESPN the Magazine, Wiggins said he intends to go pro and to be the first player selected.

"Win another championship, a national championship," he said of his goals for this season. "Follow in Anthony Bennett's (last year's first overall pick) footsteps of going No. 1."

As a 6-foot-8 small forward with undeniable talent and incredible physical gifts, he has already gained comparisons to LeBron James, the last NBA prospect to receive this kind of attention.

James was among the last class of high school players to be allowed by the NBA to forgo college and head straight to the pros. Now, the NBA requires any player wishing to enter the draft must complete one year of college.

Five of the last six number-one-overall picks have spent just a single year in school before declaring for the draft, so Wiggins' admission should not come as a shock. Those players were Anthony Bennett in '13, Anthony Davis in '12, Kyrie Irving in '11, John Wall in '10 and Derrick Rose in '08. In '09, Blake Griffin went first overall after spending two years in college.

The lack of collegiate experience has not hurt any of those players, although it is yet to be determined with Bennett. Wiggins may not even have to worry about an injury hurting his chances of going first overall. When the Cavaliers drafted Irving, he played in 11 total games in one season at Duke. Comparatively, Derrick Williams, the second overall pick in '11, played a total of 38 games in the same season.

Asked if he plans on being the first overall pick, Wiggins responded, "Yeah, if that's possible if I can, yeah."

CBS college basketball insider Gary Parrish believes Wiggins did himself a favor in admitting to planning on going pro. Now, Parrish wrote, Wiggins probably will not be constantly fielding questions regarding his future in the NBA. If everyone else is saying it, why not just buy in and get it out of the way? Wiggins is not even the only player who is a virtual lock to declare his entry to the draft.

Parrish wrote: "Every other projected top-10 pick currently enrolled in college has a 'plan' to also enter the NBA Draft after this season."