My sense is that UW is likely treating it as if he’s gone. I believe if a player elects to be part of the draft he can not return to college no matter if he’s drafted or not. AJ would need to remove his name from the draft by a certain date before he could return to college. The issue is that UW can’t sit by and wait for his decision during that eval period.
My guess is that UW may have told him they will make it work somehow if he elects to return which may end up being good news