San Diego State forward Marcus Slaughter has been granted a $1 million disability policy under the NCAA Exceptional Student-Athlete Disability Insurance Program.

The policy with Hartford Life Insurance Co. guards against any serious injury that might affect Slaughter's future earnings. According to the NCAA, only basketball players who have demonstrated professional potential and are projected to be a future first-round NBA draft pick are eligible to participate in the program.

Slaughter, who has two seasons of college eligibility remaining, has applied for June's NBA Draft. He's expecting that he'll receive an invitation to next month's prestigious NBA predraft camp in Chicago.

The $6,000 premium is paid for by the NCAA. Slaughter would be required to reimburse the NCAA if he signs an NBA contract.

"They did their research and saw that he'll be a first-round draft pick either this year or next year," said Dwight Slaughter, Marcus' father.