Full Name: Jerome Adalphus Jordan
Position: Center
Height/Weight: 7-0 / 253
Birthdate: September 29, 1986
College: Tulsa
DRAFTED BY: Milwaukee Bucks Round 2: Pick 44
Tulsa
Season G GS FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB AST STL BL PTS AVG
2006-07 23 10 29 49 0.592 3 11 0.273 0 0 0.000 49 4 3 17 61 2.7
2007-08 39 39 154 273 0.564 102 148 0.689 0 0 0.000 309 31 15 143 410 10.5
2008-09 36 35 180 307 0.586 137 186 0.737 0 0 0.000 308 34 14 91 497 13.8
2009-10 35 35 184 335 0.549 172 250 0.688 0 0 0.000 317 44 16 82 540 15.4
Career Highlights: Selected to Conference USA All-Defensive Team as a senior, junior and sophomore. Named to Second Team All-Conference USA as a senior. Only player in Conference USA history with over 800 rebounds and 300 blocks. Holds Conference USA and Tulsa all-time records for blocks with 333. Ranks second all-time in school history with 983 rebounds.
Senior (2009-10): Led team in scoring (15.4 ppg), rebounds (9.1 rpg), blocks (2.3 bpg) and field-goal percentage (.549). Started all 35 of the team’s games, scoring in double figures 31 times. Scored a season-high 24 points to go along with 12 rebounds against Marshall. Grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds to go along with 13 points in the team’s next game against Marshall, and 21 points and 12 rebounds in the third. Blocked a season-high six shots in four separate games against Florida International, Loyola-Marymount, Oklahoma State, and Ohio.
Junior (2008-09): Led team in rebounds (8.6 rpg), blocks (2.5 bpg) and field-goal percentage (.586), while ranking second in scoring (13.8 ppg). Started 35 of the team’s 36 games, scoring in double figures 25 times. Scored a career-high 28 points on 10-for-13 shooting against Central Florida. Grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds in three separate games against Southern Mississippi, BYU, and UTEP. Scored 24 points to go along with 13 rebounds against Houston.
Sophomore (2007-08): Led team in rebounds (7.9 rpg), blocks (3.7 bpg) and field-goal percentage (.564), while ranking second in scoring (10.5 ppg). Started all 39 of the team’s games, scoring in double figures 21 times. Scored a season-high 23 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds against UAB. Blocked a career-high eight shots twice, against Tulane and East Carolina.
Freshman (2006-07): Averaged 2.7 points and 2.1 rebounds in 23 games played. Scored a season-high six points in five separate games. Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds against Southern Mississippi.
Strengths: Long and mobile center with developing skill set. Has good feel for game in post and a respectable jump shot. Good shot blocker and solid rebounder.
Personal: Son of Bryan and Faith Jordan. Majoring in exercise sports science. Moved to the United States from his native Jamaica as a high school junior, which is when he first started playing basketball.