Frank Jackson (basketball)
 Jackson in the 2016 McDonald's All-American Boys Game | |
| No. 15 – Duke Blue Devils | |
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| Position | Point guard |
| League | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 4, 1998 Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Lone Peak (Highland, Utah) |
| College | Duke (2016–present) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Franklin Willis Jackson (born May 4, 1998) is an American College basketball player for the Duke Blue Devils in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The senior guard is ranked as a five-star recruit, with a 94 recruiting grade, and was the #11 player in the class of 2016 and the top college prospect in the state of Utah, according to ESPN.[1] Jackson lives in Alpine, Utah, and committed to Duke on September 1, 2015.[2]
High school career
Jackson attended Lehi High School as a freshman before transferring to Lone Peak High School as a sophomore.[3] In 2014, Jackson averaged 17.9 points a game and helped his team, along with another five-star recruit TJ Haws, win the Utah 5A state championship.[4] Jackson then was invited to the Under Armor Elite 24 camp, where he performed extremely well and out-shined the competition, including recording an in-game, 360-degree fastbreak dunk that was much-talked about and replayed throughout the televised broadcast.[5] Highlights of his junior season include a 54-point outing. Jackson averaged 24 points and 2.7 assists in 10 games on the Adidas Uprising Gauntlet circuit with his AAU team, the Utah Prospects.[3] His AAU coach called Jackson "more skilled at this age than Russell Westbrook was."[6] Jackson was named a McDonald's All-American in January 2016, and competed in both the Powerade Jam Fest, where he won the Slam Dunk Competition, and in the All-Star game on April 8, 2016, at the United Center in Chicago, IL, scoring 19 points en route to earning Co-MVP honors alongside teammate Josh Jackson (no relation), who also had 19 for the victorious East squad.[7]
Recruiting
Jackson was recruited by Duke, Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Maryland, Stanford, UCLA, and Utah.[1] He originally committed to BYU as a freshman but backed out after receiving interest from other schools.[6] On September 1, 2015, Jackson committed to Duke.[2]
Personal life
Jackson is the son of Utah state senator Al Jackson, and the second-oldest of five children. Jackson is a Mormon. Although growing up he wanted to serve a mission for the LDS Church he has decided to focus on basketball but take as many opportunities as possible to use his fame to raise awareness about the LDS Church.[8][6] He has also lived in Oregon and Washington, D.C., where his father worked as a lobbyist for the aerospace industry.[9]
Jackson's father is African-American and his mother Juleen, is Euro-American and was born and raised in Utah.[10]
References
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- 1 2 "Frank Jackson - Basketball Recruiting - Player Profiles - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- 1 2 "Frank Jackson, Lone Peak , Point Guard". 247Sports. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- 1 2 Johnson, Chris (September 2, 2015). "Duke lands yet another elite recruit in five-star point guard Frank Jackson". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
- ↑ "State of Sport Awards :: Frank Jackson". www.stateofsportawards.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- ↑ "Scout College Basketball Recruiting Front Page". www.scout.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- 1 2 3 Falk, Aaron (August 31, 2015). "Prep basketball: Lone Peak guard Frank Jackson ready to make college choice". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com/aag/en/MediaCenter/2016/2016-game-materials/2016-Boy-Results.html
- ↑ Dana O'Neil "Frank Jackson is on an unofficial Mormon Mission at Duke", ESPN Magazine, Oct 31, 2016
- ↑ Norlander, Matt (August 5, 2015). "The recruit who could be Duke's next Jabari Parker ... with a political twist". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
- ↑ Unofficial Mormon Mission