peoplepill id: myreon-jones
MJ
United States of America
2 views today
2 views this week
Myreon Jones
American basketball player

Myreon Jones

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
American basketball player
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Age
24 years
Education
Pennsylvania State University
University of Florida
Sports Teams
Penn State Nittany Lions basketball
Florida Gators men's basketball
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Myreon Lamar Jones Jr. (born March 17, 2000) is an American college basketball player for the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). He previously played for the Penn State Nittany Lions.

High school career

Jones played basketball for Huffman High School in Birmingham, Alabama. He averaged 21.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and two assists per game as a junior. For his senior season, he transferred to Lincoln Academy in Suwanee, Georgia. Jones competed for the Georgia Stars on the Amateur Athletic Union circuit. He averaged 19 points per game as a senior, leading his team to a 25–9 record. Jones was ranked the 81st best prospect in his class by 247Sports and was considered to be a four-star prospect. He originally committed to playing college basketball for Memphis but decommitted after head coach Tubby Smith was fired. Jones later announced his commitment to Penn State.

College career

On November 7, 2018, Jones scored a freshman season-high 18 points in a 63–62 win over Virginia Tech. As a freshman, he averaged four points per game off the bench. Jones missed close to four weeks of his sophomore season with an undisclosed illness. As a sophomore, he averaged 13.3 points, three assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game, earning All-Big Ten honorable mention from the media. On February 23, 2021, he scored a junior season-high 29 points in an 86–83 victory against Nebraska. Jones averaged 15.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, two assists and 1.3 steals per game as a junior, and repeated on the All-Big Ten honorable mention. Following the season, he transferred to Florida.

Career statistics

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2018–19Penn State30010.8.298.277.7741.0.5.5.04.0
2019–20Penn State252428.6.444.403.7762.73.01.3.213.3
2020–21Penn State252430.3.394.395.7732.72.01.3.115.3
Career804822.5.395.376.7742.11.81.0.110.4

Personal life

Jones is the son of Myreon Sr. and Tammi Jones. In May 2020, he co-founded a podcast called "The Midnight Domino Show" with his Penn State teammate, John Harrar.

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Myreon Jones is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Credits
References and sources
Myreon Jones
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes