Edwin Jackson (basketball)
| No. 1 – Unicaja | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | Liga ACB Euroleague |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 18, 1989 Pau, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 201 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2011 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2014 | ASVEL |
| 2008–2009 | → JSF Nanterre |
| 2009–2010 | → SPO Rouen Basket |
| 2014–2015 | FC Barcelona |
| 2015–present | Málaga |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Edwin Jackson (born September 18, 1989) is a French professional basketball player who plays for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), he plays at the shooting guard position.
Professional career
Jackson played with ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne's youth team as a junior. He made thirty appearances for the club's senior team in the 2007–08 season, his first full season with the club.[1] He was later loaned to Pro-B team JSF Nanterre for the 2008–09 season and Pro-A team SPO Rouen Basket for the 2009–10 season. In the 2009–10 season, he averaged 10.7 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 steal per game. He was selected to the French League All-Star Game as a result of his performance.[2] He returned to ASVEL in 2010.[3]
Jackson initially declared as an early-entry candidate for the 2010 NBA Draft before withdrawing his name from consideration. He eventually went undrafted in the 2011 NBA Draft, due to auto-eligibility at age 22.
On 20 December 2014, Jackson moved to the Spanish League club FC Barcelona, where he signed for the remainder of the 2014–15 season.[4]
On 8 July 2015, he signed a one-year contract with the Spanish club Málaga.[5]
International career
Jackson played with the junior national teams of France at each level of junior basketball. He appeared for the team at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, and the 2008 and 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.[6] In 2006, he helped the French Under-18 team to a gold medal; and followed that up with a bronze medal in the Under-19 World Championship the following year. In the 2009 Under-20 tournament, Jackson scored a game-high 32 points in the gold medal game, although the French fell short, winning the silver medal.
Jackson was called to the senior men's French national basketball team for the first time at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. At only 20 years of age, he was the second youngest member of the French team at the tournament.
References
- ↑ Edwin Jackson Profile at nba.com
- ↑ Profile at eurobasket.com
- ↑ ASVEL Builds a French Future at europeanprospects.net
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External links
- Edwin Jackson at draftexpress.com
- Edwin Jackson at eurobasket.com
- Edwin Jackson at euroleague.net
- Edwin Jackson at fiba.com
- Edwin Jackson on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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