Brandon Jefferson
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1991)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Brandon Jefferson
| image = Brandon Jefferson (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Jefferson with Orléans Loiret in 2019
| number = 30
| position = Point guard
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 172
| league = LNB Pro A
| team = JL Bourg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|11|25}}
| birth_place = Flower Mound, Texas, U.S.
| high_school = Lewisville (Lewisville, Texas)
| college = Metro State (2010–2014)
| draft_year = 2014
| career_start = 2014
| career_end =
| years1 = 2014–2015
| team1 = KTP
| years2 = 2015–2016
| team2 = Phoenix Hagen
| years3 = 2016–2017
| team3 = Union Olimpija
| years4 = 2017–2018
| team4 = Pallacanestro Trapani
| years5 = 2018–2020
| team5 = Orléans Loiret
| years6 = 2020–2021
| team6 = SIG Strasbourg
| years7 = 2021–2022
| team7 = Élan Béarnais
| years8 = 2022–2023
| team8 = Tianjin Pioneers
| years9 = 2023
| team9 = Shaanxi Wolves
| years10 = 2023–2024
| team10 = Dinamo Sassari
| years11 = 2024–present
| team11 = JL Bourg
| highlights =
- French Cup winner (2022)
- LNB Pro A Top Scorer (2022)
- LNB Pro B Most Valuable Player (2019)
- 1. SKL champion (2017)
- Slovenian Cup winner (2017)
- NABC Division II Player of the Year (2014)
- RMAC Player of the Year (2014)
- 2× First-team All-RMAC (2013, 2014)
}}
Brandon Jefferson (born 25 November 1991) is an American professional basketball player for JL Bourg of the LNB Pro A.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Jefferson joined the Denver Nuggets for the 2014 NBA Summer League.[http://roadrunnersathletics.com/news/2014/7/8/MBB_0708145441.aspx?path=mbball Jefferson selected to Denver Nuggets summer league roster.] In July 2014, Jefferson signed his first professional contract with Finnish club KTP-Basket.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/finland/128788/rookie-guard-brandon-jefferson-signs-with-ktp.html Rookie guard Brandon Jefferson signs with KTP.]
In July 2015, Jefferson signed with German Club Phoenix Hagen.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/170248/brandon-jefferson-moves-to-phoenix-hagen.html |title=Brandon Jefferson moves to Phoenix Hagen. |access-date=2017-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919202050/http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/germany/170248/brandon-jefferson-moves-to-phoenix-hagen.html |archive-date=2015-09-19 |url-status=dead }}
On September 2, 2016, Jefferson signed a one-year deal with Slovenian club Union Olimpija.[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/slovenia/210950/brandon-jefferson-signs-with-olimpija-ljubljana.html Brandon Jefferson signs with Olimpija Ljubljana.]
On July 18, 2017, he signed a one-year deal with Italian club Pallacanestro Trapani.[http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/serie-a2-ovest/241592/brandon-jefferson-inks-with-pallacanestro-trapani.html Brandon Jefferson inks with Pallacanestro Trapani.]
Jefferson signed a deal with Orléans Loiret Basket of the French second division LNB Pro B on August 9, 2018.{{cite web |title=Brandon Jefferson signs with Orleans |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/france/pro-b/285181/brandon-jefferson-signs-with-orleans.html |website=Sportando |accessdate=August 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215257/https://sportando.basketball/en/france/pro-b/285181/brandon-jefferson-signs-with-orleans.html |archive-date=August 9, 2018 |url-status=dead }} He was named the Pro B Most Valuable Player of the 2018–19 season. During the 2019–20 season, Jefferson averaged 16.1 points and 3.9 assists per game. On August 30, 2020, he signed with SIG Strasbourg.{{cite web |title=SIG Strasbourg inks Brandon Jefferson |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/sig-strasbourg-inks-brandon-jefferson/ |website=Sportando |accessdate=August 30, 2020 |date=August 30, 2020}} Jefferson averaged 16.2 points and 3.4 assists per game.
On August 9, 2021, he signed a two-year deal with Élan Béarnais.{{cite web |title=Elan Bernais Pau Orthez announces 2-year deal with Brandon Jefferson |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/elan-bernais-pau-orthez-announces-2-year-deal-with-brandon-jefferson/ |website=Sportando |access-date=August 9, 2021 |date=August 9, 2021}}
On June 11, 2022, he signed with Tianjin Pioneers of the Chinese Basketball Association.{{Cite web |title=Brandon Jefferson (Pau-Orthez) jouera en Chine la saison prochaine |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Basket/Actualites/Brandon-jefferson-pau-orthez-jouera-en-chine-la-saison-prochaine/1338482 |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}
On December 23, 2023, he signed with Dinamo Sassari of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).{{Cite web|url=https://www.dinamobasket.com/blog/la-dinamo-firma-jefferson|title=La Dinamo firma Jefferson|last=|first=|date=December 23, 2023|website=dinamobasket.com|publisher=|language=it|access-date=January 24, 2024}}
On December 18, 2024, he signed with JL Bourg of the LNB Pro A.{{Cite web|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/bourg-inks-sharpshooter-brandon-jefferson/|title=Bourg inks sharpshooter Brandon Jefferson|last=|first=|date=December 18, 2024|website=euroleaguebasketball.net|publisher=|language=En|access-date=January 24, 2025}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/prospect-profile-brandon-jefferson NBA Prospect Profile]
- [http://www.beko-bbl.de/de/statistiken/spieler/portraits/p/33952-brandon-jefferson/ German League Profile]
- [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Brandon_Jefferson/Finland/KTP_Basket_Kotka/215891 Eurobasket.com Profile]
- [http://roadrunnersathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1516&mobile=skip Metro State Roadrunners bio]
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Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:American expatriate basketball people in China
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Finland
Category:American expatriate basketball people in France
Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany
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Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Williamson County, Texas
Category:Dinamo Sassari players
Category:Élan Béarnais players
Category:JL Bourg Basket players
Category:Metro State Roadrunners men's basketball players
Category:Orléans Loiret Basket players
Category:Pallacanestro Trapani players
Category:Phoenix Hagen players
Category:Shaanxi Wolves players
Category:SIG Strasbourg players