Eric Jacobsen (basketball)

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Eric Jacobsen

| image =Eric Jacobsen.jpg

| caption=

| number = 21

| position = Center / power forward

| height_cm = 208

| weight_kg = 107

| league = B.League

| team = Ibaraki Robots

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|06|02}}

| birth_place = Chandler, Arizona

| nationality = American

| high_school = Hamilton (Chandler, Arizona)

| college = Arizona State (2012–2016)

| draft_year = 2016

| career_start = 2016

| years1 = 2016–2017

| team1 = Adelaide 36ers

| years2 = 2017–2019

| team2 = Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka

| years3=2020–2021

| team3=Sendai 89ers

| years4=2021–

| team4=Ibaraki Robots

| highlights =

}}

Eric Jacobsen (born June 2, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Ibaraki Robots of the B.League. The Arizona-born big man played four years of college basketball for Arizona State before starting his professional career in 2016.

Early years

Jacobsen attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona, where he was highly recruited. Having offers with multiple Divisions I schools. But untimely signed with Arizona State. Averaged 12.4 points and 10.3 boards per game in his senior season at Hamilton High School and led Hamilton to an 18–11 record his junior year while averaging 15.9 points, 11.7 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per game.

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| recruit = Eric Jacobsen

| position = C

| hometown = Chandler, AZ

| highschool = Hamilton HS (AZ)

| feet = 6

| inches = 8

| weight = 222

| 40 =

| commitdate = 5/02/11

| scout stars = 3

| rivals stars = 3

| 247 stars = 2

| espn stars = 2

| espn grade = 88

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{{College athlete recruit end

| 40 =

| year = 2011

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College career

=Freshman and sophomore years=

Posted a season high 16 points off the bench against Hartford in a win. Played in 32 games in freshman season and shot .488 from the field. Jacobsen saw his role solidify during his sophomore seeing his minutes and usage in important scenarios increase. Started in all of ASU's final 15 games this year and in an NCAA tournament game.

=Junior and senior years=

Jacobsen saw his best year junior year (2014–15) where he averaged a career high 8.3 points per game. For the first time in his Sun Devil career Jacobsen scored 20 points and grabbed a team nine rebounds in a win against Pepperdine on December 13. Started and played in all 32 games during his senior season. Led ASU by shooting 57.6% FG, making (91–158) total field goals.

=College statistics=

| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13

| style="text-align:left;"| Arizona State

| 31 || 1 || 7.5 || .488 || .000 || .500 || 1.3 || 0.2 || .0 || 0.1 || 1.7

| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14

| style="text-align:left;"| Arizona State

| 32 || 15 || 10.9 || .491 || .000 || .610 || 2.2 || 0.2 || 0.2|| 0.4 || 2.4

| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15

| style="text-align:left;" | Arizona State

| 34 || 34 || 28.6 || .626 || .000 || .569 || 5.9 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 1.2 || 8.2

| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16

| style="text-align:left;"| Arizona State

| 32 || 32 || 28.9 || .476 || .500 || .639 || 5.0 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.9 || 7.6

|- class="sortbottom"

| align="center" colspan="2"| Career

| 129 || 82 || 19.5 || .576 || .500 || .590 || 3.7 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 5.1

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft Jacobsen played in the 2016 NBA Summer League as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers.{{cite web | URL = http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/summer-league-roster-2016 | title = Cavs release summer league roster | work = NBA.com | date = 5 July 2016 | accessdate = 26 February 2017}} In seven game he averaged 3.4 pointer per game while only playing 9.1 minutes per game. He did not make the Cavs pre-season roster.

In July 2016 Jacobsen was chosen for the final roster spot of the Adelaide 36ers.{{cite web | url = http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/arizona-state-bigman-eric-jacobsen-in-adelaide-36ers-sights-for-final-nbl-import-spot/news-story/d42ef332be962138a5fb553981407a84 | title = Arizona State big man Eric Jacobsen makes final roster spot | work = sportingnews.com | date = 9 July 2016 | accessdate = 26 February 2017}}

In August 2017 Jacobsen was signed to play in Fukuoka, Japan for the Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka.{{cite news|title=Eric Jacobsen (ex 36ers) signs at Fukuoka Rizing|url=http://www.australiabasket.com/Australia/news/502924/Eric-Jacobsen-(ex-36ers)-signs-at-Fukuoka-Rizing|accessdate=January 25, 2018|work=Australiabasket.com|date=August 17, 2017}}