Jaemyn Brakefield
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jaemyn Brakefield
| image = Jaemyn Brakefield.jpg
| caption = Brakefield with Ole Miss in 2023
| number = 4
| position = Power forward
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 8
| weight_lbs = 225
| team = Ole Miss Rebels
| league = Southeastern Conference
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|12|19}}
| birth_place = Menasha, Wisconsin, U.S.
| high_school = Huntington Prep
(Huntington, West Virginia)
| college =
| highlights =
- Jordan Brand Classic (2020)
}}
Jaemyn Mikal Brakefield (born December 19, 2000) is an American college basketball player for the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). He previously played for the Duke Blue Devils.
High school career
Brakefield played at Huntington Prep School in Huntington, West Virginia for four years.{{Cite web|title=Jaemyn Brakefield – Basketball Recruiting – Player Profiles – ESPN|url=http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/230220/jaemyn-brakefield|access-date=2020-07-11|website=ESPN.com}}
=Recruiting=
On October 4, 2019, Brakefield committed to play at Duke University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/27768201/duke-gets-commitment-5-star-forward-jaemyn-brakefield?platform=amp|title=Duke gets commitment from 5–star forward Jaemyn Brakefield|last=Borzello|first=Jeff|date=October 4, 2019|publisher=ESPN|access-date=October 4, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/.amp-duke-university/college/duke/basketball/jaemyn-brakefield-commits-to-duke|title=Jaemyn Brakefield commits to Duke|last=Krest|first=Shawn|date=October 4, 2019|publisher=Sports Illustrated|access-date=October 4, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/10/duke-basketball-jaemyn-brakefield-commits-class-of-2020|title=Five-star forward Jaemyn Brakefield commits to Duke men's basketball's class of 2020|last=Morgenstern|first=Glen|date=October 4, 2019|publisher=Duke Chronicle|access-date=October 4, 2019}}
Brakefield was rated as a consensus four-star recruit and ranked No. 31 overall recruit and No. 4 overall power forward in the 2020 high school class.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/230220/jaemyn-brakefield|title=Jaemyn Brakefield – Basketball Recruiting – Player Profiles|website=ESPN.com|access-date=April 28, 2020}}
{{College Athlete Recruit Start|40=no|collapse=no|year=2020}}
{{College Athlete Recruit Entry
| recruit = Jaemyn Brakefield
| position = PF
| hometown = Jackson, MS
| highschool = Huntington Prep (WV)
| feet = 6
| inches = 8
| weight = 215
| 40 =
| commitdate = October 18, 2019
| scout stars =
| rivals stars = 4
| 247 stars = 4
| espn stars = 4
| espn grade = 89
}}
{{College Athlete Recruit End
| 40 =
| year = 2020
| rivals ref title = Duke 2020 Basketball Commitments
| scout ref title =
| espn ref title = 2020 Duke Blue Devils Recruiting Class
| rivals school = duke
| scout s =
| espn schoolid = 150
| 247 overall = 51
| rivals overall = 42
| espn overall = 31
| accessdate = June 13, 2020
| bball = yes
}}
College career
Brakefield played for the Duke Blue Devils during the 2020–21 season. He averaged a disappointing 3.5 points, and 2.5 rebounds per game while shooting 40.8 percent from the floor. After the season he announced his decision to enter the transfer portal.{{cite news |author1=Kevin Connelly |title=Duke basketball: Jaemyn Brakefield to transfer in unsurprising move |url=https://balldurham.com/2021/03/24/duke-basketball-brakefield-transfer/ |access-date=17 April 2021 |work=balldurham.com |publisher=FanSided |date=24 March 2021}} On April 21, 2021, Brakefield decided to transfer to Ole Miss.{{cite web |title=Jaemyn Brakefield Joins Ole Miss Basketball |url=https://olemisssports.com/news/2021/4/21/mens-basketball-jaemyn-brakefield-joins-ole-miss-basketball.aspx |website=Ole Miss Rebels |access-date=June 27, 2021 |date=April 21, 2021}} He averaged 7.7 points, and 4.2 rebounds per game as a sophomore.{{cite news |last1=Rapier |first1=Adam |title=Ole Miss Forward Jaemyn Brakefield: "I’m Ready To Improve As A Leader" |url=https://www.si.com/college/olemiss/basketball/ole-miss-rebels-forward-jaemyn-brakefield-ready-improved-leader |access-date=February 26, 2023 |work=Sports Illustrated |date=September 30, 2022}}
Career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
=College=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21
| style="text-align:left;"| Duke
| 22 || 2 || 12.5 || .408 || .314 || .417 || 2.5 || .5 || .4 || .4 || 3.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22
| style="text-align:left;"| Ole Miss
| 32 || 25 || 25.3 || .471 || .373 || .686 || 4.2 || .8 || .7 || .2 || 7.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23
| style="text-align:left;"| Ole Miss
| 33 || 31 || 29.0 || .537 || .351 || .734 || 5.7 || 1.7 || .7 || .2 || 11.1
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24
| style="text-align:left;"| Ole Miss
| 32 || 32 || 29.4 || .477 || .362 || .765 || 4.9 || 2.4 || .8 || .5 || 12.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 119 || 90 || 25.1 || .487 || .356 || .727 || 4.5 || 1.4 || .7 || .3 || 9.3
{{S-end}}
Personal life
Brakefield is the son of Pamela Root and James Brakefield. He has four brothers – Jake Root, Andrew Knaack, Jamal Brakefield and Daimen Brakefield – and two sisters – Kristen Nickole and Jennifer Fleming.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://olemisssports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/jaemyn-brakefield/3387 Ole Miss Rebels bio]
- [https://goduke.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/jaemyn-brakefield/16346 Duke Blue Devils bio]
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Category:21st-century American sportsmen
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Wisconsin
Category:Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players
Category:Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball players