CJ Jackson (Committed to Ohio State)

[kjk9183]

2016 Eastern Florida St guard, CJ Jackson, will take an official visit to UConn this weekend

@jucorecruiting

 

[CGarr]

After some quick research: committed to George Mason out of Montverde Academy. Seems to have decommitted after Paul Hewitt got fired. Went JUCO. Here is a link to the box scores of his games.

http://efsctitans.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule

He got a lot of buckets.

 

[tcf15]

 

[tcf15]

Looks like he has 3 years of eligibility left.

Here's the game log from this past season: http://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2015-16/div1/players/cjjacksonehg8?view=gamelog

 

[Marat]

Ok tcf - game footage of him?

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

6'1" Guard.

17 PPG -
45.8% from the field.
45% from three (averaged 3 made threes a game)
73.4% from the line

1.3 Assist/TO
5 Rebounds Per Game

 

[UConnStats]

Jesus... These box scores make him look like a sniper. Taking and making tons of 3s.

His numbers in JUCO are solid, although the he didn't shoot all that well inside the arc. He's 6'1 and averaged:
45.8% FG
45% 3P
73% FT
4.9 REB
4.4 AST

...Favorite TV show: Grey's Anatomy

 

[CGarr]

Can't find any JUCO highlights. Here is a full game where he stuffed the stat sheet.

 

[tcf15]

 

[CardiacAndre7]

@tcf15 Obviously you may not know much about Jackson, but who do you think would be a better pick up between him and Vital?

 

[boog204]

I like the idea of going the JC route here. We have a pretty solid threesome in the backcourt in Purv, JA, and AG. Having another guard, especially one that can fill it up, would be nice. Furthermore, it will balance out the classes a little.

 

[Candyman]

Dude hit 9 threes in a game. Its only JuCo ball but still.

 

[azescobar]

Not to knock Sam I am...but, I think JUCO stats may be deceiving, that being said, if he can stroke it and play defense, there is always a place on the roster.

 

[aceboon]

Not to knock Sam I am...but, I think JUCO stats may be deceiving, that being said, if he can stroke it and play defense, there is always a place on the roster.

This guy's percentages look pretty nice tho, off the top of my head I remember Sam's effeciency being not too great.

 

[tcf15]

Jesus... These box scores make him look like a sniper. Taking and making tons of 3s.

His numbers in JUCO are solid, although the he didn't shoot all that well inside the arc. He's 6'1 and averaged:
45.8% FG
45% 3P
73% FT
4.9 REB
4.4 AST

...Favorite TV show: Grey's Anatomy

For comparison's sake, here are Sam Cassell, Jr.'s juco stats: http://www.chipolaathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/bios/cassell-_jr_sam_k836?view=gamelog

43.3% FG (166-383)
33.3% 3P (71-213)
80.5% FT (157-195)
3.6 REB
3.7 AST

 

[boog204]

Some of his game logs are pretty sick. Dude seems like he's a big time shooter. Don't care if it's juco or not, he hit at least 5 3's in a game 9 times this year and as stated, 45% is very, very strong. He was a three star recruit out of high school and played for an excellent high school team/factory. Only little blurb I saw was from Alex Kline who said he was a "high level scorer."

He's the son of a coach... Found this from high school:

http://usatodayhss.com/2014/olympic-hss-cj-jackson-has-state-title-in-view

 

[Rico444]

So if he committed, he would have to sit a year, right?

 

[tcf15]

So if he committed, he would have to sit a year, right?

Not with JUCOs - he'd be immediately eligible next year. He'd come in as a sophomore.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Upgrade over Sam Cassell?

If he can really stroke it, he'd be a valuable 4th guard after Purvis/Adams/Gilbert and then after Adams/Gilbert/[Diallo or MAL].

 

[tcf15]

Looking at his top 4, UConn is obviously the best school. But I guess it depends what he is looking for. Immediate and large amounts of playing time seems to favor both Missouri and New Mexico.

 

[UConnStats]

Looking at his top 4, UConn is obviously the best school. But I guess it depends what he is looking for. Immediate and large amounts of playing time seems to favor both Missouri and New Mexico.

Yeah, and Auburn has given a ton of PT to their abundance of JUCO transfers. Bowers didn't really pan out because he's a natural big man who's in love with jump shooting, but TJ Dunans was solid in his first year despite missing a couple months due to injury. Kareem Canty averaged 18 PPG this year too. Pearl has been extremely active in the JUCO-sphere.

I would personally rather have Jackson than Vital. It's a shorter commitment, and Jackson seems like a better ball handler, which even from a depth player can come in handy some times. I don't know for sure how good of a shooter Vital is, but Jackson's 45% at 4.3 3PA/G is pretty darn impressive, JUCO or not. The bad with Jackson is that he averages 3.5 TO/G, which is probably the product of having the ball in his hands way too much. That would be less of a problem here. 2.25 SPG is solid, as is 4.4 FTA/G.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Are we his first visit?

 

[tcf15]

Are we his first visit?

Yeah, which is always a good sign.

 

[uconnbill]

UConn could use another shooter for sure to spread the floor so the drive, penetration and kick works better

 

[Rocktheworld]

The jury is out until we get a look at Chief's long-awaited analysis