Description
Jahlil Okafor is an American college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team as a freshman for the 2014?15 team. He played high school basketball in Chicago, Illinois for Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. He signed with Duke as a package with Tyus Jones.
He was heavily recruited since before high school and had been at the top of the recruiting rankings for several years. He is a distant cousin of Emeka Okafor. At the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, he earned the Tournament MVP for the gold-medal winning USA team. In 2013, Okafor led Whitney Young to the 2013 Chicago Public High School League city championship. He was an All-American as a junior in 2013. The following summer, he was an All-Tournament team selection at the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for the gold-medal Team USA.
Okafor led Young to the 2014 Chicago Public High School League city championship game that they lost in a quadruple overtime game against Curie High School and Cliff Alexander that was the lead story on SportsCenter. However, a week later Curie forfeited the championship. His 2014 season culminated with a Illinois High School Association Class 4A state championship.
Born
December 15th, 1995 in Fort Smith (Age 29)
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2023/02/21
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