Jahlil Okafor

Jahlil Okafor
	Okafor during the 2015 NBA Summer League
No. 15 – Hancoro Club
Position	Center
League	CBSL
Personal information
Born	December 15, 1995 (age 28); Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S.
Nationality	Nigerian / American
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	270 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school	Whitney Young (Chicago, Illinois)
College	Duke (2014–2015)
NBA draft	2015: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
	Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	2015–present
Career history
2015–2017	Philadelphia 76ers
2017–2018	Brooklyn Nets
2018–2020	New Orleans Pelicans
2020–2021	Detroit Pistons
2022	Zhejiang Lions
2022–2023	Capitanes de Ciudad de México
2023	Casademont Zaragoza
2023–2024	Zhejiang Lions
2024–present	Capitanes de Arecibo
Career highlights and awards
	BSN All-Star (2024); NBA All-Rookie First Team (2016); NCAA champion (2015); Consensus first-team All-American (2015); USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2015); Pete Newell Big Man Award (2015); ACC Player of the Year (2015); First-team All-ACC (2015); ACC Rookie of the Year (2015); Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year (2014); USA Today High School Player of the Year (2014); McDonald's All-American Game co-MVP (2014); First-team Parade All-American (2014); Illinois Mr. Basketball (2014); FIBA Under-17 World Cup MVP (2012);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
FIBA World U19 Cup
FIBA World U17 Cup
FIBA Americas U16 Championship

Jahlil Obika Okafor (/ˈdʒɑː liːl/;^[1] born December 15, 1995) is a Nigerian-American^[2] professional basketball player for the Capitanes de Arecibo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played his freshman season of college basketball for the 2014–15 Duke national championship team. He was selected with the third overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.

Okafor had been heavily recruited before high school and was at the top of the recruiting rankings for several years.^[3] He played high school basketball in Chicago, Illinois for Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, where he earned high school national player of the year awards from McDonald's, USA Today and Parade. Okafor signed with Duke as a package with Tyus Jones, with widespread recognition as the preseason Collegiate National Player of the Year. At Duke, he earned the USBWA National Freshman of the Year and ACC Player of the Year, and a unanimous 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American first-team selection.

^ Jordan, Jason. "Okafor mystified by mispronunciations: Top junior Jahlil Okafor says most coaches recruiting him pronounce his name wrong". USA TODAY High School Sports. Archived from the original on March 31, 2013.
^ "Jahlil Okafor commits to Nigeria for Olympic basketball". February 24, 2020. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
^ Grimala, Mike (June 18, 2012). "Okafor taking recruiting cues from Parker". ESPN HS. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2012.