Ray Jackson (basketball)
Jackson in 1993 with the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team.
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
November 13, 1973 San Antonio, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Lyndon B. Johnson (Austin, Texas) |
| College | Michigan (1991–1995) |
| NBA draft | 1995 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1995–2007 |
| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| Career history | |
| 1995–1996 | Grand Rapids Hoops (CBA) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ray Jackson (born November 13, 1973) is an American retired college and professional basketball player.
Jackson was part of the famed University of Michigan Wolverines Fab Five along with former NBA players Chris Webber, Jimmy King, Jalen Rose, and Juwan Howard that reached the 1992 & 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both Freshmen and Sophomores.
Although the Fab Five final four appearances have been forfeited, he was not among the players called before the grand jury (Robert Traylor, Webber, Rose, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock) in the University of Michigan basketball scandal and was not found to have received large amounts of money.
Jackson and King were the only two members of the Fab Five to stay at Michigan for their full four years of eligibility; Webber left after his sophomore year and Rose and Howard after their junior years. Jackson's best season at Michigan came in his senior year, when he and King were the only members of the Fab Five remaining, as he averaged a team high of nearly 16 points per game.
Perhaps the least known of the Fab Five, Jackson was never drafted into nor played in the NBA. He was cut in preseason by the New York Knicks before the 1995–96 season and cut by the Detroit Pistons before the 1996–97 season. He was drafted in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) by the Grand Rapids Hoops #35 in the 3rd round in 1995.
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