Jordan Caroline

Jordan Caroline (born January 15, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Fuenlabrada of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the Southern Illinois Salukis and the Nevada Wolf Pack.

Jordan Caroline
Caroline with Nevada in 2017
No. 22 – Carplus Fuenlabrada
PositionSmall forward
LeagueLiga ACB
Personal information
Born (1996-01-15) January 15, 1996
Champaign, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft2019: undrafted
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2020South Bay Lakers
2020Hapoel Eilat
2021Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology
2021–2022Dolomiti Energia Trento
2022Melbourne United
2022–2023Baxi Manresa
2023–presentFuenlabrada
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Early life and high school career

Caroline's maternal grandfather was J. C. Caroline, who was a running back for Illinois and led the nation in rushing as a sophomore in 1953 before playing 10 seasons for the Chicago Bears, primarily as a defensive back. His father, Simeon Rice, was an All-America defensive end at Illinois in 1994 and 1995 and was picked third in the NFL draft and played 12 NFL seasons. His mother Jayna Caroline, was a track athlete in high school and graduated from Illinois. Growing up, Jordan never felt any pressure to play football though did dabble in the sport as well as swimming, though he focused on basketball. In middle school he played on the same AAU program, Team Trouble, as future Loyola-Chicago forward Donte Ingram. Caroline went to Bristow Middle School in Brentwood, Ca and to Edison Middle School in Champaign, IL. Caroline played two years of high school basketball for Champaign Central High School before transferring to Montverde Academy. Playing alongside Ben Simmons and D'Angelo Russell, Caroline helped the team to back-to-back national titles in 2013 and 2014.[1]

College career

Caroline was named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team at Southern Illinois.[2] He averaged 9.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per game as a freshman. After the season, decided to transfer and received scholarship offers from Cincinnati, Xavier and Minnesota before picking Nevada.[1]

Caroline was named Most Outstanding Player of the South Point Holiday Hoops Classic in December 2016 after contributing 20 points and 12 rebounds in a 67–66 win over UC Santa Barbara.[3] Caroline earned Second-team All-Mountain West and Mountain West tournament MVP honors his sophomore season in leading Nevada to a tournament title and NCAA Tournament berth.[4] He averaged 15.0 points and 9.2 rebounds per game as a sophomore. Coming into his junior season, Caroline was named to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[5] As a junior, he averaged 17.7 points and a Pack-leading 8.6 rebounds per game while shooting 47.4 percent from the field. Caroline was a first-team All-Mountain West selection by the conference coaches and media, first-team NABC District 17 and a USBWA District VIII selection. He was named to the Mountain West All-Tournament Team and led the Wolf Pack to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 after comeback wins over Texas and Cincinnati. Caroline tested the waters of the 2018 NBA draft, but ultimately opted to return to Nevada for his senior season.[4]

Coming into his senior season, Caroline was named to the Preseason MWC Team.[6] On March 2, 2019, Caroline scored his 2,000th career point in a loss to Utah State.[7] He punched a glass fire extinguisher near the locker room after the game as part of a fracas in the handshake line.[8] Caroline finished his senior season averaging 17.0 points per game, 9.6 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game despite straining his Achilles late in the season.[9] Caroline also broke the Mountain West record for the most double doubles in a career previously held by Utah's Andrew Bogut.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, Caroline joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2019 NBA Summer League.[10] He signed with the Lakers on July 20,[11] but was waived on October 4[12] after undergoing surgery on his foot in September.[13] He subsequently joined the Lakers' NBA G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers.[14] On January 3, 2020, he scored a season-high 20 points in a loss to the Sioux Falls Skyforce.[15] Caroline had a groin injury in January and missed the remainder of the G League season. He averaged 11.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game.[16]

On May 15, 2020, Caroline signed with Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[17] He averaged 15.3 points and 9.9 rebounds per game during their resumed 2019–20 season following the league's COVID suspension.

On March 7, 2021, Caroline signed with Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology of the Super Basketball League.[18]

On June 30, 2021, Caroline signed with Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[19]

On August 4, 2022, Caroline signed with Melbourne United in Australia for the 2022–23 NBL season.[20] He was released by United on November 16, 2022.[21]

On November 17, 2022, he signed with Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB.[22]

On January 4, 2023, he signed with Fuenlabrada of the Liga ACB.[23]

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

College
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 Southern Illinois 333225.6.448.667.6606.2.9.7.29.2
2015–16 Nevada Redshirt Redshirt
2016–17 Nevada 353435.1.463.337.5909.21.91.1.315.0
2017–18 Nevada 373634.9.474.324.7098.62.2.7.217.7
2018–19 Nevada 333335.5.452.368.6289.61.9.6.317.0
Career 13813532.9.461.348.6468.41.8.8.314.8

See also

References
  1. Ryan, Shannon (March 21, 2018). "Nevada's Jordan Caroline, the son and grandson of Illinois legends, never got a call from 'dream school'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  2. "Tuttle Highlights 2014-15 All-Missouri Valley". Missouri Valley Conference. March 3, 2015. Archived from the original on October 30, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  3. Moody, Darrell (December 26, 2016). "Jordan Caroline rules as tournament MVP". The Record-Courier. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  4. "Jordan Caroline to Return for Senior Season for Nevada Wolf Pack". KTV. May 27, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  5. "Mountain West Announces 2017-18 Men's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Team". Mountain West Conference. October 18, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  6. Roberts, Rachel (October 16, 2018). "The Mountain West preseason basketball poll is out. And Boise State is not happy". The Idaho Statesman. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  7. "Utah State beats No. 12 Nevada to take Mountain West lead". ESPN.com. March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  8. Borzello, Jeff (March 4, 2019). "MWC: Court rush not factor in USU-Nevada fracas". ESPN. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  9. Murray, Chris (June 21, 2019). "Nevada alum Jordan Caroline signs deal with Los Angeles Lakers". Nevada Sports Net. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  10. "Jordan Caroline". realgm.com. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  11. "Lakers Sign Jordan Caroline". NBA.com. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  12. "Lakers Sign David Stockton". NBA.com. October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2019. In a related move, the team has waived forward Jordan Caroline.
  13. "Lakers Medical Updates on Kyle Kuzma, Talen Horton-Tucker and Jordan Caroline". NBA.com. September 26, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  14. "South Bay Lakers Set Opening Night Roster". NBA.com. November 4, 2019. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  15. "Jordan Caroline: Drops 20 points". CBS Sports. January 4, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  16. "Jordan Caroline: Heads overseas". CBS Sports. May 17, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  17. "Jordan Caroline signs with Hapoel Eilat". Sportando. May 15, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  18. "Jordan Caroline (ex H.Eilat) agreed terms with Jutai Technology". Asia Basket. March 7, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  19. "Jordan Caroline is a newcomer of Dolomiti Energia Trentino". Sportando. June 30, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  20. "United add powerful American forward Jordan Caroline". melbourneutd.com.au. August 4, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  21. "Melbourne United add American center Marcus Lee". melbourneutd.com.au. November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  22. "Jordan Caroline signs with BAXI Manresa". Sportando. November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  23. "Fuenlabrada signs Jordan Caroline". Sportando. January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
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