JUSTIN JACKSON

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POSITIONList Item 1
Forward
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HEIGHTList Item 2
6-7 (2.0 m)
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WEIGHT
225 lbs. (102.1 kg)
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BIRTHDATEList Item 3
Feb. 18, 1997 (Toronto, Ont.)
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HIGH SCHOOL
Hill Academy (Vaughan, Ont.)
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COLLEGEList Item 4
Maryland '18
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2025-26 TEAM
Windy City Bulls (G League)
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YEARS PRO
8
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ACQUIRED
Signed by Ottawa as a free-agent in May 2025
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
2025-26: Appeared in all 25 regular season and playoff games with the BlackJacks during the 2025 season... averaged 7.7 points per game and collected 122 rebounds on the season, second place for total club rebounds ... Currently suited up for the Windy City Bulls of the G league, averaging 3.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game ... Has totalled 295 career CEBL points across four seasons (previously Guelph and Calgary).
2024-25: Joined Ostioneros de Guaymas (CIBACOPA) on March 7 vs. Frayles de Guasave (100-95 loss) and had a season-high equaling 11 points and three rebounds … Hit three three-point field goals on three occasions … Made his lone start of the season on March 18 vs. Venados de Mazatlan (79-72 win) scoring nine points with three rebounds
2023-24: Returned to the G League suiting up for the Grand Rapids Gold … Averaged 15.2 minutes, 5.7 points and 3.4 rebounds per-game … Scored 13 points in 11 minutes off the bench for the Gold on 3/9/24 vs. Wisconsin (109-101 loss) … Averaged 1.9 points and 1.4 rebounds per-game for the Calgary Surge (CEBL) … Made a CEBL single-season high 14 appearances … Recorded a season-high six rebounds while adding four points on July 11 vs. Vancouver (97-94 win)
2022-23: Spent the majority of the season with the London Lightning (CAN NBL) where he averaged 26.5 minutes, 11.4 points and 5.0 rebounds per-game … Won a league title with the Lightning … Scored in double figures in six of his 11 games … Joined Calgary for the first time and played in five games scoring a season-high 10 points on 6/3/23 at Vancouver (84-81 win)
2021-22: Averaged 8.3 points and 4.4 rebounds per-game in his lone season with the Long Island Nets (G League) … Recorded his first career G League double-double on 1/5/22 vs. College Park (111-107 win) when he registered 15 points and 10 rebounds … Established a new personal G League single game high in points (18) in his following appearance on 1/7/22 vs. Greensboro (119-114 loss) … Suffered a season-ending injury on 1/17/22 … Made his NBA Summer League debut for the Orlando Magic on 8/11/21 vs. Cleveland (95-84 loss) and averaged 1.7 points and 1.0 rebounds in three games
2020-21: Signed with the Hamilton Honey Badgers (CEBL) on 4/22/20 becoming the first NBA draftee to sign in the league although he did not appear in a game with the team … Returned to the Lakeland Magic (G League) and won the league championship … Averaged 3.6 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.7 steals per-game in 11 appearances … Scored a season-high 17 points, and added three rebounds, in a 104-84 win vs. Salt Lake City on 3/3/21 … Made his CEBL debut with the Guelph Nighthawks on 6/28/21 at Ottawa (96-79 loss) and scored in double figures in four of his five total games with the team
2019-20: Missed the entire season due to injury
2018-19:
Was drafted 43rd overall in the second round of the 2018 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets before being subsequently traded to Orlando … Made his professional debut for Lakeland on 11/10/18 vs. Westchester (125-104 loss) and recorded five rebounds and two steals … Appeared in 10 games averaging 4.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per-game before suffering a season ending injury
COLLEGE CAREER
2017-18: Played in 11 games with the University of Maryland (Big Ten) before missing the remainder of the year due to a torn labrum in his right shoulder … Named to the Preseason Naismith Trophy Watch List and Julius Erving Preseason Watch List … Averaged 9.8 points and 8.1 rebounds per-game … Registered a collegiate career-high 14 rebounds and added 11 points in Maryland’s season-opening 76-61 win vs. Stony Brook … Scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds vs. Jackson State on 11/20/17 (76-45 win) ... Posted a season-high 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting at Illinois on 12/3/17 (92-91 win)
2016-17:
Appeared in all 33 games and earned 30 starts in his freshman season for Maryland … Led the team in three-point shooting percentage (.438) while also shooting .438 from the floor … Ranked second in scoring (10.5) and finished the year seventh all-time on Maryland’s freshman single-season rebounding list (199) … Averaged 6.0 rebounds per-game to pace the team … Named Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week on 1/23/17 … Recorded his second consecutive double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds at Ohio State (77-71 win) on 1/31/17 to become the first Maryland freshman with back-to-back double-doubles since 2010 … Recorded 14 points in his NCAA Tournament debut on 3/16/17 in a 76-65 first-round loss to Xavier
PERSONAL
Son of Paulet and David Jackson … Has two sisters: Victoria and Justina … Majored in Letters and Sciences at Maryland … Boasts a 7-3 wingspan … Played high school basketball at Findlay Prep averaging 14.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.2 steals per-game as a junior … Spent his senior season at Hill Academy in Vaughan, Ont. where he was named a First Team All-Star in the Ontario Scholastics Basketball Association in 2016 … Was a member of the Team Canada U19 team that finished fifth at the 2015 FIBA World Championships in Greece



