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Jahlil Okafor

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Born
1995 (28 years old)

Birth Place

Moffet, Oklahoma

Position
Center

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
15

Height
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)

Weight
275 lb (125 kg)

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Team
Basket Zaragoza

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League
Spanish Liga ACB

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Jahlil Obika Okafor (/ˈdʒɑː liːl/; born December 15, 1995) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. 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. 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.