CAREER HIGHS

POSITION: GUARD/FORWARD
HEIGHT: 6-6
WEIGHT: 220
BIRTHDATE: June 28, 1987
BIRTHPLACE: Seattle, Washington
COLLEGE: Louisville
HIGH SCHOOL: Reiner Beach, WA
DRAFTED: New Jersey, First Round (11th Overall), 2009 NBA Draft
CONTRACT STATUS: Signed through 2010-11 season (TO- 2011-12 & 2012-13)
YEARS PRO: Rookie

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Drafted by New Jersey in the First Round (11th overall) of the
2009 NBA Draft.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Only player in Louisville history to tally 1,500 points, 900 rebounds, 500 assists and 200 steals… Finished career ranked 18th in school history with 1,564 points, second in assists (541), seventh in rebounding (966), fourth in three-point field goals made (195), fifth in steals (210) and second in minutes played (4,486).

SENIOR (2008-09): First team All-Big East and NABC All-District selection… AP All-America Third Team pick... Named to the Big East All-Tournament Team... Helped lead the Cardinals to first Big East regular season and tournament titles as they claimed the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament... Tallied 11 points, seven rebounds, six assists and a career-best seven steals vs. Syracuse in the Big East title game… Reached double figures in scoring in 23 games and rebounding on 12 occasions… Ranked 23rd in the nation in steals (2.3 spg) and 49th in rebounding (8.6 rpg).... His 86 steals tied a Louisville single-season record... Recorded a career-high 26 points, along with five boards and three blocks vs. No. 1 UConn.

JUNIOR (2007-08): All-Big East Second Team and NABC All-District team... Averaged 10.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists in four NCAA Tournament games... Finished season ranked seventh in the conference in assists (4.5 apg), 11th in rebounding (7.2 rpg), 12th in assists-to-turnover ratio (1.54) and fourth in minutes played (35.9 mpg)... Recorded two triple-doubles on the season: 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists vs. Seton Hall; and 14 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds vs. Hartford.

SOPHOMORE (2006-07): All-Big East Second Team selection. NABC and USBWA All-District selection... Only player to start all 34 games for the Cardinals... Finished as team leader in scoring (12.4 ppg), rebounding (7.0 rpg) and assists (3.8 apg)... Named to the Big East All-Tournament Team after posting 19.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.0 steals in two games... Named to the NABC Classic All-Tournament team.

FRESHMAN (2005-06):  Starting forward in 21 games on the season... Scored in double figures in 14 games... Scored a season-high 25 points vs. Pittsburgh, adding five rebounds and four steals… Had 16 points and six assists vs. South Carolina in NIT semifinals... Named to the Billy Minardi Classic.

PERSONAL: From Seattle, Washington… Son of Sherry Jackson and has one sister, Deshire and one brother Micko… Favorite food is soft tacos… Enjoys creative writing in his free time… Is a big fan of the social networking site Twitter, “Twitter is great because you get to stay connected with your fans, they get to see what you’re doing and they see that you are a real human being when you respond back to them.”… Lists his fear of heights as the thing he is most scared of… Loves collecting shoes and owns over 400 pairs, recently gave 250 pairs of his shoes to former college teammates… Favorite pair of shoes are the patent leather Jordan 11’s in red and black… Most significant tattoo is of his father’s name who passed away… Favorite current TV show is Tyler Perry’s House of Payne and favorite all-time is Martin… If he wasn’t a professional basketball player he would like be a “great singer”… Grew up in Seattle with NBA players Nate Robinson, Jamal Crawford and Brandon Roy… Favorite hobby is playing XBOX 360, specifically Call of Duty… Majored in Communications at Louisville… Tries to model his game after his favorite NBA player, Magic Johnson.