| Jeffrey Jordan | |
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Gender |
Male |
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Portrayed by |
Manner Washington |
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Family |
Michael Jordan (father) |
Jeffrey Jordan is an American former basketball player who played for the University of Illinois and the University of Central Florida. Jeffery is the elder son of retired Hall of Fame basketball player Michael Jordan.
Life[]
Jeffrey Jordan was the subject of local and national media attention as a high schooler, and had three of his high school games shown nationally on ESPN in 2007. At Loyola, he was a starter for three years and was All-Catholic League twice. He was chosen for the 2007 Jordan Brand Classic.
Jordan also played football in his tenth-grade year.
Jordan graduated from Loyola Academy on May 26, 2007. He received scholarship offers from Valparaiso and Loyola University Chicago, and was actively recruited as a preferred walk-on by Davidson, Penn State, Northwestern, and University of Illinois. Jordan decided to play as a preferred walk-on at the University of Illinois and enrolled at the university in 2007 as a psychology major with an academic scholarship.[8] On January 22, 2009, it was announced by the university that Jordan would receive a full athletic scholarship.
On June 24, 2009, Jordan announced he was leaving the University of Illinois’ basketball team to focus on school and his "life after basketball". During the summer of 2009, he interned at Nike. Jordan later decided to return to the team, but after the 2009–10 season, he received a release to transfer to the University of Central Florida alongside his brother, Marcus.
In January 2012, Jordan left the UCF team for "personal reasons".
In popular culture[]
In the 1996 film Space Jam, Jordan was portrayed by Manner Washington.
Link[]
[1]Jeffrey Jordan on Wikipedia