The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
Johnson, Jamal
Jersey Number 11
Jamal Johnson
- Position:
- Guard
- Prev School:
- Memphis / Auburn
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- High School:
- Spain Park
Bio
*Extra Year of Eligibility Granted due to the NCAA’s COVID-19 Policies
Second-Year Junior Season at UAB (2021-22)*
Second-Year Junior Season at UAB (2021-22)*
- Played in 27 games, making three starts
- Ranked third on UAB’s roster with 30 made 3-pointers
- Ranked fourth on the UAB roster with a .370 3-point field-goal percentage (minimum 15 attempts)
- Reached double figures in scoring four times
- Scored a season-high 15 points and made a season-high five 3-pointers against Alabama A&M (11/21/21)
- Scored 12 points and played a season-high 24 minutes against Mississippi Valley State (12/22/21)
- Made two or more 3-pointers 10 times and three or more 3-pointers four times
- Played in 23 games, making nine starts
- Third in the SEC games with 2.4 3-pointers per game.
- Career-high 21 points vs. Arkansas (12/30/20)
- Followed-up with a 20-point performance at Texas A&M (1/2/21)
- First time in 15 years an Auburn player had two consecutive 20-point games coming off the bench
- 19 points at Vanderbilt (2/9/21)
- Career-high seven assists vs. Mississippi State (3/6/21)
- Played in 31 games
- Season-high five rebounds vs. Georgia Southern (11/5/19) and at South Alabama (11/12/19)
- Season-high 14 points Lipscomb (12/29/19)
- Played in 34 games, making 27 starts
- Averaged 6.9 points per game
- American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
- Tied season-high 18 points on six 3-pointers vs. Bryant (12/2/17)
- Tied season-high with 18 points at USF (1/31/18)
- Tied season-highs 18 points and eight rebounds vs. UConn (2/25/18)
- Played 40 minutes scoring 17 points vs. Cincinnati (3/10/18)
- Ranked as the No. 8 combo guard in the country by 247Sports
- Ranked No. 111 by Rivals and No. 151 by 247Sports
- First Team All-State by the Alabama Sports Writers Association
- Averaged 24.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game during senior season
- Averaged 18.1 points. 7.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game as a junior
- 2016 Second Team All-State
- Alabama Boys Basketball North All-Star with All-Academic Team
- All-Area and All-Metro Team
- Son of former First Round NBA Draft pick Buck Johnson
- Drafted 20th overall by Houston in 1986
- Played For Houston 1986-92 and Washington 1992-93
- Two siblings: Alfonso III and Trey Johnson
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