The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster
Walker, Jordan
Jersey Number 10
Jordan Walker
- Position:
- Guard
- Prev School:
- Seton Hall/Tulane
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Long Island, N.Y.
- High School:
- The Patrick School (N.J.)
Bio
*Extra Year of Eligibility Granted due to the NCAA’s COVID-19 Policies
Senior Season at UAB (2022-23)*
Second-Year Junior Season at UAB (2021-22)*
As a Junior at Tulane (2020-21)
As a Sophomore at Tulane (2019-20)
As a Freshman at Seton Hall (2017-18)
Personal
Senior Season at UAB (2022-23)*
- Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watchlist
- Preseason Naismith Trophy Watchlist
- Preseason Wooden Award Watchlist
- Preseason Bob Cousy Award Watchlist
- Conference USA Preseason Player of the Year
- Conference USA Preseason All-Conference Team
- 2023 NABC Reese’s Division I All-Star Game Roster
- 2023 NABC First Team All-District
- 2023 First Team All-Conference USA
- Finished fifth in the country in points per game (22.3)
- Ranked third in the country in 3FG per game (4.09) and 3FG made (135)
- Scored 20+ points in 22 of his 33 appearances.
- Finished the year with seven 30+ point games, a program record for a single-season.
- Set UAB record for most 30-point games in program history (10)
- Became the fastest player in program history to reach 1,000 points as a Blazer (47 games) vs. UTSA (12/31/22)
- Ranked second on UAB’s roster with 137 assists
- Finished third on UAB’s roster with 40 steals
- Scored a season-high 41 points at Charlotte while hitting a season-high eight 3FGs (3/4/23)
- Added 32 points on 10-of-19 shooting with a season-high eight assists vs. Rice (2/23/23)
- Scored 31 points with six rebounds, five assists and five steals vs. Georgia to earn Sunshine Slam MVP honors (11/22/22)
Second-Year Junior Season at UAB (2021-22)*
- Conference USA Player of the Year
- Conference USA Newcomer of the Year
- First Team All-Conference USA
- First Team NABC District 11
- Kevin Connors Second Team Mid-Major All-American
- Conference USA Tournament MVP
- Conference USA All-Tournament Team
- Ranked third nationally in total 3-pointers made (116), eighth in 3-pointers made per game (3.41), 14th in total points scored (690), 16th in points per game (20.3) and 28th in free throw percentage (88.0%)
- Led Conference USA in points per game (20.3), total points scored (690), total 3-pointers made (116) and 3-pointers made per game (3.41)
- Ranked third in Conference USA in assists per game (4.94), free throw percentage (.880) and 3-point field-goal percentage (.396)
- Led UAB in points per game (20.3). assists per game (4.9), 3-pointers made (116), free throw percentage (.880), free throws made (132) and minutes per game (31.8)
- Set a new UAB single-game scoring record with 42 points against Middle Tennessee (2/5/22)
- Set a UAB record for most points scored on a neutral court, scoring 40 points in UAB’s C-USA Tournament semifinals victory over Middle Tennessee (3/11/22)
- Set a UAB single-season record with 18 20-point performances in 2021-22
- Set a new UAB single-game record for most free throws made without a miss by going a perfect 13-of-13 from the free throw line against Middle Tennessee (3/11/22)
- Averaged 31 points per game in the Conference USA Tournament to earn C-USA Tournament MVP honors
- Scored a then career-high 36 points and tied a UAB single-game record with nine made 3-pointers at LA Tech (1/22/22)
- Tallied his first double-double as a Blazer with a career-high 12 assists to go along with 10 points against Rice (2/17/22)
- Scored 27 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out four assists in UAB’s Conference USA Tournament Championship victory over LA Tech (3/12/22)
- Finished second in UAB single-season history with 690 points in 2021-22
- Finished tied for fourth in UAB single-season history with 20.3 points per game in 2021-22
- Finished third in UAB single-season history with 116 3-pointers made in 2021-22
- Finished third in UAB single-season history with an .880 free-throw percentage (132-of-150) in 2021-22
- One of four Blazers named to the 2021-22 NABC Honors Court — finished the 2021-22 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher
As a Junior at Tulane (2020-21)
- Started all 23 games
- Second in AAC with 4.3 assists per game
- Scored in double-figures 16 times
- Tied a career-best with 24 points to go along with seven assists and three steals vs. Tulsa
- Recorded his first career double-double of 18 points and a career-high 10 assists at UCF
- 16 points with four assists against No. 6 Houston
- 18 points and matched a career-high six steals at Memphis
- 17 points against Wichita State
As a Sophomore at Tulane (2019-20)
- American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
- Played in all 30 games and made 22 starts
- Seventh in AAC in steals and 10th in 3-point field goal percentage
- Recorded double-figures 11 times
- Career-highs in points (24), field goals made (7) and 3-pointers made (5) vs. Southeastern Louisiana
- Career-high six rebounds vs. Northwestern State
- 11 points, six assists, three steals against Mississippi
- 14 points with four rebounds off the bench at Wichita State
As a Freshman at Seton Hall (2017-18)
- Seven points, two assists and two steals in his collegiate debut vs, Fairleigh Dickinson
- Recorded two steals in Manhattan
- Six points against Marquette
- Season-high five assists against No. 4 Xavier
Personal
- Goes by the nickname “Jelly” as a member of the “Jelly Family”
- Received undergraduate degree in health and wellness from Tulane
- Born on Aug. 11, 1999
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