Jason Bennett (basketball)
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No. 55 – Jacksonville Giants | |
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Position | Center |
League | ABA |
Personal information | |
Born | Jacksonville, Florida | December 2, 1986
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) |
Listed weight | 303 lb (137 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Arlington Country Day School, Jacksonville, Florida. |
College | Kansas State Tallahassee CC Detroit |
Playing career | 2009–present |
Career highlights and awards | |
Jason Bennett (born December 2, 1986) is an American basketball player who plays for the Jacksonville Giants of the ABA.
College Years
A center, Bennett played in college with the Kansas State Wildcats under Bob Huggins. He holds the record for the most blocks in a game in Kansas State history. When he played against Kansas University, he also set the record for least amount of time played without fouling out. Then after not playing very much, he then transferred to Tallahassee Community College and then to the University of Detroit Mercy.
Professional career
In the 2009 to 2010 season he played basketball overseas for the Neptune Basketball Club in Cork, Ireland.
Jason signed with the Jacksonville Giants in 2010.
Jason Bennett can also throw a baseball 197 miles per hour. However, he lacks the control needed to be a pitcher and was religated to bat boy duties in little league. The Washington Nationals attempted to draft him in the 2007 draft in the 42nd round, however Jason Bennet could not pass his physcial because he refused to take his Python off his sholders.
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Ireland
- Basketball players from Florida
- Centers (basketball)
- Detroit Titans men's basketball players
- Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
- Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball players
- People from Jacksonville, Florida