Tyrone Johnson (basketball)
 Johnson playing for South Carolina | |
| Free agent | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 28, 1992 Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | |
| College |
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| NBA draft | 2015: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
| Career history | |
| 2015–2016 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
| 2016 | Grand Rapids Cyclones |
| 2017 | Al Shamal |
| 2017–2018 | KK Borac Čačak |
Tyrone "Ty" Johnson (born July 28, 1992) is an American professional basketball player.
Born and raised in Plainfield, New Jersey, Johnson played at Plainfield High School before transferring to Montrose Christian School for his senior year in an effort to position himself better for collegiate basketball.[1]
College career
[edit]Prior to his freshman year at Villanova, Johnson broke his left foot.[2] Johnson averaged 3.3 points and 2.0 assists per game his first season with the Wildcats. He transferred to South Carolina during his sophomore year.[3] Johnson was forced to miss an entire year of eligibility due to playing in an exhibition game with Villanova. He broke his right foot in a game against Texas A&M and played only 16 games as a junior for the Gamecocks.[4] He was averaging 11.9 points per game up until that point.[5] As a senior, he averaged 9.5 points, 3.5 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game for South Carolina.[2]
Professional career
[edit]After graduating from South Carolina, in 2015, he signed with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA D-League. He was the only player to make the team by tryout.[2] Johnson averaged 3.5 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game in 23 games for the Vipers. The following season, he played with the Grand Rapids Cyclones of the Premier Basketball League.[6]
On January 1, 2017, he signed with Al Shamal from Qatar.[7] Johnson posted 18.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.0 steals per game with Al Shamal. In September 2017, he signed with Serbian club KK Borac Čačak.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Carino, Jerry. "Plainfield’s Tyrone Johnson leaving Villanova. Cautionary tale?", New Jersey Hoops Haven, November 7, 2012. Accessed August 5, 2019. "Former Plainfield High School standout Tyrone Johnson is leaving Villanova, the school announced today.... Ty left Plainfield a year early for basketball factory Montrose Christian, supposedly to better position himself to make an immediate impact at Nova."
- ^ a b c Silva, Dennis (November 16, 2015). "Notebook: Vipers' Johnson making fast impression as tryout invitee". The Monitor. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- ^ "Ty Johnson transfers from Villanova to South Carolina". SBNation. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- ^ Smith, Willie T. (May 5, 2015). "Tyrone Johnson happy with the lessons he's learned at South Carolina". Greenville News. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
- ^ "South Carolina's Tyrone Johnson out indefinitely with broken foot". The Sporting News. Associated Press. January 16, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
- ^ a b "Borac lands Tyrone Johnson, ex Al Shamal". EuroBasket. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
- ^ "Tyrone Johnson agreed terms with Al Shamal". EuroBasket. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
External links
[edit]- 1992 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Qatar
- American men's basketball players
- Guards (basketball)
- Plainfield High School (New Jersey) alumni
- Rio Grande Valley Vipers players
- South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Plainfield, New Jersey
- Basketball players from Union County, New Jersey
- Villanova Wildcats men's basketball players
- 21st-century American sportsmen