Brandon Reginald Childress (born August 31, 1997) is an American professional

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player who plays for

Hakro Merlins Crailsheim The Crailsheim Merlins, for sponsorships reasons named Hakro Merlins Crailsheim, is a professional basketball club based in Crailsheim, Germany. Established in 1986, the club plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the highest professional lea ...

of the German Basketball Bundesliga. He played

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for the

Wake Forest Demon Deacons The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Wake Forest University, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a mem ...

Early life and high school career

Childress was born in

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, where his father was playing for the

Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at L ...

. In his childhood, his family moved to Prince George's County, Maryland. Childress first took interest in football and started playing basketball at age nine. In his first two years of high school, he played basketball for East Forsyth High School in

Kernersville, North Carolina Kernersville is a town in Forsyth County and the largest suburb of Winston-Salem. The town is located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. A small portion of the town is also in Guilford County. The population was 26,481 at the 2020 census, u ...

. He was a teammate of Riley LaRue, the son of former NBA player

Rusty LaRue Rusty LaRue (born December 10, 1973) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He was a multi-sport athlete who played basketball, baseball, and football at Wake Forest University. LaRue played in the National Basketball As ...

. Childress came off the bench as a freshman but became a key player as a sophomore, leading his team to the Frank Spencer Holiday Classic title. For his junior season, he transferred to

Wesleyan Christian Academy Wesleyan Christian Academy is a private Christian school located in High Point, North Carolina, across from the former Oak Hollow Mall complex. Wesleyan Christian Academy is accredited by AdvancED and the Association of Christian Schools Inte ...

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, where he played alongside Harry Giles, one of the top recruits in the nation. As a senior, Childress was an NCISAA 3A All-State selection. He chose to play college basketball for Wake Forest over offers from

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, East Carolina and

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among others.

College career

As a freshman at Wake Forest, Childress averaged 6.6 points and 2.2 assists per game. On January 23, 2018, he scored a sophomore season-high 18 points, 16 of which came in the second half, in an 84–70 loss to fourth-ranked

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. As a sophomore, Childress averaged 9.1 points and 3.6 assists per game. He became his team's starting point guard in his junior season, with the departure of

Bryant Crawford Bryant DeJuan Crawford (born March 21, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for Igokea of the Bosnian League, the Adriatic League and the Basketball Champions League. He played college basketball for Wake Forest University, where ...

. On January 5, 2019, Childress scored a season-high 28 points, shooting 7-of-10 from three-point range, in a 92–79 loss to

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. Two weeks later, he scored 28 points for a second time in an 87–71 loss to

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six re ...

. Childress averaged 14.7 points and four assists per game as a junior, leading Wake Forest in scoring, assists and steals. On December 7, 2019, he scored a career-high 30 points in a 91–82 loss to

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. On February 25, 2020, Childress hit the game-tying three-pointer at the end of regulation and scored 13 of his 17 points during two overtimes in a 113–101 upset of

, Wake Forest's first win against the Blue Devils in almost six years. As a senior, Childress averaged 15.6 points and 4.6 assists per game, leading his team in scoring, assists and steals, and was an All- Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Honorable Mention selection.

Professional career

On July 24, 2020, Childress signed with Iraklis of the

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. He left the team in December. In February 2021 he signed with Avis Utilitas Rapla in

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and helped the team to win bronze in Estonian Championship. In February 2022 he signed with another Estonian team TalTech/Optibet. On June 21, 2022, Childress signed with

Medi Bayreuth Medi Bayreuth, official stylized as medi bayreuth, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bayreuth, Germany. It was re-founded as BBC Bayreuth in 1999. The team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the highest division o ...

of the German Basketball Bundesliga. In October 2023 he signed with another Basketball Bundesliga team Hakro Merlins Crailsheim.

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Wake Forest , 33 , , 0 , , 21.5 , , .356 , , .351 , , .774 , , 2.2 , , 2.2 , , .8 , , .0 , , 6.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Wake Forest , 30 , , 5 , , 26.2 , , .379 , , .379 , , .838 , , 2.7 , , 3.6 , , 1.0 , , .0 , , 9.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;", Wake Forest , 31 , , 30 , , 36.4 , , .383 , , .368 , , .796 , , 3.8 , , 4.0 , , 1.5 , , .0 , , 14.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;", Wake Forest , 30 , , 30 , , 35.4 , , .404 , , .325 , , .809 , , 3.0 , , 4.6 , , 1.2 , , .0 , , 15.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 124 , , 65 , , 29.7 , , .385 , , .355 , , .803 , , 2.9 , , 3.6 , , 1.1 , , .0 , , 11.4

Personal life

His father,

Randolph Childress Randolph Childress (born September 21, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. He is formerly an assistant coach for his alma mater, Wake Forest University. College career Childress played collegiately at Wake Forest University ...

, was a standout basketball player at Wake Forest and competed professionally for 16 years, with stints in the NBA. Randolph is now an assistant coach for Wake Forest. Childress and his father are the highest scoring father-son duo in ACC history and the sixth to score at least 3,000 points for the same

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athletic ...

school.

References

External links

Wake Forest Demon Deacons bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Childress, Brandon 1997 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Greece American men's basketball players Basketball players from Detroit Basketball players from Winston-Salem, North Carolina Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players Medi Bayreuth players Point guards Rapla KK players Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball players