Curtis Louis Jerrells Jr. (born February 5, 1987) is an American professional

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player for

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of the

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. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position.

High school

Jerrells was a four-year starter at Del Valle High School in his hometown, Austin,

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College career

Jerrells played

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. He was the first player in

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history to lead the team in scoring and assists all four seasons. He became the second player in BU history with 1,000 points, 400 assists and 100 steals. As a freshman, Jerrells started every game and led the team in scoring, assists, steals and minutes played. In his sophomore season, Jerrells again started every game and led the team in scoring, assists and minutes. He was named 2007 All-Big 12 honorable mention by league's coaches and media and was chosen to 2007 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team. As a junior, Jerrells was a consensus first team All-Big 12 selection. He again led the team in scoring, assists and minutes. In his last season of the college basketball, Jerrells was named to the 2009 NIT All-Tournament Team was a Lowe's Senior CLASS Award finalist and a 2009 All-Big 12 third team selection by the league's coaches. He again led the team in points, assists and minutes.

College career statistics

Professional career

In September 2009, Jerrells signed for the

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to their training camp roster. While he didn't make the team, the Spurs saw his potential and offered him a spot playing for their NBA Development League team, the Austin Toros. Jerrells was signed by the San Antonio Spurs on March 24, 2010, but immediately reassigned to their affiliate Austin Toros. Jerrells played for the Spurs again in the NBA Summer League in 2010. His play during the 2010–11 preseason caught the eye of the

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general manager

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, who previously worked as a scout and executive for the Spurs. On October 18, 2010, Jerrells was traded to the New Orleans Hornets for a second round pick. However, he was waived just one week later at the end of training camp. On November 27, 2010, he moved to

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and signed a contract until the end of the 2010–11 season with the Serbian team

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. In June 2011, he signed a two-year contract with Fenerbahçe Ülker. In March 2012, he signed a loan contract with the

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club

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for the rest of the season. After playing only for one week for the new club (two games), he broke his foot and missed the whole season. On August 29, 2012, he signed a one-year contract with Beşiktaş. In March 2013, Jerrells was signed by the

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and subsequently traded to the

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for center Chris Ayer. In August 2013, Jerrells was signed by

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of the Italian

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. On July 7, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with the Russian club

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. On January 25, 2016, he signed with the Turkish club

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. On May 2, 2016, he parted ways with Galatasaray. On July 10, 2016, Jerrells signed a two-year deal with Israeli club

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. He helped Hapoel to win the Israeli League and Cup titles, as well as reaching the EuroCup semifinals. On July 8, 2017, Jerrells signed a two-year contract extension with Hapoel Jerusalem. On October 20, 2017, he was released by Hapoel, due to his conflict with coach

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. On November 6, 2017, he returned to Olimpia Milano and signed a two-year deal. On July 1, 2019, Milano and Jerrells parted ways once more. On August 1, 2019, he has signed with

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of the Italian

(LBA). On March 3rd he was replaced by

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, the Sassari head coach,

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, explained that it was his decision based on technical choices. On January 6, 2021, he signed in Poland for

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. At the end of the 2020–21 season he was hired back in Italy by

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for the 2021 LBA Playoffs. On August 16, 2021, Jerrells signed with

of the

Career statistics

Domestic Leagues

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, 19 , , 26.5 , , 46.7% , , 38.7% , , 75.6% , , 2.3 , , 4.1 , , 1.9 , , 0.1 , , 12.1 , -style="background:#AFE6BA;" , style="text-align:left;" ,

ABA League The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Mace ...

, 19 , , 24.9 , , 46.3% , , 34.6% , , 83.0% , , 3.3 , , 2.2 , , 1.9 , , 0.9 , , 12.4 , - , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2 , 2011–12 , style="text-align:left;" , Fenerbahçe Ülker , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, 17 , , 18.5 , , 37.5% , , 26.1% , , 60.0% , , 1.6 , , 2.0 , , 1.1 , , 0.3 , , 6.4 , - , style="text-align:left;" , UCAM Murcia , style="text-align:left;" , Liga ACB , 2 , , 21.0 , , 45.5% , , 50.0% , , 100% , , 1.5 , , 0.5 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 7.5 , - , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2 , 2012–13 , style="text-align:left;" , Beşiktaş , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 17 , , 27.6 , , 42.9% , , 42.9% , , 85.7% , , 2.6 , , 3.0 , , 1.1 , , 0.1 , , 12.1 , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" , NBA D League , 10 , , 37.5 , , 46.3% , , 43.6% , , 66.7% , , 3.3 , , 5.6 , , 1.9 , , 0.2 , , 14.4 , -style="background:#AFE6BA;" , style="text-align:left; background:#f8f9fa;" , 2013–14 , style="text-align:left; background:#f8f9fa;" , EA7 Emporio Armani Milano , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, 46 , , 22.9 , , 42.7% , , 38.8% , , 69.1% , , 2.0 , , 1.8 , , 0.9 , , 0.1 , , 8.5 , - , style="text-align:left;" , 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" ,

VTB United League VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it ...

, 29 , , 27.6 , , 41.0% , , 37.9% , , 61.9% , , 2.9 , , 4.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.1 , , 9.8 , - , style="text-align:left;" , 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;" , Galatasaray Odeabank , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, 4 , , 14.3 , , 45.0% , , 50.0% , , - , , 0.5 , , 2.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 4.8 , -style="background:#AFE6BA;" , style="text-align:left; background:#f8f9fa;" , 2016–17 , style="text-align:left; background:#f8f9fa;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" , Israeli Basketball Premier League , 32 , , 30.9 , , 39.4% , , 32.9% , , 79.8% , , 2.7 , , 3.3 , , 1.3 , , 0.1 , , 12.9 , - , style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2 , 2017-18 , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:left;" , Israeli Basketball Premier League , 2 , , 31.0 , , 35.7% , , 30.0% , , 40.0% , , 2.0 , , 3.5 , , 1.5 , , 0.0 , , 7.5 , -style="background:#AFE6BA;" , style="text-align:left; background:#f8f9fa;" , EA7 Emporio Armani Milano , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 35 , , 23.0 , , 41.7% , , 36.9% , , 72.1% , , 1.9 , , 3.0 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 9.9 , - , style="text-align:left;" , 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;" , AX Armani Exchange Milano , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 27 , , 22.9 , , 45.2% , , 37.5% , , 83.7% , , 2.3 , , 2.0 , , 0.7 , , 0.1 , , 10.4 , - , style="text-align:left;" , 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;" , Banco di Sardegna Sassari , style="text-align:left;" ,

, 20 , , 21.6 , , 36.1% , , 33.3% , , 69.4% , , 2.0 , , 2.3 , , 0.7 , , 0.1 , , 8.7

European Competitions

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2010–11 Euroleague The 2010–11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 11th season of the modern era of professional Euroleague Basketball, and the first under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA E ...

, style="text-align:left;", Partizan mt:s Belgrade , 10 , , 3 , , 26.3 , , 32.0% , , 13.2% , , 83.3% , , 3.2 , , 3.8 , , 1.3 , , 0.1 , , 9.7 , , 10.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2011–12 Euroleague The 2011–12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 12th season of the modern era of Euroleague and the second under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, th ...

, style="text-align:left;", Fenerbahçe Ulker , 14 , , 3 , , 21.0 , , 41.8% , , 28.6% , , 84.8% , , 1.9 , , 1.7 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 8.6 , , 9.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2012–13 Euroleague , style="text-align:left;", Beşiktaş JK Istanbul , 17 , , 17 , , 30.9 , , 44.7% , , 38.5% , , 83.3% , , 2.6 , , 2.9 , , 1.1 , , 0.1 , , 14.2 , , 14.1 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2013–14 Euroleague The 2013–14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 14th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the fourth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champ ...

, style="text-align:left;", EA7 Emporio Armani Milan , 28 , , 12 , , 24.1 , , 44.0% , , 42.1% , , 66.7% , , 2.3 , , 2.5 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 11.3 , , 10.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2014–15 Euroleague The 2014–15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 15th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the fifth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous iteration as the FIBA Europe Champi ...

, style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2, UNICS , 10 , , 3 , , 25.0 , , 44.1% , , 34.0% , , 72.7% , , 2.6 , , 2.9 , , 0.5 , , 0.2 , , 10.6 , , 9.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 Eurocup , 12 , , 2 , , 27.8 , , 41.6% , , 28.8% , , 87.5% , , 2.3 , , 0.9 , , 0.9 , , 0.1 , , 10.0 , , 8.8 , -style="background:#AFE6BA;" , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 Eurocup , style="text-align:left;", Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul , 11 , , 0 , , 12.7 , , 39.0% , , 34.6% , , 75.0% , , 1.7 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 4.0 , , 3.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016–17 Eurocup , style="text-align:left;", Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem , 19 , , 19 , , 34.4 , , 48.5% , , 44.0% , , 78.3% , , 3.0 , , 3.7 , , 1.3 , , 0.1 , , 16.8 , , 16.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 Eurocup , style="text-align:left;", Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem , 2 , , 2 , , 32.6 , , 46.1% , , 46.7% , , 100% , , 4.0 , , 4.0 , , 2.0 , , 0.0 , , 16.5 , , 18.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 EuroLeague , style="text-align:left;", AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan , 24 , , 2 , , 20.6 , , 44.5% , , 36.8% , , 80.0% , , 1.8 , , 2.7 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 9.5 , , 9.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 EuroLeague , style="text-align:left;", AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan , 30 , , 0 , , 15.0 , , 38.7% , , 34.3% , , 75.0% , , 1.0 , , 1.5 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 6.2 , , 4.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2019–20 Basketball Champions League The 2019–20 Basketball Champions League is the fourth season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The competition began in September 2019, with the q ...

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, 14 , , 0 , , 21.7 , , 36.7% , , 38.7% , , 72.2% , , 2.1 , , 1.9 , , 1.1 , , 0.0 , , 9.3 , , 7.4