Julius Jenkins (born February 10, 1981) is an American professional
basketball
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player, who lastly played for
Science City Jena
Medipolis SC Jena is a basketball club based in Jena, Germany that plays in the ProA. Their home court is the Sparkassen Arena, which seats 3,000. Their current head coach is Dominik Reinboth.
The team was known as Erdgas Baskets Jena through ...
of the
Basketball Bundesliga
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.
College career
Jenkins played collegiately at
Georgia Southern University
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.
Professional career
He signed a contract extension with
ALBA
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through the 2010-2011 season after being named the
German League's MVP in 2008.
Before joining ALBA Berlin, Jenkins played professionally for
RCE Nürnberg, also in Germany, and
Euphony Bree
Bree B.B.C. is a former professional basketball team based in Bree, Belgium. The club was dissolved in 2010, after going bankrupt. The club played multiple years as a professional team in the Ethias League and played its home games in the Tilman ...
in Belgium.
In July 2011 he signed a two-year deal with
Brose Baskets
Brose Bamberg is a German professional basketball team from Bamberg, Franconia / North Bavaria. The club has won the German Championship title nine times and the German Cup five times. The club currently plays in the German top tier Basketba ...
in Germany. After only one year in Bamberg the club decided to cut him.
In July 2012, he sign a two-year deal with the
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Baskets Oldenburg, for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG, ...
in Germany. In July 2014, he re–signed with Oldenburg.
On December 19, 2015, he signed with the Montenegrin club
Budućnost Podgorica for the rest of the season.
On August 23, 2016, he signed with German club
Science City Jena
Medipolis SC Jena is a basketball club based in Jena, Germany that plays in the ProA. Their home court is the Sparkassen Arena, which seats 3,000. Their current head coach is Dominik Reinboth.
The team was known as Erdgas Baskets Jena through ...
. On March 6, 2017, he re-signed with Jena for one more season.
Science City extend with Julius Jenkins
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References
External links
Euroleague.net profile
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1981 births
Living people
Alba Berlin players
American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Montenegro
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Florida
Bree BBC players
Brose Bamberg players
EWE Baskets Oldenburg players
Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball players
KK Budućnost players
Science City Jena players
Shooting guards
Sportspeople from Broward County, Florida