Justinian Jessup (born May 23, 1998) is an American professional

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player who played for the

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of the

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. He played

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for the

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. Jessup was selected by the

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as the 51st overall pick of the

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Early life and high school career

Jessup lived in

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during fourth and fifth grades and played club basketball under former Bronco basketball player Roberto Bergersen. He spent long hours in the gym as a small child improving his basketball game. Jessup lettered four years at Longmont High School. As a junior, he led the team in every major statistical category with averages of 17.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 3.2 steals per game while leading Longmont to the state title game. He was named the 2015 Colorado 4A Player of the Year, Northern League Athlete of the Year, and was selected to the all-state first team. In his senior season, he was ranked the No. 8 prospect in Colorado. He signed his

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to play for Boise State on September 12, 2015. He averaged 18.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game and led Longmont to a 25–2 record, while once again being selected to the all-state first team and named the Northern League Athlete of the Year.

College career

In his first nine games for Boise State, Jessup averaged 9.4 points per game. He scored 20 points in a win over

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, becoming the 11th Bronco freshman to score 20 points in a game. Jessup's play drew comparison to former Boise State player

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. “His feel for the game is so good, and he’s a worker,” coach

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said. Jessup averaged 15.0 points per game in the first nine games of his sophomore season and led the team to an 8–1 start. Jessup was publicly reprimanded after his role in a court scuffle in a win against

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on February 6, 2018. He averaged 11.6 points per game as the second option behind

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and hit 46 percent of his three-point attempts. As a junior, Jessup led the Broncos in scoring (14.0 points per game), rebounds (4.5 per game), assists (2.7 per game), steals and blocks. Jessup was named to Third-Team All

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following his junior season. He played most of the season through knee pain and had surgery in April 2019. On December 7, 2019, Jessup set career highs with 27 points and seven 3-pointers, as Boise State defeated the

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75–64. Jessup made his 276th career three-pointer in a game against

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on January 8, 2020, breaking

's Boise State record. He finished with 18 points to help the Broncos win 73–66. On February 4, 2020 Jessup broke the

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record for career three-pointers when he passed

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's mark of 296. At the conclusion of the regular season, Jessup was named to the Second Team All-Mountain West. He averaged 16.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

Professional career

Illawarra Hawks (2020–2022)

On August 28, 2020, Jessup signed a Next Stars contract with the

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of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). On November 18, 2020, Jessup was selected by the

with the 51st pick in the

. On November 1, 2021, Jessup returned to the Hawks for his second season of his NBL Next Stars contract.

Career statistics

College

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NBL

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References

External links

Boise State Broncos bioNBL Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jessup, Justinian 1998 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Australia American expatriate basketball people in Spain American men's basketball players Basket Zaragoza players Basketball players from Colorado Boise State Broncos men's basketball players Golden State Warriors draft picks Illawarra Hawks players Liga ACB players People from Longmont, Colorado Shooting guards