Julius Jenkins (born February 10, 1981) is an American professional

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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

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College career

Jenkins played collegiately at

Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern University (GS or Georgia Southern) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Georgia. The flagship campus is in Statesboro, and other locations include the Armstrong Campus in Savannah and the Liberty Campus in Hine ...

Professional career

He signed a contract extension with

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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 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 Basketball ...

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 Budućnost means "the future" in many Slavic languages, and it may also refer to: * SD Budućnost Podgorica, a sports society from Podgorica, Montenegro ** KK Budućnost Podgorica, a professional basketball club FK Budućnost may refer to: * FK ...

for the rest of the season. On August 23, 2016, he signed with German club

. 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkins, Julius 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