Jerrelle Benimon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jerrelle Benimon
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 1, 1991(1991-08-01)
Age	33
Birthplace	Warrenton
Country	United States
Birth City	Virginia
Horoscope	Leo

Jerrelle Benimon Biography

Jerrelle Benimon is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on August 1, 1991 in Warrenton, Virginia, United States. Jerrelle Benimon (born on August 1st 1991) is an American professional basketball player who was a player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Premier League. Benimon was named the 2013-13 Colonial Athletic Association player of the year as a redshirt junior after having led his team the Towson Tigers to the greatest single-season turnaround in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I history; the Tigers had a 1-31 record in 2011-12 and then completed an 18-13 campaign in the year following. Benimon was also was second in rebounding rate (11.2) for Division I after the Siena’s O. D. Anosike’s 11.4 per game average. Benimon was named the best player in the league as an senior in 2013-14 and also finished second in the nation’s average rebounding for the second time in a row (11.2).

Benimon’s senior year in 2013-14 was a time when he led the Tigers to second place in the CAA just behind Delaware and finished the season with a record of 13-3 in the conference (25-11 in the overall). The 25 wins set an all-time record for the program in the Division I era. Towson placed 2nd in 2014’s CAA Tournament, was upset in the semifinals by third-seeded William & Mary, ending their chances of securing getting an automatic NCAA Tournament bid. The Tigers were invited to participate at the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, however they won the first two games, before losing in the quarterfinals, losing to Murray State. For the season Benimon scored 18.7 per game, 11.2 rebounds (second best in the country after the UC Santa Barbara’s Alan Williams), 3.6 assists as well as 1.2 blocks per contest. Benimon’s total of 404 rebounds made him a school record single-season record. It also placed him as the second-highest scoring season for rebounds in CAA male basketball’s history. For the second consecutive season Benimon was selected to the All- Defensive team of the CAA and also recognized as The CAA Coach of the Year.

In July 2015, Benimon joined the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2015 NBA Summer League. On September 17, he signed with the Foshan Dralions.

On March 6, 2015, Benimon signed a 10-day contract with the Utah Jazz. Following the expiration of his contract on March 16, he was not offered a second 10-day contract by the Jazz, parting ways with the team after appearing in just two games and returned to the Stampede that same day. On April 22, he was named to the 2015 All-NBA D-League first team and the All-Rookie first team.

In the midst of having to miss the 2011-12 season because of NCAA regulations, Benimon was able to fly under the radar during the season of the Colonial Athletic Association in 2012-13. He wasn’t even picked to the All-CAA squad during the conference’s media day prior to the season. Benimon made his mark on the national stage during his junior season after scoring 17.1 pointsand 11.2 rebound, 2.5 assists and 1.9 blocks per game. Benimon received by the CAA Coach of the Week 4 times and was named the best player at the conclusion of regular-season play and was instrumental in the team’s 17.5-game turnaround in 2011-12 (the most dramatic turn around ever in Division I history) by being the top player at Towson in rebounds, points as well as assists and blocks. In the first game of the season against Temple Benimon scored 30 points while grabbing 18 rebounds. In an unthinkable road win over Oregon State, he recorded 21 rebounds and 20 points. Benimon was among the top 10 finalist of the Lou Henson award which is awarded to the country’s top mid-major men’s basketball athlete.

Jerrelle Benimon Net Worth

Jerrelle Benimon is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jerrelle Benimon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Benimon was a student at Fauquier High School in Warrenton, Virginia. In his junior season of 2007-08, he scored 19.5 points and 12.5 rebounds 3.4 blocks, and 3.5 assists per game. In his senior year Benimon averaged 21 points 17 rebounds, 7 assists and four blocks per game on his way to winning his the second time in a row for his Cedar Run District Player of the Award of the Year. In February 17th, 2009 Benimon had a quadruple-double in a game at Osbourn High School with 13 points 17 rebounds, 11 assistsand 10 blocks.

Benimon spent his initial two college seasons with the Hoyas of Georgetown University. The team saw only a few games each of the seasons, scoring an average of 84 points over his 61 appearances in games. He made the decision to transfer following his sophomore season in the 2010-11 season, in which the average was 10.2 minutes of playing time. Benimon told me that his team “probably got 100 phone calls” from schools looking to sign him up as a transfer candidate However, he decided to go with Towson because of “…the person who recruited me was from Towson. He treated me as an important person. He’d send me an email every day. He would call me every single time.”

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Benimon joined the Miami Heat for Orlando Summer League and the Denver Nuggets for the Las Vegas Summer League. On September 30, 2014, he signed with the Nuggets, but was later waived by the team on October 22 before the start of the 2014–15 NBA season. On November 18, he was acquired by the Idaho Stampede of the NBA Development League. On February 4, he was named to the Futures All-Star team for the 2015 NBA D-League All-Star Game.

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Facts & Trivia

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