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David Wayne Jackson Jr. is an American professional basketball player for Franca of Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). A 6 ft 3 in tall combo guard, he played high school basketball in Maryland and North Carolina and attended Gulf Coast Community College in Florida after he failed to academically qualify to play Division I basketball. After two years at Gulf Coast, Jackson transferred to Penn State, where he played his last two years of eligibility. After going undrafted in the 2007 NBA draft he started his professional career in Uruguay with Defensor Sporting. He has earned several accolades while playing in South America, including two MVP awards, multiple all-star selections and an LNB scoring title in 2010. Jackson won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup in 2023 and was named the tournament MVP.

High school career
Jackson was born in Rockville, Maryland and resided in Gaithersburg, Maryland, attending High Point High School in nearby Beltsville, where he played the point guard position. After the end of his senior season in 2000–01, Jackson suffered a foot injury and failed to academically qualify for college basketball, scoring too low on the ACT and having to renounce to the only offer he received from Gettysburg College, a Division III school. After graduating high school he worked in an assisted living center before deciding to attend Bonner Academy, a prep school in Raleigh, North Carolina, trying to improve his grades and take the SAT to qualify for NCAA Division I basketball. ==College career==
College career
Jackson visited several community colleges in Florida before joining Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida. In two years there he was a two-time All-Panhandle Conference selection and in his sophomore year he averaged 18.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, leading the state of Florida in 3-point percentage at 55%. Jackson's performance at Gulf Coast earned him the attention of several Division I schools, and he received offers from Auburn, Penn State, West Virginia and South Carolina. The following year at Penn State he played with another player named David Jackson (also known as DJ Jackson), and he started 21 out of 30 games, averaging 6.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 24.8 minutes per game. He posted career-highs in all shooting categories, recording percentages of 41.7% from the field, 37.1% from three and 83.6% from the free throw line. College statistics ==Professional career==
Professional career
Beginnings and MVP in Argentina After the end of his college career, Jackson was automatically eligible for the NBA draft, but he went undrafted. He decided to join Defensor Sporting in Uruguay and he played in the LUB (21 points per game over 42 appearances and a career-high of 38 points in a game against Soriano) and in the 2007–08 FIBA Americas League, where in 6 games played he averaged 24.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists, shooting 57.1% from the field, 45.2% from three and 82.4% from the free throw line. In March 2008 moved to Puerto Rico, where he played 11 games in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional with Grises de Humacao, He then transferred to La Unión in June 2009, In 50 games he averaged 17.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists, shooting 56.6% from the field, 44% from three and 91.2% from the line. In April 2013 he signed for Cangrejeros de Santurce in Puerto Rico and played 35 games: he then returned to Brazil, signing for Winner/Kabum Limeira in the month of August. He played in the Paulista State Championship and in the NBB. In the 2013–14 NBB season he averaged 20.6 points, 4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 32.5 minutes per game over 37 games, shooting 48.8% from three and 92.9% from the free throw line, being named in the All-NBB Team and receiving the MVP and the Best Foreign Player awards. In the following season he again played for Limeira, and over 34 appearances he posted averages of 16.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists. He also shot a career-best 94.8% from the free throw line. Quimsa and Vasco da Gama In 2015 Jackson left Brazil and joined Quimsa, an Argentine team of Santiago del Estero. In 47 LNB games he averaged 13.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2 assists per game, and also played in the 2016 FIBA Americas League where he averaged 8.3 points and 4.7 rebounds over 6 games. He then joined Vasco da Gama where he played in the Liga Ouro, the second level of Brazilian basketball, obtaining the promotion to NBB. For the 2016–17 season Jackson briefly joined Quimsa and then signed for Vasco da Gama, where he competed in the 2016–17 NBB season averaging 17 points per game in 27 appearances, shooting 44.4% from three. In the 2017–18 season he again played in 27 games, averaging 15.4 points in 31.4 minutes per game. Franca In July 2018 Jackson signed for Franca. He won the Paulista State Championship in 2018 with the team, and competed in the 2018–19 NBB season, playing 35 games with averages of 16.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 30.5 minutes per game, shooting 46.9% from three. Jackson won the 2018 Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol with Franca, and was named the Most Valuable Player of the competition. Minas On December 1, 2020, Jackson signed with Minas. Return to Franca On June 7, 2021, Franca announced the return of Jackson. On April 16, 2023, Jackson won the continental Basketball Champions League Americas championship with Franca. He also won the NBB championship in 2022 and 2023, and was named to the league's All-First Team again in 2023. On September 24, 2023, he won the FIBA Intercontinental Cup with Franca, being named the competition's MVP. ==References==
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