DeAndre Jordan life and biography

DeAndre Jordan is an American professional basketball player at center for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA. He played a year of college basketball at Texas A&M University.

2009-10 (Clippers):

Averaged 4.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.3 assists, 0.89 blocks in 16.2 minutes per game...appeared in 70 games (12 starts)...had six double-doubles and led team in rebounds 10 times...11/6/09 at Golden State, had 13 points (6-7 FG, 1-2 FT), five rebounds and one block in 15:45 off the bench…1/12/10 at Memphis, had 23 points (9- 11 FG, 5-9 FT), seven rebounds and three blocks in 37:24...

2008-09 (Clippers):

Averaged 4.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 0.2 assists, 1.11 blocks in 14.5 minutes per game…appeared in 53 games, made 13 starts...scored 10+ points two times and 20+ points two times...grabbed 10+ rebounds six times and 20+ rebounds one time...recorded two double-doubles...led Clippers in rebounds 10 times and blocks 16 times...became one of only three active players to have a 20-rebound game in one of first four career starts, joining Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Duncan and Aaron Gray...12/22/08 vs. Toronto, recorded eight points (3-5 FG, 2-5 FT), eight rebounds and three blocks...1/4/09 vs. Detroit, recorded nine points (3-3 FG, 3-6 FT) and four rebounds…1/17/09 vs. Milwaukee, tallied six points and three rebounds…1/19/09 vs. Minnesota, made 1st career NBA start, tallying eight points (4-6 FG), 10 rebounds and a careerhigh six blocks in 33:58...1/21/09 vs. Lakers, recorded 23 points (11-12 FG, 1-2 FT), 12 rebounds, one steal and four blocks in 43:14...1/25/09 at Golden State, had eight points (3-8 FG, 2-7 FT) and a career-high 20 rebounds…1/28/09 vs. Chicago, tallied nine points (4-4 FG), six rebounds and three blocks…2/22/09 at Portland, notched 15 points (4-4 FG, 7-13 FT), 12 rebounds and three blocks in 40:03....3/4/09 vs. Memphis, recorded nine points, nine rebounds and four blocks in his tenth start of the season…3/7/09 vs. Indiana, had eight points to go with 11 rebounds and four blocks...4/4/09 at Denver, tallied 21 points (8-8 FG, 5-9 FT), eight rebounds and two blocks in 25:03...4/13/09 at Utah, had 16 points (7-12 FG, 2-6 FT), 11 rebounds, three steals and three blocks in 28:38...

COLLEGE:

2007-08 (Freshman): Early entry candidate out of Texas A&M…earned Big 12 All-Rookie Team honors…averaged 7.9 points, while leading the team with 6.0 rebounds, 1.3 blocked shots and .617 field goal percentage in 20.1 minutes per game…started 21 of 35 games…scored in double figures 13 times and had 10 or more rebounds six times…recorded career-high 18 points and nine rebounds vs. Texas State… scored 16 points and grabbed a career-high tying 12 rebounds to go with four blocked shots vs. Rice…tallied 12 points and 10 rebounds vs. Ouachita Baptist…recorded 10 rebounds and a career-high six blocks at Baylor…

PERSONAL:

Full name is Hyland DeAndre Jordan, Jr…majored in general studies… named an Official Honoree in the Sports Category for the 13th Annual Webby Awards, for his "Jordan’s Journal" blog on Clippers.com during the 2008-09 season…averaged 10.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.8 blocks and 27.5 minutes in four games played for the Clippers’ entry in the 2010 NBA Summer League…hometown is Bellaire, Texas…favorite NBA player is Dwight Howard…enjoys playing ping-pong…named First Team All-Greater Houston by Houston Chronicle as a senior at Christian Life Center Academy…participated as a member of Team USA in 2007 U-19 World Championships in Serbia…was a member of the USA Basketball Junior National Select Team that defeated the World Select Team at the 2007 Nike Hoop Summit held in Memphis, Tennessee… averaged 26.1 points, 15.2 rebounds and 8.1 blocked shots his one and only year at Christian Life Center…attended Episcopal High School in Houston his freshman through junior seasons averaging 16.5 points, 14.0 rebounds and 7.0 blocked shots as a junior...two-time all-state selection.

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