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| Born | (1988-11-18)November 18, 1988 (age 36) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
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| High school | Loyola Academy (Wilmette, Illinois) |
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| Position | Point guard |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Jeffrey Michael Jordan (born November 18, 1988) is an American formerbasketball player who played for theUniversity of Illinois and theUniversity of Central Florida. He is the oldest child of retiredHall of Fame basketball playerMichael Jordan. Jeffrey Jordan is the co-founder of Heir Jordan,[1] a philanthropic foundation that he runs with his younger brotherMarcus.
Jeffrey Jordan was the subject of local and national media attention as a high schooler,[2][3][4][5] and had three of his high school games shown nationally onESPN in 2007.[6] At Loyola, he was a starter for three years and wasAll-Catholic League twice.[7] He was chosen for the 2007Jordan Brand Classic.
Jordan also playedfootball in his tenth-grade year.
Jordan graduated from Loyola Academy on May 26, 2007. He received scholarship offers fromValparaiso andLoyola University Chicago, and was actively recruited as a preferredwalk-on byDavidson,Penn State,Northwestern, and theUniversity of Illinois.[8][9] Jordan decided to play as a preferred walk-on at theUniversity of Illinois and enrolled at the university in 2007 as a psychology major with an academic scholarship.[10] On January 22, 2009, it was announced by the university that Jordan would receive a full athletic scholarship.[11][12]
On June 24, 2009, Jordan announced he was leaving the University of Illinois’ basketball team to focus on school and his "life after basketball".[13] During the summer of 2009, he interned atNike.[14] Jordan later decided to return to the team,[15] but after the 2009–10 season, he received a release to transfer to theUniversity of Central Florida alongside his brother,Marcus.[16][17]
In January 2012, Jordan left the UCF team for "personal reasons".[18]
Jordan is the oldest child of Michael Jordan and his first wife, Juanita Vanoy, who married when Jeffrey was an infant and divorced when he was in high school,[19][20] sharing custody of Jeffrey and siblings Marcus and Jasmine.[21] Through his father'ssecond wife he has twin half-sisters, Ysabel and Victoria (born February 9, 2014).[22]
Jordan lives inPortland, Oregon, where he entered Nike, Inc.'s management-training program after college.[23] In 2020, he co-founded the Jordan Avakian Group, a Chicago-based consultant group.[24]
Jordan married Radina Aneva in May 2019.[25]
On September 24, 2021, Jordan was arrested inScottsdale, Arizona for assaulting hospital staff.[26]
In the 1996 filmSpace Jam, which starred Michael Jordan as himself, Jeffrey Jordan was portrayed by Manner Washington.[27]
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