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Caleb McConnell

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American basketball player (born 1999)
Caleb McConnell
Free agent
PositionShooting guard
Personal information
Born (1999-06-08)June 8, 1999 (age 26)
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolDunbar (Dayton, Ohio)
CollegeRutgers (2018–2023)
NBA draft2023:undrafted
Playing career2023–present
Career history
2023–2024Oklahoma City Blue
2024–2025Greensboro Swarm
Career highlights
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats atBasketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Caleb McConnell (born June 8, 1999) is an American professionalbasketball player who last played for theGreensboro Swarm of theNBA G League. He playedcollege basketball for theRutgers Scarlet Knights, where he played in the second round of the2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, became the team's steals leader at the first round of the2023 National Invitation Tournament and won theReese's College All-Star Game with the West. He ended that year with 221 steals and 972 points.

In theBig Ten Conference, he held the season record for steals twice. He was named their Defensive Player of the Year in 2022 and shared the award in 2023 with Chase Audige. Throughout 2023, McConnell won theLefty Driesell Award and was in the top four with theNaismith Defensive Player of the Year Award. Outside of college, he played with theOklahoma City Thunder during 2023 in theNBA Summer League. With the Oklahoma City Blue, McConnell was a 2024 G-League champion.

Early life and education

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McConnell was born inDayton, Ohio on June 8, 1999.[1][2] During his childhood, McConnell lived in Dayton andJacksonville, Florida with two siblings after the divorce of their parents. He played football before becoming interested in basketball.[3] WithDunbar High School from 2014 to 2017, he had 346 rebounds as part of his 686 points.[4] While with Dunbar at the 2015OHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournament, his team played in a semifinal for Division II schools.[5][6] In 2018, he completed his boys basketball career at Spire Academy.[7]

College career

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Before McConnell started playing forRutgers University in 2018, he had surgery to fix a foot injury.[8] The following year, McConnell had surgery for his hip.[9] After hurting his back, McConnell decided to stopped playing for a year during October 2020.[10] By the end of 2020, he had back surgery.[11] In January 2021, McConnell made an early return to the team "after missing ... eight games".[12][13] That year, his team reached the second round of the2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.[14][15]

In 2022, McConnell decided to not enter theNBA draft and instead remain at Rutgers.[16] Throughout the year, he "[missed] five games with a knee injury".[17] McConnell competed in the2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament during theFirst Four.[18] At the2023 National Invitation Tournament, he became the steals leader for Rutgers while his team played in the first round.[19][20] During these two years, McConnell held the season steals record for theBig Ten Conference.[21] He had 606 rebounds, 221 steals and 972 points overall after leaving the team in 2023.[22] Outside of Rutgers, his West team won the 2023Reese's College All-Star Game.[23]

While competing as a 17U player in the Under Armour Association during 2017, he had 74 rebounds and 18 steals with C2K Elite.[24][25] His team competed in that year's UAA Finals.[26] Throughout 2023, McConnell participated at theG League Elite Camp and thePortsmouth Invitational Tournament.[27][28]

Professional career

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Oklahoma City Blue (2023–2024)

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After going undrafted in the2023 NBA draft, McConnell joined theOklahoma City Thunder for the2023 NBA Summer League[29] and on October 31, 2023, he joined theOklahoma City Blue.[30] Throughout the year, he had 174 rebounds and 200 points before becoming a 2024 G-League Finals winner.[31][32]

Greensboro Swarm (2024–2025)

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On September 11, 2024, McConnell signed with theCharlotte Hornets,[33] but was waived on October 2.[34] On October 27, he joined theGreensboro Swarm.[35]

Awards and honors

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McConnell was the Defensive Player of the Year for the Big Ten during 2022. He shared this Big Ten award with Chase Audige during 2023.[36][37] That year, he was an All-Met for the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association.[38] He also won theLefty Driesell Award and was in the top four with theNaismith Defensive Player of the Year Award.[39][40]

References

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  1. ^Pfahler, Laurel (March 15, 2022)."First Four: Big Ten's Defensive Player of the year learned on-court 'grit' at Dunbar".Dayton Daily News. RetrievedApril 30, 2024.
  2. ^"Caleb McConnell".NBA.com. RetrievedApril 30, 2024.
  3. ^Fonseca, Brian (February 8, 2022)."Unbreakable: How Rutgers' Caleb McConnell went from 'soft' and skinny to the 'toughest damn dude in the Big Ten'".NJ.com. RetrievedApril 30, 2024.
  4. ^"Caleb McConnell's Dunbar High School Basketball Stats".MaxPreps.com. RetrievedApril 30, 2024.
  5. ^"2015 OHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournament Coverage".The Ohio High School Athletic Association. RetrievedApril 30, 2024.
  6. ^"Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Dayton Dunbar vs Defiance"(PDF).The Ohio High School Athletic Association. RetrievedApril 30, 2024.
  7. ^Carino, Jerry (April 15, 2018)."Rutgers basketball: Caleb McConnell, 2018 combo guard, commits".Asbury Park Press. RetrievedApril 30, 2024.
  8. ^Carino, Jerry (October 18, 2018)."How are 3 Knights freshmen progressing".Asbury Park Press. p. 4C. RetrievedApril 30, 2024.
  9. ^Carino, Jerry (January 8, 2021)."Rutgers basketball: Inside Caleb McConnell's recovery journey".Asbury Park Press. RetrievedMay 2, 2024.
  10. ^The Associated Press (October 3, 2020)."Rutgers' McConnell to redshirt 2020-21 season".The Score. RetrievedMay 2, 2024.
  11. ^Davis, Seth (December 14, 2020)."Why college basketball games should go on: Hoop Thoughts".The Athletic. RetrievedMay 2, 2024.
  12. ^Carino, Jerry (January 3, 2021). "No. 10 Iowa edges Rutgers in thriller".Asbury Park Press. p. 3B.
  13. ^Sargeant, Keith (October 8, 2021)."Rutgers' Caleb McConnell has a lofty goal after enjoying his 1st healthy offseason in 4 years".NJ.com. RetrievedMay 2, 2024.
  14. ^Skretta, Dave (March 21, 2021)."Grimes helps No. 2 seed Houston rally past Rutgers, 63-60".The San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. RetrievedMay 2, 2024.
  15. ^"2021 DI men's basketball championship Official Bracket".NCAA.com. RetrievedMay 2, 2024.
  16. ^Carino, Jerry (June 1, 2022)."Rutgers basketball: Caleb McConnell returning for his 5th year".Asbury Park Press. RetrievedMay 9, 2024.
  17. ^Zagoria, Adam (November 27, 2022)."Rutgers routs Central Connecticut 83-49 as Caleb McConnell makes season-debut: 5 observations".NJ.com. RetrievedMay 2, 2024.
  18. ^Butler, Alex (March 17, 2022)."March Madness: Notre Dame edges Rutgers in 2OT, finalizes men's bracket".United Press International. RetrievedMay 9, 2024.
  19. ^"2023 NIT men's basketball field and pairings announced".NCAA.com. March 13, 2023. RetrievedMay 9, 2024.
  20. ^Carino, Jerry (March 15, 2023)."Rutgers basketball falls to Hofstra in a brutal NIT ending".Asbury Park Press. RetrievedMay 9, 2024.
  21. ^Petitti, Tony (November 15, 2023)."2023-24 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide"(PDF).BigTen.org (Press release). The Big Ten Conference. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on November 23, 2023. RetrievedMay 9, 2024.
  22. ^"Caleb McConnell - Men's Basketball".Rutgers University Athletics. Stats. RetrievedMay 9, 2024.
  23. ^"2023 Reeses All Star Game Final Statistics"(PDF).NABC.com. RetrievedMay 9, 2024.
  24. ^"2017-2018 17U Overall Statistics".Under Armour Association. Archived fromthe original on July 17, 2017. RetrievedApril 30, 2024.
  25. ^Smith, Cam (July 17, 2017)."WeR1 captures Under Armour Association title behind 4-star backcourt of Isaiah Wong and Eric Ayala".USA Today High School Sports. RetrievedApril 30, 2024.
  26. ^Force, Andrew (July 13, 2017)."Bothwell and C2K Elite Making a Statement at UAA Finals".PrepHoops.com. RetrievedApril 30, 2024.
  27. ^NBA G League Staff (May 14, 2023)."2023 G League Elite Camp Official Testing Results".NBA.com. RetrievedApril 29, 2024.
  28. ^Ekstrand, Chris (November 16, 2023)."2023 PIT Class Makes Impact in NBA and NBA G League".Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. RetrievedApril 29, 2024.
  29. ^Fonseca, Brian (July 5, 2023)."Ex-Rutgers star Caleb McConnell makes NBA Summer League debut with Thunder: Here's how he did".NJ.com. RetrievedApril 29, 2024.
  30. ^OKC BLUE [@okcblue] (October 31, 2023)."Let's work 🫡 2023-24 #OKCBlue Training Camp Roster🔵" (Tweet). RetrievedJune 29, 2024 – viaTwitter.
  31. ^"NBA G League | Caleb McConnell".NBA.com. RetrievedMay 9, 2024.
  32. ^Fonseca, Brian (April 16, 2024)."Ex-Rutgers star Caleb McConnell wins championship in 1st pro season".NJ.com. RetrievedMay 9, 2024.
  33. ^"Hornets Sign Marcus Garrett, Keyontae Johnson, Caleb McConnell And Joel Soriano".NBA.com. September 11, 2024. RetrievedSeptember 11, 2024.
  34. ^"Hornets Acquire Three Picks, Three Players In Three-Team Trade".NBA.com. October 2, 2024. RetrievedOctober 3, 2024.
  35. ^"Greensboro Swarm Announce Training Camp Roster for 2024-25 Season".NBA.com. October 27, 2024. RetrievedOctober 27, 2024.
  36. ^"2021-22 Big Ten Men's Basketball Postseason Honors Announced".Big Ten Conference. March 8, 2022. Archived fromthe original on March 8, 2022. RetrievedApril 29, 2024.
  37. ^"2023 Big Ten Men's Basketball Postseason Honors Announced".Big Ten Conference. March 7, 2023. Archived fromthe original on October 31, 2023. RetrievedApril 29, 2024.
  38. ^Stogel, Chuck (April 26, 2023)."2023 MBWA Awards Men's Division I All-Met Men's Teams Revealed; Anderson's Amazing Run Nets Coach of the Year; Haggerty Announcement Thursday".Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. RetrievedApril 29, 2024.
  39. ^"Rutgers' Caleb McConnell is the recipient of the 2023 Lefty Driesell National Defensive Player of the Year award".Lefty Driesell Award. CollegeInsider.com. March 30, 2023. RetrievedApril 29, 2024.
  40. ^"2023 Naismith Men's Defensive Player of the Year Finalists".Naismith Awards. March 14, 2023. RetrievedApril 29, 2024.

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