Joshua Jefferson

Iowa State Men's Basketball Starting Lineup

Chat, Tamin, Milan & Joshua vs. Cincinnati

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

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Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-9
Weight:
240
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.
High School:
Liberty
Prev School:
St. Mary's

Awards & Honors
All-Big 12 Second Team (25)
Big 12 All-Newcomer Team (25)
Riley Wallace Award Finalist (25)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (12/9, 12/16, 1/6, 1/13, 1/27)
All-West Coast Conference Honorable Mention (24)
WCC Player of the Week (1/24/24)

2024-25
Started all 35 games … averaged 13.0 points, a team-best 7.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, a team-best 2.1 steals and 0.7 blocked shots in 29.6 minutes per game … shot 52 percent from the field, 31 percent from deep and 75.6 percent at the free throw line … was 18^th in the country, and third in the Big 12, with 74 steals … ranked 30^th in the country, and third in the Big 12, with 2.11 steals per game … ranked 56^th in the country, and fourth in the Big 12, with nine double-doubles … ranked 78^th in the country, and fourth in the Big 12, with 5.51 defensive rebounds per game … ranked 79^th in the country with 259 rebounds … finished the season with 454 points, 259 rebounds, 109 assists, 74 steals and 26 blocked shots, becoming the first player in Big 12 history to have those numbers in a season … he was the only player in the country to reach those numbers this year and just the 11^th since 1974-75 to do so … became the first player in NCAA Tournament history to finish with 10 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, three steals and two blocked shots in an NCAA Tournament game … scored a career-high 30 points against UCF … tied a career-high with 13 rebounds against Jackson State … tied a career-high three times with eight assists in a game … had a career-high eight steals at Colorado … blocked a career-high three shots against Morgan State … Iowa State went 21-8 in the games he reached double figures, while going 8-1 in games he reached double-digit rebounds … fifth player in Big 12 history to have 100 or more assists while being 6’9” or taller … his 74 steals were tied for the fourth-most in program history and the second-most by a junior … his 2.11 steals per game are the 10^th-most in program history ... his eight assists against Lipscomb were the fifth-most by a Cyclone in the NCAA Tournament and the most by a non-guard.

2023-24 (Saint Mary’s)
Started each of the first 26 games of the season at power forward before suffering a season-ending leg injury ... averaged 10.2 points and 6.5 rebounds per contest ... tallied his first three career double-doubles, including a 21-point, 10-rebound performance at San Francisco that earned him WCC Player of the Week honors ... shot a very strong 46.9 percent from the field, and knocked down 16 3-pointers on the year ... finished second on the team with 32 steals ... against Northern Kentucky, became the first-ever Gael to record a double-double while not missing from the field, from downtown or from the free throw line.

2022-23 (Saint Mary’s)
Appeared in 34 of the Gaels 35 games as a freshman ... averaged 8.1 minutes per game with 2.2 points and 1.4 rebounds per game ... shot 43.4 percent from the floor, while connecting on 31 percent of his 3-point attempts ... scored his first collegiate points as the Gaels beat Vermont in their second game of the season ... knocked down his first two 3-pointers in the conference opener against San Diego ... averaged over 12 minutes per game during the final nine games of the season, including all four postseason games ... set career-bests with 23 minutes and nine points at No. 12 Gonzaga to close out the regular season ... dished out three assists in consecutive games against Portland and San Diego in February.

High School
Graduate of Liberty High School in Henderson, Nevada ... averaged 17.7 points per game during his senior season, including 10 rebounds per game, four assists per game and two steals per game ... helped lead the Patriots to their first-ever Class 5A state championship in 2022, defeating Bishop Gorman, 63-62, in overtime after Jefferson scored the final six points of regulation to tie the game and end the Gaels nine-year reign as champions ... named Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada Boys Athlete of the Year and MaxPreps Player of the Year.

Personal
Son of Ben and Michele Jefferson … His father played football at Maryland and played in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Raiders and Indianapolis Colts and then in the CFL, World League and NFL Europe … has two brothers, Cameron and Noah … his brother, Noah, played football at USC and Florida Atlantic, while his brother, Cameron, played football at UNLV and Arkansas … majoring in pre-liberal studies.