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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

2 Will Jeffress

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 210
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Erie, Pa.
  • High School McDowell
  • Prev School Pittsburgh
  • Twitter williamjeffress
  • Instagram william_jeffress

Biography

CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
CUSA Commissioner's Academic Medalist (2025)
CUSA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2025)
CSC Academic All-District (2024)
ACC All-Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2024)


2024-25: Started the first three games before suffering a season-ending knee injury in the Icons of the Game Event versus UMass (11/13) ... Shot 50.0 percent from the field, 37.5 percent from three-point range, and 75.0 percent from the foul line ... Recorded 13 points and six rebounds in his Bulldog debut versus LSU-Alexandria (11/4) ... Posted a double-double at UT Arlington (11/9), playing 33 minutes while registering 12 points, 10 boards, and five assists ... Had three points and five rebounds against the Minutemen before injuring his knee late in the first half. 

PRIOR TO LA TECH:
Spent four seasons at Pitt ... Saw action in 78 career games with the Panthers, including 22 starts ... Part of back-to-back 20-win seasons at Pitt ... Played in 31 of the 33 games as a redshirt junior in 2023-24 while making two starts during non-conference ... Played 10.8 minutes per contest, averaging 1.6 points and 1.9 rebounds per game to go along with 17 steals ... Posted a season-high seven points in the season opener against North Carolina A&T and a season-high 10 boards in the ACC opener at Syracuse ... Missed the entire 2022-23 season due to a foot injury ... Made 16 starts for the Panthers in 2021-22 while averaging 3.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game plus 21 steals, 20 assists, and 12 blocks ... Had 11 games of 5+ rebounds and a total of 30 offensive boards, third most on the team ... As a freshman in 2020-21, appeared in 16 games with four starts that all came during ACC play ... Averaged 2.4 and 2.2 rebounds per game ... Played three seasons of varsity basketball at McDowell where he was a three-time Pennsylvania Sports Writers' All-State selection ... Finished career as the Trojans' all-time scorer (1,673 points) and rebounder (578 boards) ... Member of Team USA in 2019 that won gold at the FIBA U16 Americas Championship.

PERSONAL: Full name is William Solomon Jeffress Jr. ... Graduated in 3.5 years with two degrees in Psychology and Communications from Pitt ... Son of Andrea and William Jeffress Sr. ... Has one sister, Adrianna, who played tennis at Mercyhurst ... Mother, Andrea, earned her PHD from Yale at the age of 22 and is an OBGYN ... Father, William, is in the University of New Haven Men's Basketball Hall of Fame and was drafted by the USBL Connecticut Skyhawks ... Born June 3, 2003.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2024-25Redshirt Senior

    Forward
    6'7" 210 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2025-26Graduate Student

    Forward
    6'7" 210 lbs
    2