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Daniss Jenkins (pronounced DAY-niss; born August 17, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Pacific Tigers, Odessa Wranglers, Iona Gaels, and St. John’s Red Storm. Jenkins signed a two-way contract with the Pistons after going undrafted in the 2024 NBA Draft, later signing a standard contract with the team.
Jenkins attended Hillcrest High School in Dallas. In his senior year, The Dallas Morning News selected him as the District 12-4A offensive MVP. After graduation, he studied at University of the Pacific (2019–2021), Odessa College (2021–2022) and Iona (2022–2023) as an undergraduate and St. John’s University (2023–2024) as a graduate student. During his freshman year at Pacific, Jenkins was named to the West Coast Conference All-Freshman team. In his final year playing for St. John’s, Jenkins averaged 14.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.7 triples and 1.6 steals per game on 44.6% shooting from the field and 85.1% at the line. Jenkins was also named to the All-Big East second team and was the only Red Storm player named to…
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