Jeremiah Fears
Celebrity
- Birthday
- October 14, 2006
- Age
- 19
- Birthplace
- Joliet
- @_jeremiahfears
About
Jeremiah Fears (born October 14, 2006) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners. Fears was selected seventh overall by the Pelicans in the 2025 NBA draft.
Fears played basketball at Joliet West High School in Joliet, Illinois as a sophomore with his older brother, Jeremy, prior to transferring to AZ Compass Prep for his junior year. As a junior, he averaged a team-high 14.2 points along with 3.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 2.5 steals per game.
Fears became a consensus four-star recruit and was tabbed as a top-25 guard in the 2025 ESPN 100. On January 22, 2024, he committed to Illinois in 2025 over offers from Providence, Kansas, Michigan, and Ole Miss. However on July 1, Fears decommitted from Illinois and then committed to Oklahoma and reclassified into the 2024 class. With his commitment, Fears became the first Oklahoma prospect to be ranked in the top 40 by ESPN since Trae Young.
Fears joined the 2024–25 Oklahoma Sooners following the transfers of starting guards Javian McCollum, Otega Oweh…
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