Keon Ellis
Celebrity
- Birthday
- January 8, 2000
- Age
- 26
- Birthplace
- Eustis
- @kkeon4
About
Keon Tyrese Ellis (born January 8, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers and the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Ellis played basketball for Eustis High School in his hometown of Eustis, Florida before transferring to Leesburg High School in Leesburg, Florida for his junior season. He led Leesburg to back-to-back Class 6A state titles. As a senior, Ellis averaged 12.7 points, 11 rebounds and two assists per game, helping his team achieve a 29–1 record. He signed to play college basketball for Gardner–Webb but instead opted to join Florida SouthWestern, a junior college program, for academic reasons.
As a freshman at Florida SouthWestern, Ellis averaged 8.3 points and three rebounds per game, earning Second Team All-Suncoast Conference honors. On January 4, 2020, he scored a school-record 41 points in a 92–77 win against St. Petersburg College. In his sophomore season, Ellis averaged 18.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.1 steals per game, setting program single-season records in points and steals…
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