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Jersey Number 3
JT Escobar
- Position:
- Guard
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 186
- Hometown:
- Tallahassee, Fla.
- High School:
- FAMU High School
- Previous School:
- Ole Miss | FAMU HS
Year-by-Year Statistics: Career | 2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18
**ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2018-19)
**ASUN All-Academic (2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18)
**Arthur Ashe Jr. Award, Basketball and Male Runner-Up (2018-19)
**ASUN Winner for Life - Winter (2018-19)
**ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18)
**Member of UNF 1,000 Point Club
- Averaged 11.1 PPG (4th on team)
- Led the ASUN in 3PM (90) | 3PA (237) | 3PM/g (2.81)
- Listed in ASUN: 7th (3PT%)
- Ranked nationally in 3PM (30th) | 3PA (37th) | 3PM/g (39th) | 3PT% (48th)
- Scored double digits in 17 games including 5 games with 20+ | Netted season best 26 against Libert
- Made 3 or more treys in 16 games with season best 7 3PM in a pair of games
- Finished career ranked 4th All-Time for 3PM and 3PA
- Ranked 3rd in ASUN for 3PM/game | Led team with 76 3PM
- Averaged 9.9 points per game
- Listed 2nd on team at 37.8 3PT%
- Made a trey in 31 games | Had 12 games with 3 or more treys
- Posted double digits in 13 games including four with 20+
- Matched career high with 28 points against FIU
- Grabbed a career best 7 rebounds versus Stetson
- Named to Cancun Challenge All-Tournament team
- Ranked 5th in the ASUN for 3-point percentage and was 3rd in league for 3-pointers made | Listed in Top 50 nationally in both categories
- Averaged 11.5 points per game
- Scored double digit points in 18 games including a trio of 20-point efforts
- Netted career best 28 points with six 3PM against FGCU
- Recorded 3 or more treys in 15 games highlighted by a career best 7 versus VCU
- Went 29-of-33 (87.9 percent) from the free throw line including a span with 18 consecutive makes
- Collected personal best 6 rebounds against Lipscomb
- Finished season with 66 rebounds and 43 assists
- Led the team with 91 three-pointers
- Appeared in 17 games for Rebels averaging 4.8 minutes per game
- Averaged 1.8 points, 0.1 rebounds and 0.4 assists per contest
- Scored a career high 11 points including three treys against George Mason
- Shot 31 percent from the floor and went 3-14 from three-point range
- Member of SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Had a career high 62 points for Eagles against Oak Hill Academy
- Standout performer in senior season at Florida A&M University High School
- Earned Parade All-America and first team All-State as a prep senior
- Averaged 30 PPG, 6 RPG & 3 APG en route to claiming Big Bend Player of the Year honors
- Three-year letterwinner at Maclay High School (2010-13)
- Named second-team All-State as both a junior (18 PPG / 3 RPG / 3 APG) and sophomore (18 PPG / 4 RPG / 3 APG)
- Member of three District Championship squads during prep career
- Three-star recruit in the 2014 class, was the No. 78 shooting guard and No. 321 player overall, according to 247Sports’ Composite Rating.
- Participated with Atlanta Xpress and Jacksonville Lee Bulls AAU programs
- Son of Helen Willis and Javier Escobar
- Has two brothers (George, Grady) and a sister (Parlin)
- Brother, George, runs for the UNF Track & Field team as well as cousin Rob Leverone... Father played collegiate water polo at UCLA
- Earned bachelor's degree in sociology from UNF in May 2018
**ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2018-19)
**ASUN All-Academic (2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18)
**Arthur Ashe Jr. Award, Basketball and Male Runner-Up (2018-19)
**ASUN Winner for Life - Winter (2018-19)
**ASUN Academic Honor Roll (2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18)
**Member of UNF 1,000 Point Club
2019-20
- Played and started in 32 games, averaging 28.6 minutes per game- Averaged 11.1 PPG (4th on team)
- Led the ASUN in 3PM (90) | 3PA (237) | 3PM/g (2.81)
- Listed in ASUN: 7th (3PT%)
- Ranked nationally in 3PM (30th) | 3PA (37th) | 3PM/g (39th) | 3PT% (48th)
- Scored double digits in 17 games including 5 games with 20+ | Netted season best 26 against Libert
- Made 3 or more treys in 16 games with season best 7 3PM in a pair of games
- Finished career ranked 4th All-Time for 3PM and 3PA
2018-19
- Played in all 33 games with 31 starts, averaging 27.5 minutes per game- Ranked 3rd in ASUN for 3PM/game | Led team with 76 3PM
- Averaged 9.9 points per game
- Listed 2nd on team at 37.8 3PT%
- Made a trey in 31 games | Had 12 games with 3 or more treys
- Posted double digits in 13 games including four with 20+
- Matched career high with 28 points against FIU
- Grabbed a career best 7 rebounds versus Stetson
- Named to Cancun Challenge All-Tournament team
2017-18
- Played and started in every game for UNF- Ranked 5th in the ASUN for 3-point percentage and was 3rd in league for 3-pointers made | Listed in Top 50 nationally in both categories
- Averaged 11.5 points per game
- Scored double digit points in 18 games including a trio of 20-point efforts
- Netted career best 28 points with six 3PM against FGCU
- Recorded 3 or more treys in 15 games highlighted by a career best 7 versus VCU
- Went 29-of-33 (87.9 percent) from the free throw line including a span with 18 consecutive makes
- Collected personal best 6 rebounds against Lipscomb
- Finished season with 66 rebounds and 43 assists
- Led the team with 91 three-pointers
2016-17
- Sat out as redshirt to meet NCAA transfer requirementsPrior to UNF
- Played one season at Ole Miss- Appeared in 17 games for Rebels averaging 4.8 minutes per game
- Averaged 1.8 points, 0.1 rebounds and 0.4 assists per contest
- Scored a career high 11 points including three treys against George Mason
- Shot 31 percent from the floor and went 3-14 from three-point range
- Member of SEC Academic Honor Roll
High School | Prep School
- Played one post graduate season at Elev8 Prep (2014-15) averaging 15 PPG, 4 RPG & 4 APG- Had a career high 62 points for Eagles against Oak Hill Academy
- Standout performer in senior season at Florida A&M University High School
- Earned Parade All-America and first team All-State as a prep senior
- Averaged 30 PPG, 6 RPG & 3 APG en route to claiming Big Bend Player of the Year honors
- Three-year letterwinner at Maclay High School (2010-13)
- Named second-team All-State as both a junior (18 PPG / 3 RPG / 3 APG) and sophomore (18 PPG / 4 RPG / 3 APG)
- Member of three District Championship squads during prep career
- Three-star recruit in the 2014 class, was the No. 78 shooting guard and No. 321 player overall, according to 247Sports’ Composite Rating.
- Participated with Atlanta Xpress and Jacksonville Lee Bulls AAU programs
Personal
- Born on April 22, 1996- Son of Helen Willis and Javier Escobar
- Has two brothers (George, Grady) and a sister (Parlin)
- Brother, George, runs for the UNF Track & Field team as well as cousin Rob Leverone... Father played collegiate water polo at UCLA
- Earned bachelor's degree in sociology from UNF in May 2018
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