Jaemyn Brakefield

Class:
Senior
Position:
F
Ht./Wt.:
6-8 / 225
Experience:
3L
Hometown:
Jackson, Miss.
High School:
Huntington Prep
Prev. College:
Duke
Major:
M.A. in Higher Education

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 18th in Program History in Career Scoring: 1,423 points
• Fourth in Program History in Career Games Played: 133
• SEC Men's Basketball Community Service Team (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2021-22)

2024-25 (SENIOR): Named to the 2025 SEC Men's Basketball Community Service Team ... Played in all 36 games, tied for most games played in a single season in school history, with one start ... Finished second on the team in scoring with an average of 11.1 points per game ... Led the SEC with 23 games scoring in double figures off the bench ... Led the team in field goal percentage with a mark of 51.1 percent ... Third on the team in rebounding with a clip of 4.3 per outing ... Dished out 66 assists ... Led the team from the charity stripe in both free throws made with 104 and free throw attempts with 142 ... Added 27 steals and nine blocks on the defensive end ... Recorded his third career double-double on November 8 vs. Grambling with 11 points and 11 rebounds ... Went a perfect 5-5 from the floor in a win over South Alabama on November 12 ... Scored 18 points on 7-11 shooting against No. 12 Purdue in the Rady Children's Invitational title game ... Tied his career-best with four steals against Southern Miss on December 14 ... Scored a season-best 20 points on January 18 at Mississippi State ... Dropped 18 points to help Ole Miss take down Texas on January 29 ... Scored in double figures in 11 straight games from January 11 to February 15 ... Helped the Rebels take down No. 4 Tennessee on Senior Night in the SJB Pavilion with 19 points on 8-9 shooting ... Scored 19 points to help Ole Miss defeat No. 14 Iowa State in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament ... Finished his Ole Miss career with 1,423 points, 18th all-time in program history ... Played in 133 career games for the Rebels, the fourth-most all time.

2023-24 (SENIOR*): Named to the 2024 SEC Men's Basketball Community Service Team ... Appeared and started in all 32 games for Ole Miss … Averaged 29.4 minutes per outing … Finished fourth on the team in scoring at 12.9 points per game … Second on the team in rebounding with an average of 4.9 per game … Averaged 2.4 assists per game … Scored in double figures 20 times … Finished the season with 26 steals and 15 blocks, both career highs … Tied his career-best with four blocks in Ole Miss' win over Memphis on December 2 … Pulled in a career-high 13 rebounds on December 5 against Mount St. Mary's … Over a six-game stretch from December 16 to January 10, shot 67.2 percent from the field (45-67) and 56.5 percent from three (13-23), averaging 20.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.8 steals per game … Set career-highs for points in a game twice during that stretch, first with 27 against Cal before scoring 28 in the Rebels’ win over Florida … Made 11 shots from the floor on 16 attempts against Florida on January 10, tying his career best … Made a career-high 10 free throws twice on the season, first at LSU on January 17 going 10-10 and once again on March 2 at Missouri going 10-14 … On February 24 against South Carolina, surpassed 1,000 points for his collegiate career … Later passed the 1,000-point mark for his Ole Miss career on March 9 against Texas A&M, becoming the 43rd player in program history to hit the 1K mark.

2022-23 (JUNIOR): Named to the 2023 SEC Men's Basketball Community Service Team ... Appeared in all 33 games for Ole Miss, starting in 31 of them … Played 28.9 minutes per game … Second on the team with 11.1 points per game … Averaged 5.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists … Scored in double figures 18 times … Was perfect from three-point range in four games, making two or more in each … On December 28 against No. 7 Tennessee, became just the eighth player in program history to shoot 100 percent from three in a game with a minimum of four attempts … At Vanderbilt on February 4, recorded the first double-double of his career with 15 points and 12 rebounds … Scored a career-high 24 points in Ole Miss’ win at Georgia on February 7 … Collected a career-best four steals against South Carolina on February 11 … On February 25 against LSU, posted the second double-double of his career with 23 points and 10 boards to help the Rebels win 82-69 … Dished out a career-high six assists against No. 24 Texas A&M on February 28 … Helped the Rebels win their SEC Tournament opener against South Carolina with 16 points and seven rebounds.

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in all 32 games for the Rebels on the year, making 25 starts during his sophomore campaign while averaging 25.5 minutes per game in his first season at Ole Miss … Averaged 7.7 points and 4.2 rebounds on the year while also tallying 24 assists and 22 steals for the Rebels … Shot 47.1 percent from the field during the season, going 90-of-191 while also shooting 31-of-83 from behind the arc (37.3 percent) … Saw nine double-digit scoring performances on the year, including earning a career-high total of 19 points at Georgia while connecting on a new personal-best of seven field goals from the floor and tying his career-best mark of four made three-pointers … Earned three steals in back-to-back games for the Rebels against the likes of Dayton and Samford, tying his career-high mark of steals in a single game … Made his Rebel debut against New Orleans (Nov. 9, 2021) where he logged 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting alongside three rebounds and two assists … Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

DUKE: Spent one season at Duke, playing in 22 games, before returning to his home state.

2020-21 (FRESHMAN): Played in 22 of Duke's 24 games, averaging 3.5 ppg and 2.5 rpg … Shot 40.8 percent (31 of 76) from the floor, 31.4 percent (11 of 35) from beyond the arc and 41.7 percent (5 of 12) from the free throw line … Tallied 11 points and four rebounds off the bench against No. 8 Michigan State in the Champions Classic (Dec. 2) … Versus Bellarmine (Dec. 4), became the first freshman in Cameron Indoor Stadium history to go a perfect 4 for 4 from beyond the arc and only the third Duke freshman to do it in any game throughout program history … Recorded 11 points, five rebounds and four blocks, while his and-1 bucket with two minutes left gave Duke the lead for good to help the Blue Devils knock off No. 7 Virginia (Feb. 22) … Scored 10 points with five boards at Notre Dame (Dec. 16), going 4 of 8 from the floor and a perfect 2 for 2 from long distance … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: A five-star power forward, rated as the No. 29 overall in ESPN 100’s rankings … Ranked as the No. 4 power forward in the nation and the No. 1 player from the state of Mississippi in the ESPN 100 … Named the West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year as a sophomore, junior and senior, becoming the first player to win the honor three times in the award’s history … Averaged 19.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as a senior at Huntington Prep … Earned MVP honors at the ARS/Rescue Rooter National Hoopfest in Tampa in January 2020 … Was selected to participate in the 2020 Jordan Brand Classic prior to the event’s cancelation.

PERSONAL: Son of Pamela Root and James Brakefield … Has six siblings: Jake, Andrew, Jamal, Daimen, Kristen and Jennifer … Born December 19, 2000 … Earned degree from Ole Miss in multi-disciplinary studies with minors in recreation administration, education and criminal justice ... Currently pursuing M.A. in Higher Education and Student Personnel.