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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

Jaelin Llewellyn
Jaelin Llewellyn
Jaelin Llewellyn
Jaelin Llewellyn
Llewellyn-Jaelin
Jersey Number 3

Jaelin Llewellyn

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Position:
    G
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    190
  • Hometown:
    Mississauga, Ontario
  • High School:
    Virginia Episcopal School
Pronunciation
• First name: “jay-lynn”
• Last name: “lou-elle-in”

Who is Jaelin Llewellyn?
• Sharp field goal and three-point shooter
• Scoring guard who quick first step and shifty play around the basket
• Play-making guard, who finds ways to get his teammates the ball
• Isn’t afraid to draw contact


Career Statistics
• Played in 104 career games
    • Career total: Michigan (28), Princeton (76)
    • Started 91 games: Michigan (15), Princeton (76)
• 1,223 points: Michigan (160; 5.7 ppg), Princeton (1,078, 14.2 ppg)
    • Posted back-to-back 400-plus point seasons (413, 2019-20 & 439, 2021-22)
• 336 rebounds: Michigan (50; 1.8 rpg), Princeton (290; 3.8 rpg)
• 229 assists: Michigan (45; 1.6 apg), Princeton (187; 2.5 apg)
• 160 three-pointers: Michigan (24), Princeton (136)

 
Michigan Career
• Helped U-M to Postseason NIT (2023)
        • Advanced to the second round; falling at No. 2 seed Vanderbilt, 66-65
 
Princeton Career
• Spent four seasons at Princeton (2019-22) under coach Mitch Henderson
• (2x) All-Ivy League, first team (2022) and second team (2020)
• (2x) Ivy League Player of the Week (Nov. 15, 2021, Jan. 6, 2020)
• NABC Second Team All-District (2022)
• Started all 76 games in his career
• Member of 1,000-Point Club; t-27th all-time with 1,078 career points
• Ranks t-13th for career three-point field goals (136)
• Ranks 15th for three-point field goals in a season (64; 2021-22)

Season: 2023-24 (Michigan)
• Played in 20 games, with seven starts
    • Returned to the U-M lineup at Oregon (Dec. 2) after nearly one year away from the floor
• Averaged 5.2 points per game
    • Scored season-best 18 points at Michigan State (Jan. 30)
    • Posted three double-figure games
• Shot 40.4 percent (19-for-47) from three
    • Converted on season-best four three pointers at Michigan State on six attempts (66.7 percent)
• Averaged 1.2 assists per game
    • Had a season-best four assists at Northwestern (Feb. 22)
• Averaged 1.2 rebounds per game
    • Grabbed a season-best four rebounds three times:
        • at Maryland (Jan. 11)
        • vs. Wisconsin (Feb. 7)
        • vs. Michigan State (Feb. 17)
• Had six steals and one block
    • Had a season-best two steals at Maryland 
• Averaged 17.5 minutes per game
    • Posted eight games with 20-plus minutes, with four of 30-plus
    • Played a season-best 36 minutes at Michigan State

Season: 2022-23 (Michigan)
• Took advantage of the NCAA’s one-time eligibility rule in response to COVID-19
• Started eight games before season ended due to injury
    • Injured left knee (ACL) vs. Kentucky (Dec. 4; London Showcase); non-contact
    • Had successful surgery (Jan. 4) at U-M Hospital (Dr. James Carpenter)
• Averaged 7.0 points per game
    • Had six games with five-plus points and two games of 10-plus
    • Scored a season-best 12 points vs. Eastern Michigan (Nov. 11, LCA)
• Averaged 3.3 rebounds per game
    • Had six games with three-plus rebounds
    • Grabbed a season-best five rebounds vs. Eastern Michigan
• Averaged 2.8 assists per game
    • Had four games with three-plus assists
    • Had a season-best four assists, twice: Jackson State (Nov. 23) and vs. Kentucky
• Averaged 26.4 minutes per game
    • Played seven games of 20-plus minutes with two of 30-plus
    • Played a season-best 33 minutes in OT against Ohio (Nov. 20)

Season: 2021-22 (Princeton)
• Started 28 games
    • Missed two games due to injury: Cornell (Jan. 8) and Brown (Jan. 15)
• Averaged 15.7 points per game, fifth overall in Ivy League
    • Scored in double figures in 24 games with 15 games of 15-plus points and seven of 20-plus
    • Scored a season-best 29 points against Harvard (Feb. 25); 10-for-19 from field (4-for-9 3FG)
    • Joined Princeton's 1,000-Point Club at Penn (March 5); scored 24 points
• Fourth on team with 64 three-pointers
    • Had eight games with four-plus three-point field goals
    • Made a career-best six three-pointers against Yale (Jan. 29)
    • Ranked seventh in the Ivy League with 2.3 three-pointers per game
    • Ranked eighth in the Ivy League with 38.6 percent three-point percentage
• Averaged 4.1 rebounds per game
    • Had 18 games with four-plus rebounds
    • Grabbed a season-best nine rebounds, twice: South Carolina (Nov. 12) and Columbia (Feb. 5)
• Averaged 2.6 assists per game
    • Had six games with five-plus assists
    • Had a season-best six assists against Drexel (Dec. 4)
• Played in 32.5 minutes per game; with 14 games of 35+ minutes and three of 40+
    • Played in a season-best 40 minutes, three times

Season: 2020-21 (Princeton)
• Season canceled due to COVID-19 by the Ivy League

Season: 2019-20 (Princeton)
• Started all 27 games
• Averaged a team-best 15.3 points per game, ranking seventh in the Ivy League
    • Posted 22 games in double figures, with 14 games of 15-plus points and seven of 20-plus
    • Scored a career-best 30 points against Cornell (March 7), knocking down five three-pointers
    • During the last seven games averaged 20.0 points per game
• Grabbed 4.1 rebounds per game (21 offensive, 90 defensive)
    • Had nine games with five-plus rebounds, including first career of 10-plus
    • Grabbed a career-best 14 boards against Penn (Jan. 4)
• Recorded his first career double-double 
    • 18 points, 14 rebounds: Penn
• Averaged 2.3 assists, with four games of 5-plus
    • Had a season-best seven assists against Monmouth (Dec. 10)
• Third on team with 27 steals
    • Had a career-best four at San Francisco (Nov. 9) 
• Played in career-best 33.4 minutes per game; with 12 games of 35-plus minutes and one of 40-plus
    • Played a career-best 44 minutes vs. Iona in OT (Dec. 17)

Season: 2018-19 (Princeton)
• Started final 21 games after missing first seven games due to injury and illness
    • Made his collegiate debut in Madison Square Garden, scoring 17 points against St. John's (Dec. 9)
• Averaged 10.1 points per game
    • First Princeton freshman to average double figures since 2016.
    • Posted 10 games in double figures, with six games of 15-plus points
    • Scored a season-best 22 vs. Iona (Dec. 15) in Atlantic City, earning Ivy League Rookie of the Week 
• Averaged 3.0 rebounds per game
    • Had 13 games with three-plus rebounds, including a season-best seven against Cornell (Feb. 22)
• First Princeton freshman, since 2007 to lead the team in assists (55, 2.6 apg)
    • Had six games with four-plus assists, including season-best eight vs. Iona
• Played in 33.0 minutes per game; with eight games of 35-plus minutes and two of 40-plus
    • Played a season-best 41 against Penn in OT (Jan. 5)

Prep Career
• Rated as a four-star recruit by 247sports, Rivals and ESPN 
• No. 5-ranked Canadian player by North Pole Hoops and top Canadian point guard by the site (May, 2017)
• Selected as one of “The 10 Names You Need to Know in the Recruiting Class of 2018” by Bleacher Report
• Played with the Canadian U-16 team, winning silver at the 2015 FIBA U-16 tournament in Argentina
• Won on the 2016 Bio Steel All-Canada dunk competition
• Played at two seasons at Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Va., under coach Curtis Staples
    • Finished with a 31-17 record in two seasons
    • 2x All-VISAA Division II All-State first team (2017 & 2018)
    • Averaged 20.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.0 assists in two seasons
        • Nearly reached 1,000 points (965)
        • Made 98 three-pointers
    • As a senior (2017-18), averaged 23.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game
    • As a junior (2016-17), averaged 17.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game
• Spent a year at Orangeville Prep finishing as the runner-up in Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association (OSBA)
• Spent freshman and sophomore seasons at Father Michael Goetz Secondary School, helping guide them to a Peel playoff appearance.

Personal
• Born on May 13, 1999 in Mississauga, Ontario
• Son of Melissa and Cordell Llewellyn
• Earned history degree (May, 2022) from Princeton
• Enrolled in U-M's School of Social Work
• Pursuing masters of social work at Michigan

Personal Note
• Father, Cordell, played at Wake Forest (1992); before heading to Rhode Island (1993-95)