BIOGRAPHY
Jake Layman was born on March 7, 1994, in Norwood, Massachusetts. He is a forward in the NBA.
Born in Norwood, Massachusetts, Layman was considered a "late bloomer" at King Philip Regional High School and didn't even start for his AAU team. Despite his 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) height, he preferred to play on the perimeter. He played AAU basketball for Leo Papile with the Boston Amateur Basketball Club (BABC). As a senior, he averaged 26 points, five blocks, and four assists per game. ESPN rated him the 17th-best small forward nationally and the 3rd-best player in Massachusetts.
Layman was selected as the 2012 HockomockSports.com Boys' Basketball Player of the Year. He was also chosen as the Hockomock League's Most Valuable Player for boys' basketball in 2012. Layman was recruited by Massachusetts native and then Maryland assistant basketball coach, Scott Spinelli. He was twice named Big Ten Player of the Week. Layman was nominated for the inaugural Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award. Layman led Maryland to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years.
On June 23, 2016, Layman was selected by the Orlando Magic with the 47th overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft.
Layman lives in Portland, Oregon, and has four brothers: Connor, Jimmy, Ryan and Kyle. His parents, Tim and Claire, played college sports at the University of Maine at Orono. In July 2018 Layman proposed to his long-term girlfriend, Jasmine, and were married July 20, 2019. Other members of his family reside in Carroll County, Maryland. During the 2020 NBA offseason, Layman was seen working with local professional basketball trainer Reid Ouse on social media.
