Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Jalen Williams was born April 14, 2001 in Denver, Colorado. He is a shooting guard in the NBA.

Williams played basketball for Perry High School in Gilbert, Arizona. Williams grew 8 inches from his sophomore to senior year of high school. Williams committed to played college basketball for Santa Clara in 2018. As a freshman at Santa Clara, Williams averaged 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 steal. As a sophomore, Williams took a step forward averaging 12 points and 4 rebounds and became a WCC All-Conference Honorable Mention. In Williams' junior year, he was named First-team All-WCC (2022) and to the NABC All-District (9) Second Team. He averaged 18 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game. On April 28, 2022, William announced his decision to declare for the 2022 NBA Draft.

Williams was selected with the 12th overall pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2022 NBA draft.