Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Rayjon Tucker was born on September 24, 1997, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a guard in the NBA.

Tucker grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and attended Northside Christian Academy. As a senior, he averaged 24 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks per game and helped lead Knights to the state championship game. Tucker committed to play college basketball at Florida Gulf Coast over offers from Virginia Tech, Boston College, VCU, Clemson, and Auburn.

Tucker began his collegiate career with the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. Tucker transferred to the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. He averaged 20.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game and was named second team All-Sun Belt Conference.

After going unselected in the 2019 NBA Draft, Tucker played for the Milwaukee Bucks NBA Summer League team. Tucker was named the G League Player of the Month for December and Midseason All-NBA G League for the Eastern Conference. Tucker signed a rest-of-season contract with the Utah Jazz on December 24, 2019 after the Jazz waived Jeff Green.

On December 1, 2020, Tucker signed a contract with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Tucker signed a two-way contract with Philadelphia 76ers on January 22, 2021.