Jezreel De Jesús

Puerto Rican basketball player

Jezreel De Jesús

De Jesús with Puerto Rico during the qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup

No. 0 – Leones de Ponce
Position| Point guard
League| BSN
Personal information
Born|  (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 33)
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Listed height| 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight| 82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
Playing career| 2012–present
Career history
2012–2013| Leones de Ponce
2014| Maratonistas de Coamo
2014| Barrancabermeja Ciudad Futuro
2014–2015| Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2015| Maratonistas de Coamo
2015| Fuerza Regia de Monterrey
2016| Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2016| Santeros de Aguada
2017| Al-Wakrah
2017| Atenas
2017| Indios de Mayagüez
2018| Capitanes de Arecibo
2018| Santos de San Luis
2018| Salta Basket
2018| Caciques de Humacao
2018| Atléticos de San Germán
2018| Cañeros del Este
2018| Fastbreak del Valle
2019| Indios de Mayagüez
2019–2021| Capitanes de Arecibo
2019–2023| Real Estelí
2021| Hurricanes de San Andrés
2021–present| Leones de Ponce
2021| Fuerza Regia de Monterrey
2023| Cañeros del Este
2023| Panteras de Aguascalientes
2023–2024| Gladiadores de Anzoátegui
2025| Real Estelí
Career highlights and awards

* SPB champion (2024)
* SPB Finals MVP (2024)
* 2× Nicaraguan League champion (2020, 2021)
* BSN Second Team (2023)
* BCL Americas Top Scorer (2021)

Jezreel De Jesús (born 5 May 1991) is a Puerto Rican basketball player for Leones de Ponce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He is also a member of the Puerto Rico national basketball team. De Jesús has played for several teams in Puerto Rico, and has also played in Argentina, Qatar, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia and Nicaragua.

## Early and college career

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De Jesús started playing basketball at age 5 in his hometown Carolina. Later, he traveled to Miami and later played for Western Oklahoma State College.[1]

## Professional career

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De Jesús started his career with Leones de Ponce in the Puerto Rican .

In 2015, he played with Barrancabermeja Ciudad Futuro in the Colombian League where he was named the Most Valuable Player of the season.

In the 2021 BCL Americas season, De Jesús was the top scorer of the league after averaging 20.1 points per game. On 14 April, De Jesus scored a game-high 26 points in the final of the 2021 BCL Americas. However, Estelí could not overcome Flamengo and lost the game narrowly.[2]

## Awards and accomplishments

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### Club

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Real Estelí

* 2× Liga Superior de Baloncesto: (2020, 2021)

### Individual

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* BCL Americas Top Scorer: (2021)
* Venezuelan League Top Scorer: (2015)
* Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano MVP: (2014)

## References

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1. ^ "Jezreel De Jesús se pierde de vista con Margarita". Líder. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
2. ^ "Flamengo wins 2021 BCLAmericas Championship". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

## External links

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* Jezreel De Jesús at FIBA.basketball
* Jezreel De Jesús at FIBA.com (archived)
* Jezreel De Jesús at Eurobasket.com
* Jezreel De Jesús at RealGM
* Jezreel De Jesús at Proballers

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BCL Americas Top Scorer

* 2020: Davis
* 2021: De Jesús
* 2022: Sims
* 2023: Romero

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