D. J. Newbill

D. J. Newbill
No. 25 – Telenet Oostende
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League Belgian League
Basketball Champions League
Personal information
Born (1992-05-22) May 22, 1992
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Strawberry Mansion
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College
NBA draft 2015 / Undrafted
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015–2016 ASVEL Basket
2016 Akhisar Belediyespor
2016–present Telenet Oostende
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× Second-team All-Big Ten (2014, 2015)
  • Honorable mention All-Big Ten (2013)
  • Conference USA All-Freshman team (2011)

Devonte Jerrell "D. J." Newbill (born May 22, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Telenet Oostende of the Belgian League (BLB). He played college basketball for the Penn State Nittany Lions.[1]

High school career

Newbill attended Strawberry Mansion HS in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Named the Pennsylvania Class AA Player of the Year. Averaged 24.2 points, 9.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 4.0 steals. Also named Public League Player of the Year. Led Strawberry Mansion to a 28-2 record and the Class AA State Championship. Named First Team All-State by the Philadelphia Daily News. Also earned First Team All-City and All-Public League honors. Set the school's single-game scoring record by dropping 64 points, finishing 23-of-30 from the field and 16-of-17 from the line against Saul. As a junior, he averaged 19.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game. Garnered Second Team All-State and All-Public League honors. Newbill also lettered in Track.[2]

Recruiting

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
D.J. Newbill
PG / SG		 Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Strawberry Mansion HS (PA) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sep 9, 2010 
Scout: N/A   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN grade: 88
Overall recruiting rankings:   Rivals: 111 (PG)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

College career

Southern Miss

Newbill started off his collegiate career playing for the Southern Miss where he averaged just under ten points per contest and six rebounds.

Penn State

Following the 2012–13 season Newbill decided to transfer to Penn State to be closer to family in Philadelphia. Where his college career took a major step forward Newbill was put in the starting spot due to the starting point guard at the time Tim Frazier having suffered from a ruptured left Achilles tendon.[3] On February 8, in a game vs Minnesota Newbill scored a season high 31 points and a last second buzzer-beater three to win the game for the Nittay Lions 79–76 in the regular season finale, the play made an appearance at number 3 on ESPN's Top 10.[4] In his final season with the Nittany Lions Newbill led the Big Ten Conference in scoring with just under 21 points per game. During Newbill's senior season at Penn State he scored a career high 704 points during the year. And had 1,812 points during his career at Penn State and 2,105 if you include his time at Southern Miss for his career. At the end of his senior season and being declared for the NBA Draft Newbill was on the fringe of most mock drafts, some having him going in the last five picks in the second round and some having him undrafted. It did turn out that D.J. was undrafted by an NBA team, but Newbill received offers from multiple NBA D-League teams.

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Southern Miss 32 30 30.5 .535 .429 .690 6.2 1.6 0.1 0.8 9.2
2012–13 Penn State 31 29 36.5 .405 .267 .684 5.0 4.0 0.3 1.2 16.3
2013–14 Penn State 34 31 34.4 .452 .326 .753 4.9 1.7 0.3 0.8 17.8
2014–15 Penn State 34 34 37.1 .450 .370 .758 4.7 3.1 0.2 1.3 20.7
Career 131 124 34.7 .448 .337 .724 5.2 2.6 1.0 0.2 16.2

Professional career

Prior to the 2015 NBA Draft D.J. was invited to pre draft workouts with the Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers.[5] In late June 2015 Newbill was invited to participate in the 2015 NBA Summer League for the Los Angeles Clippers.

On July 17, 2016, Newbill signed with Belgian team Telenet Oostende.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "D.J. Newbill Bio". GoPSUSports.com. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "DJ Newbill High School bio".
  3. ↑ "Tim Frazier out for year with injury". ESPN.com. November 20, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ "D.J. Newbill lifts Penn State over Minnesota in Big Ten Finale with 30 foot game winner".
  5. ↑ "DJ Newbill invited to draft workouts with Jazz, 76ers, Clippers and Twolves". Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ "DJ Newbill signs with Telenet Oostende". 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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