Jeff Wilkins (basketball)

Jeff Wilkins
Personal information
Born	March 9, 1955 (age 69); Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Hales Franciscan (Chicago, Illinois); Elgin (Elgin, Illinois);
College	Black Hawk (1973–1974); Illinois State (1974–1977);
NBA draft	1977: 2nd round, 37th overall pick
	Selected by the San Antonio Spurs
Playing career	1977–1993
Position	Center
Number	53, 45
Career history
1977–1978	Mobiam Udine
1978–1979	Efes Pilsen
1979–1980	Hawaii Volcanos
1980	Galleon Shippers
1980–1986	Utah Jazz
1986	San Antonio Spurs
1986–1987	Olympique Antibes
1987	Montigoma Rieti
1989–1990	Etoile de Voiron
1992–1993	Le Mans
Career highlights and awards
	Fourth-team Parade All-American (1973);
Career NBA statistics
Points	3,575 (7.9 ppg)
Rebounds	2,574 (5.7 rpg)
Assists	462 (1.0 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Jeffrey Wilkins (born March 9, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues. A 6'11" 230 lb center born in Chicago, Illinois, Wilkins played college basketball at Illinois State University and was selected with the 15th pick in the second round of the 1977 NBA draft by the San Antonio Spurs.

He signed with the Spurs in July 1977 but was waived prior to the start of the 1977–78 NBA season.^[1] He began his NBA playing career in 1980 with the Utah Jazz and spent the majority of it with them, but due to a mid-season trade played out part of his final year with the Spurs in 1986.^[1]

He holds career NBA averages of 7.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game. Wilkins also won a Turkish Basketball League championship with Efes Pilsen.^[2]

Personal

Wilkins' son John is a professional basketball player as well, and has played for several teams in Africa and Europe.

Notes

^ ^a ^b "NBA.com: Spurs History" (PDF). NBA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2007. (307 KiB); retrieved June 6, 2007
^ "1978-79 TBL season summary". tblstats.net. 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2012.