Jaylen Blakes

Career Accolades

  • Two-time All-ACC Academic Team (2023, 2024)
  • Two-time Dr. Deryl Hart Award recipient at Duke (2023, 2024)
  • Duke's Glenn E. “Ted” Mann Award recipient in 2023

As a Graduate Student (at Stanford, 2024-25)

  • Transferred to Stanford prior to the 2024-25 season. Third straight season for Stanford to add a graduate transfer.

As a Junior (at Duke, 2023-24)

  • All-ACC Academic Team
  • Received Duke's Dr. Deryl Hart Award as the team's top scholar-athlete
  • Appeared in 31 games with one start
  • Averaged 1.8 points per game while recording a career-best 21 steals on the season
  • Scored a season-best 15 points on 5-for-5 shooting against Charlotte (Dec. 9)
  • Averaged 1.2 steals per game in the NCAA Tournament
  • Reached the NCAA Elite Eight
  • Prior to the season, was one of six Duke student-athletes to participate in the ACC's Unity Tour in Washington, D.C.

As a Sophomore (at Duke, 2022-23)

  • All-ACC Academic Team
  • Received Duke's Dr. Deryl Hart Award as the team's top scholar-athlete as well as the Glenn E. “Ted” Mann Award, given to the reserve who most contributed to team morale
  • Appeared in 32 games with two starts
  • Averaged 3.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, boasted a 2.05:1 assist-to-turnover ratio
  • Scored a career-best 17 points twice, at Wake Forest (Dec. 20) and vs. Florida State (Dec. 31)
  • Helped Duke to the second round of the NCAA Tournament
  • Prior to the season, competed for USA East Coast Basketball in the summer on an overseas tour in Barcelona, Spain with other collegiate players from the United States

As a Freshman (at Duke, 2021-22)

  • Appeared in 21 games off the bench
  • Averaged 1.0 points and 0.7 rebounds per game
  • Reached the NCAA Final Four

Before College

  • Four-star, top-100 recruit via On3 and ESPN.
  • Ranked as high as No. 74 nationally and as the top-rated player in the state of New Jersey from On3
  • Slotted at No. 89 by ESPN as the second-best player in New Jersey.
  • Originally chose Duke over a plethora of high major programs, including Stanford.
  • Averaged 18.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game as a junior at Blair Academy
  • Helped lead Blair to the Mid-Atlantic Prep League title and NJISAA Prep "A" State Championship
  • Took part in the USA Basketball Men's Junior National Team minicamp in July of 2019

Personal

  • Parents are Nikkia and Monroe Blakes
  • Has one sister, Mikayla