M. J. Randolph

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M. J. Randolph
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Randolph with Florida A&M in 2021
No. 5 – UCC Demons
Position Shooting guard
League Super League
Personal information
Born (1999-11-18) November 18, 1999 (age 25)
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school Booker T. Washington
(Pensacola, Florida)
College Florida A&M (2018–2022)
NBA draft 2022 / Undrafted
Playing career 2022–present
Career history
2022–present UCC Demons
Career highlights and awards
  • Super League Player of the Year (2023)
  • Super League All-Star First Team (2023)
  • SWAC Player of the Year (2022)
  • First-team All-SWAC (2022)
  • First-team All-MEAC (2021)
  • MEAC All-Defensive Team (2021)
  • MEAC Rookie of the Year (2019)
  • MEAC All-Rookie Team (2019)

Michael Randolph Jr. (born November 18, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for UCC Demons of the Irish Super League. He played college basketball for the Florida A&M Rattlers of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

High school career

Randolph moved to Pensacola, Florida at the age of seven. He attended Booker T. Washington High School. Randolph was named Pensacola News Journal All-Area three times.[1] He hit the game-winning three-pointer in an 69–67 victory over Pensacola High School in January 2018, finishing with 27 points.[2] Randolph averaged 21.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.8 steals per game as a senior. He committed to play college basketball at Florida A&M.[3]

College career

As a freshman, Randolph averaged 7.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists.per game and was named MEAC rookie of the week six times. He averaged 13.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game as a sophomore.[1] As a junior, Randolph averaged 15.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 4.4 assists per game, earning First Team All-MEAC honors.[4] On December 17, 2021, he scored a career-high 31 points in an 80–66 loss to Santa Clara.[5] He was named SWAC player of the week five times as a senior and had two double-doubles. At the close of the regular season, Randolph was named SWAC Player of the Year.[6] He averaged 18.9 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists and two steals per game.[7]

Professional career

In December 2022, Randolph signed with UCC Demons in Ireland for the rest of the 2022–23 Super League season.[8][9] He was named the league's Player of the Month for December after averaging 34.7 points per game in three wins,[10] which included a 38-point game.[11] A 40-point game in February[12] saw him earn another Player of the Month award.[13] For the season, he averaged 30.8 points per game and was named Player of the Year[14] and All-Star First Team.[15]

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