Julius Jenkins (born February 10, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Georgia Southern University before playing professionally in Germany, Belgium and Montenegro.
College career Jenkins played at Georgia Southern University for four seasons from 1999 to 2003. As a senior, he averaged 21.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.1 steals per game in 27 games while shooting .455 from the field, .418 from three-point range, and .718 from the free-throw line. He finished his collegiate career as Georgia Southern's all-time leading scorer, with 1,870 points. For his senior year performance, Jenkins earned All-Southern Conference honors from both the coaches and media, and was named to the SoCon All-Tournament Second Team. He later went undrafted in the 2003 NBA draft.
Professional career He signed a contract extension with ALBA through the 2010–2011 season after being named the German League's MVP in 2008. Jenkins fliegt bis 2011 für Alba, Bild, October 16, 2008. (German)
Before joining ALBA Berlin, Jenkins played professionally for RCE Nürnberg, also in Germany, and Euphony Bree in Belgium.
In July 2011 he signed a two-year deal with Brose Baskets in Germany.Brose Baskets lands Jenkins After only one year in Bamberg the club decided to cut him.
In July 2012, he sign a two-year deal with the EWE Baskets Oldenburg in Germany.EWE Baskets Oldenburg land Julius Jenkins In July 2014, he re–signed with Oldenburg.EWE Oldenburg re-signs Jenkins
On December 19, 2015, he signed with the Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgorica for the rest of the season.Buducnost announces Julius Jenkins
On August 23, 2016, he signed with German club Science City Jena.Science City Jena lands Julius Jenkins On March 6, 2017, he re-signed with Jena for one more season.Science City extend with Julius Jenkins
References
External links Euroleague.net profile FIBA.com profile