Kenny George
George with the UNC Asheville Bulldogs in 2007
Personal information
Bornc. 1986 (age 37–38)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
Listed weight370 lb (168 kg)
Career information
High schoolLatin School of Chicago
(Chicago, Illinois)
CollegeUNC Asheville (2006–2008)
NBA draft2010: undrafted
PositionCenter
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-Big South (2008)
  • Big South Defensive Player of the Year (2008)

Kenneth George Jr. (born c. 1986)[1] is an American former college basketball player.[2] Somewhere between 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)[2][3][4] and 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m),[5][6][7] he was the tallest basketball player in the United States during the two years he played for the UNC Asheville Bulldogs,[3] and may have been the tallest player in the history of college basketball.[8]

Early life, family and education

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Kenny George is from Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 15, he had an over-active pituitary gland issue that caused him to be 6’11 by his sophomore year in High School

College career

George played for the UNC Asheville Bulldogs from 2006 to 2008.[9] He was selected as the Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year and earned second-team all-Big South honors in 2008.[4][10]

Career 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

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 UNC Asheville 23 0 10.5 .772 .000 .235 3.5 0.5 0.0 2.0 5.5
2007–08 UNC Asheville 28 0 19.8 .696 .000 .652 7.0 1.1 0.1 3.3 12.4
Career 51 0 15.2 .734 .000 .460 5.3 0.8 0.0 2.7 9.0

Personal life

In October 2008, George had his right foot partly amputated due to a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Report: Tallest College Basketball Player Loses Part of Foot to Staph Infection". Fox News. January 13, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "The photographs of Tallest Americans". Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  3. ^ a b Clemmons, Anna Katherine (2008-01-09). "7 Feet 7 and 350 Pounds, With Bigger Feet Than Shaq's". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
  4. ^ a b c "Source: UNC Asheville's George has right foot partly amputated". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  5. ^ "College hoops biggest man to miss season". United Press International. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  6. ^ Jarrett, Keith (2008-10-17). "Nation's tallest player has foot partially amputated". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  7. ^ "Report: UNC Asheville center George has partial foot amputation". The Sports Network. 2008-10-18. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  8. ^ King, Jason (2008-01-21). "Big challenges and spicy 'Lights'". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  9. ^ "Kenny George College Stats". sports-reference.com.
  10. ^ "Kenny George". uncabulldogs.com. University of North Carolina - Asheville. Retrieved November 30, 2020.

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