Justin Jackson (2017) - Patterson Medal Winners - University of North Carolina Athletics

Justin Jackson

Induction:
2017
Class:
2017

2017— Justin Jackson: Men’s Basketball (Tomball, Texas)
Jackson joined Lennie Rosenbluth (1957) and Ty Lawson (2009) as the only Tar Heels to win ACC Player-of-the-Year honors and a national championship in the same season. The Tomball, Texas, native is second in UNC history in NCAA Tournament scoring with 239 points and third in three-pointers with 29. He is one of six UNC players to start in two national championship games and joined Rick Fox as the only Tar Heels with at least 1,600 career points, 150 three-pointers, 400 rebounds and 300 assists. He scored 1,626 points (13.8 ppg) and scored in double figures 87 times.

Jackson was a consensus first-team All-America and the ACC Player of the Year in 2017 after leading UNC in scoring at 18.3 points per game. He scored 731 points, fifth-most in a season by a Tar Heel and set the UNC single-season record with 105 three-pointers. He averaged 19.5 points in UNC’s six NCAA Tournament wins and earned All-South Regional and All-Final Four honors. Jackson scored a team-high 38 points in the Final Four wins over Oregon and Gonzaga.

Jackson became the only Tar Heel to play in 40 games in two different seasons. He helped Carolina win 92 games in three seasons, including 66 the last two years, post a 39-15 record in ACC regular-season play, win two ACC regular-season championships, the 2016 ACC Tournament, receive a No. 1 seed twice in the NCAA Tournament, play in two national championship games and go 13-2 in NCAA Tournament games.

He was a first-round pick in the 2017 NBA Draft and a member of the 2021 NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks. Became the fourth Tar Heel with James Worthy, Michael Jordan and Danny Green to win both NCAA and NBA titles.