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Jersey Number 0
Jordan Pope
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Oakley, Calif.
- High School:
- Prolific Prep [Calif.]
- Major:
- Communication & Leadership
Returns for his second season at Texas and fourth year in college basketball ... previously played at Oregon State (2022-24) ... has played in 99 career games (95 starts) and registered career totals of 1,349 points (13.6 ppg), 243 assists (2.5 apg) and 234 rebounds (2.4 rpg) in 3,104 minutes (31.4 mpg) ... has converted 37.1-percent (186-502) from three-point range in his career ... has reached double figures in scoring 71 times, topped the 20-point mark 16 times and hit the 30-point mark three times in his career ... recorded a career-high 42 points last year against New Orleans (Dec. 19), setting the Moody Center single-game scoring record ... one of five UT student-athletes selected to participate in a meeting of the SEC Student-Athlete Leadership Council in Atlanta in July 2025 ... 2025 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll choice ... 2024 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection ... 2023 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team choice.
As a Junior in 2024-25 at Texas:
Earned a spot on the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll ... played in all 35 games (32 starts) and led the team in steals (35) while ranking third in scoring (11.0 ppg), tied for third in assists (60, 1.7 apg) and fifth in minutes (25.4 mpg) ... posted 14 points (4-9 FG, 5-5 FT) and three rebounds during the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals against No. 8/6 Tennessee (Mar. 14) ... recorded 13 points (4-9 FG, 2-4 threes, 3-4 FT) and a career-high eight rebounds in 31 minutes during the SEC Tournament Second Round win against No. 14/16 Texas A&M (Mar. 13) ... had a team-best seven points (2-3 FG, 1-1 threes, 2-2 FT) to go along with three boards and two assists in overtime against the Aggies ... tallied 14 points (4-7 FG, 5-5 FT) in 25 minutes during the SEC Tournament First Round victory against Vanderbilt (Mar. 12) ... registered a game-high 21 points (7-10 FG, 4-6 threes, 3-3 FT) and four rebounds in 26 minutes against Oklahoma (Mar. 8) ... recorded 10 points (4-9 FG, 2-5 threes), three assists and three rebounds in 36 minutes against Georgia (Mar. 1) ... posted a season-high five assists without a turnover and added two steals in 35 minutes at Arkansas (Feb. 26) ... tallied 11 points and seven rebounds in 26 minutes at Vanderbilt (Feb. 8) ... recorded a team-high 27 points (9-17 FG, 6-6 FT) and tied his career high with four steals in 36 minutes in the win at Oklahoma (Jan. 15) ... had 19 of his 27 points while playing all 20 minutes in the second half, as he converted 6-of-11 FG and 6-of-6 FT ... beginning at the 7:18 mark of the second half and Texas holding a 56-53 lead, he scored 13 consecutive points for the Longhorns over a stretch of 2:59 to help to victory ... registered 17 points (7-14 FG) in 32 minutes against No. 1/1 Tennessee (Jan. 11) ... posted 19 points (collegiate career-high 11-11 FT) and three steals in 29 minutes against No. 2/2 Auburn (Jan. 7) ... registered 17 points (4-8 FG, 9-9 FT) in 12:57 of action in the second half ... recorded 12 points (4-9 FG, 3-6 threes) and two assists in 27 minutes at No. 13/12 Texas A&M (Jan. 4) ... tallied 11 points (3-8 threes) in 28 minutes against Northwesern State (Dec. 29) ... registered a career-high 42 points while (15-21 FG, 8-of-12 threes, 4-of-5 FT) in 33 minutes against New Orleans (Dec. 19) ... set the single-game scoring record in Moody Center with his 42 points (previous: 41 by Texas’ Marcus Carr vs. Texas A&M-Commerce on Dec. 27, 2022) ... the 42 points are tied for the seventh most by a Texas player in program history and the most scored since Reggie Freeman had 43 points in a home win against Fresno State on Dec. 14, 1996 ... the 42 points are the fourth most in a home game by a Texas player in program history ... his eight 3-pointers were two shy of the UT program record (10, shared by Marcus Carr in 2022 and Al Coleman in 1997) ... in the second half, Pope recorded 27 points (9-12 FG, 6-8 threes, 3-3 FT) in 18:39 of game action ... his six 3-pointers in the second half tied for the second most in a half in program history ... claimed SEC Co-Player of the Week honors (Dec. 23) ... posted 17 points (6-8 FG, 5-6 threes), a career-high four steals, four assists without a turnover and three rebounds in 21 minutes against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Dec. 15) ... registered 10 points (5-10 FG), two assists and one steal in 22 minutes against New Mexico State (Dec. 12) ... tallied 13 points (5-9 FG, 3-5 threes), three boards and two assists in 32 minutes at NC State (Dec. 4) ... recorded 10 points (2-4 threes, 2-2 FT) and two assists in 27 minutes against Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 16) ... with his made free throw at the 3:57 mark of the second half, he reached the 1,000-point mark in his collegiate career.
As a Sophomore in 2023-24 at Oregon State:
All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection ... started all 32 games ... led the team in scoring (17.6 ppg), assists (109, 3.4 apg) and minutes (35.7 mpg) ... converted 45.1-percent (201-446) from the floor, including a 37.1-percent (66-178) mark from three-point range, and 87.9-percent (94-107) from the free throw line ... finished the season as the fourth-highest scoring sophomore in Oregon State program history with 562 points ... reached double figures in scoring in 31 of 32 contests, including twelve 20-point performances and a pair of 30-point efforts ... named the ESPN and Naismith National Player of the Week and Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 29) for his efforts during the wins over Arizona (Jan. 25) and Arizona State (Jan. 27) ... averaged 25.0 ppg and 5.5 apg while hitting 60.7-percent from the floor in those two contests ... had 31 points and knocked down the game-winning three-pointer as time expired in the 83-80 victory over No. 9 Arizona ... also recorded 30 points at Stanford (Feb. 24).
As a Freshman in 2022-23 at Oregon State:
2023 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team selection ... played in all 32 games (31 starts) ... led the team in scoring (12.6 ppg), assists (74, 2.3 apg) and minutes (33.6 mpg) ... converted 42.3-percent (141-333) from the floor, including a 37.7-percent (60-159) mark from three-point range, and 83.6-percent (61-73) from the free throw line ... set the school freshman record for three-point field goals made (60) and tied the Oregon State freshman scoring record (403 points) ... also posted the third-highest total of minutes played (1,074) by a freshman in school history ... led all Pac-12 freshmen in total points and ranked second in total assists ... three-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week choice ... reached double figures in scoring in 23 of his 32 games ... tallied a season-high 23 points (6-10 FG, 10-10 FT) in 37 minutes against Portland State (Nov. 27) ... also recorded 19 points against Colorado (Jan. 28), 19 at California (Jan. 22), 15 at Texas A&M (Dec. 11) and 14 against Duke (Nov. 24).
High School:
Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.) ... three-year letterwinner ... became the third all-time leading scorer in program history in just three seasons ... averaged 17.8 ppg and was selected to the All-Grind Session First Team and named the Under-the-Radar Player of the Year as a senior ... served as the team’s sixth man as a junior and averaged 12.9 ppg ... in his sophomore season, he averaged 15.3 ppg and helped lead Prolific Prep to a Grind Session championship ... attended Freedom High School (Oakley, Calif.) as a freshman in 2018-19 ... became the first freshman in program history to earn first-team all-league honors after averaging 20.7 ppg.
Personal:
Born in Oakland, Calif. ... son of Rodney Sr. and Chantay Pope ... Chantay passed four days prior to Jordan’s fourth birthday from breast cancer ... has a step-mother, Kelly Quinn ... has two older brothers, Rodney Jr. and Donovan, and two younger sisters, Xiomora (pronounced: CEE-oh-more-uh) and Jayden ... both Rodney Sr. and Donovan played basketball at Los Medanos College (Pittsburg, Calif.) ... Rodney Jr. played basketball at Dillard University (New Orleans, La.) ... began wearing jersey No. 0 in the seventh grade ... majoring in Communication & Leadership.
