2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 2
Jaylen Lawal
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
- High School:
- ISchool of Lewisville
CAREER NOTES: Completed his first season at Tulsa
2025-26 (Freshman) Appeared in 38 games
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
2025-26 (Freshman) Appeared in 38 games
- Scored 279 points, ninth most by a freshman in program history
- 43 made three-pointers are third most by a TU freshman
- 3-time American Conference Freshman of the Week
- Finished the season averaging 7.3 points per game
- Scored in double figures nine times
- Recorded first collegiate 20-point game against Arkansas Pine Bluff
- Exploded for 25 points on 9-of-12 shooting while going 5-for-6 from three against Rice
- Recorded 17 points at Rice
- Scored 24 points on 7-of-12 shooting and went 7-for-9 from the free throw line in 21 minutes against SFA
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played final two seasons of prep ball at iSchool of Lewisville, freshman and sophomore seasons at Plano West High School.
- A 3-Star recruit (247Sports and On3)
- Ranked Top-50 in combo guards and recruits out of Texas (247Sports)
- On3 ranked him the 139th best point recruit in the nation, 17th at point guard and the No. 11 recruit from Texas
- Lettered and started all four years
- Recorded more than 1,500 points, 400 rebounds and 350 assists
- Averaged 16.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists as a senior
- As a junior, averaged 18.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists
- Played summer basketball with Team Trae Young
- Was invited to Donovan Mitchell’s 2024 SPIDA Elite Camp, averaging 12.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.3 steals
PERSONAL
- From Plano, Texas
- The son of Abdullah and Candace Lawal, an IT recruiter and hospital accountant.
- He has a younger sibling, Kyleah
- Not the first in his family to play collegiate ball ... His father, Abdullah, played basketball at Wyoming and Southwestern Oklahoma State
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