Jordan Bruner

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-10
Weight:
225
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Columbia, S.C.
High School:
Yale/Spring Valley HS
Prev School:
Yale

Career Highlights

First Team All-Ivy League (2020)
Academic All-Ivy Team (2020)
Yale Comeback Player of the Year (2019)
Ivy League Player of the Week (week of Feb. 22, 2020)
Ivy League Rookie of the Week (week of Jan. 9, 2016)
Fourth in Yale basketball history with 149 blocked shots
Secured the first triple-double in Yale history last season
Earned his undergraduate degree from Yale in African American Studies
Finished his career having played in 107 career games, making 81 starts while totaling 962 points, 740 rebounds, 256 assists, 171 blocks and 97 steals

Graduate (2020-21)

Played in 24 games making 23 starts
Fought through a pair of knee injuries – one to each knee – during the season which forced him to miss nine games and play the final 11 in a limited capacity
Despite battling through injuries, he managed to still pull down at least five rebounds in 11 of the 22 games he played
Led the team in blocks in 10 games and steals on six occasions – both of which ranked second-best on the squad
Collected a season-high 20 points and four assists to go along with seven rebounds and three steals in the 94-90 win at Auburn (1/9), leading the Tide to its first victory in Auburn Arena since 2015
Collected 14 points and had season highs in field goals made (5) and attempted (14) and threes made (4) and attempted (9) at Arkansas (2/24)
Scored 14 points to go along with six boards vs. Western Kentucky (12/19)
Collected eight points, six rebounds and a season-best three blocks at Tennessee (1/2)
Had nine points and six rebounds to go along with a pair of assists and blocked shots vs. Furman (12/15)
Finished with eight points, a season-high eight rebounds and four assists in the win over ETSU (12/22)

Yale (2017-20)

Appeared in 83 total games making 53 starts across his three seasons from 2016-17 through the 2019-20 campaign
Missed the 2017-18 campaign due to an injury
Scored 807 career points including 305 points during the 2019-20 season (10.9 ppg)
Had 149 total blocked shots across his three years which rank fourth-most in school history
Pulled down a total of 647 rebounds at Yale which is 10th-most in the program record books
Named First Team All-Ivy League in 2020 after averaging 10.9 points a contest and leading the conference at 9.2 rebounds per game
Ranked among the conference leaders with 1.7 blocks a game (3rd) and 3.8 assists per contest (4th)
Became the first Bulldog to ever post a triple double when he had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a victory at Cornell (week of Feb. 22, 2020), earning him Ivy League Player of the Week honors
Also connected on 32-of-99 (32.3 percent) from beyond the arc and 49-of-64 (76.6 percent) from the charity stripe
Expanded his game during league play, making 32 three-pointers (2.5 threes made per game) and shooting 90 percent (27-of-30) from the foul line
Was one of only two players to start all 30 games as a redshirt junior in 2018-19
Averaged 10.4 ppg that season and ranked second in the league in rebounding (8.3 rpg), third in blocked shots (1.5 bpg) and tied for seventh in assists (3.0 apg)\
As a freshman in 2016-17, he led the team with 55 blocks (2.2 bpg), which ranked second in the league
Appeared in 25 games off the bench that season and finished fifth in the league in field goal percentage (.513) and 11th in rebounding (5.6 rpg)

Prep Highlights

A three-time all-state and all-region selection at Spring Valley High School under head coach Perry Dozier
Ranked as a four-star prospect by Rivals and three-star according to 247Sports and ESPN.com
Was also ranked as the No. 2 player in the state of South Carolina in the Class of 2016, according to 247Sports, and No. 3 by ESPN
Selected as a South Carolina Top 5 player in each of his four years
Averaged 16 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and four blocks per game as a senior in 2016
Played for Upward Stars AAU team

Personal Information

Born Dec. 31, 1997
Son of Thomas Doyebi and Larisa Bruner
His sister, Ashley, played for the University of South Carolina (2009-13) and currently plays professionally overseas
Also has two brothers, Tyler and Tommy
Earned his undergraduate degree from Yale in African American Studies
Working towards a graduate degree in sports hospitality at Alabama