#23 JARRON CUMBERLAND

POSITION: Guard

HEIGHT: 6-5 (195 cm)

WEIGHT:  218 lbs (99 kg) 

BIRTHDATE: September 22, 1997 (Wilmington, Ohio)

HIGH SCHOOL: Wilmington

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE:  Cincinnati '19

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HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent in July 2025

YEARS PRO: 5

BIO

PROFESSIONAL CAREER


2024-25: Averaged 15.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists in 28.5 minutes over 38 games with the Delaware Blue Coats in the NBA G League … Scored a season-high 38 points in 34.5 minutes on February 24, 2025 against the Grand Rapids Gold ... Logged a season-high 13 rebounds alongside 19 points in 37 minutes on February 20, 2025 against the Westchester Knicks.


2024: Averaged 3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1 assist in 17.2 minutes over 3 games with the Petro de Luanda of the Unitel Basket. 


2023-24:  Averaged 8.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 24.2 minutes over 35 games with the Delaware Blue Coats in the NBA G League … Scored a season-high 20 points, 8 rebounds and 8 steals in 37 minutes on February 25, 2024 against the Motor City Cruise.


2022-23: Averaged 21.2  points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 33.7 minutes over 21 games with the Caballeros de Culiacan in the Mexican CIBACOPA … Scored a season-high 43 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in 44 minutes on May 26, 2023 against the Pioneros de Los Mochis. Logged a season-high 8 steals alongside 28 points and 8 rebounds in 36 minutes on May 13, 2023 against the Venados de Mazatlan.


2021-22:  Averaged 9.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 22.6 minutes over 22 games with the Delaware Blue Coats in the NBA G League… Scored a season-high 21 points and 6 assists in 35 minutes on January 22, 2022 against the Greensboro Swarm. On December 25, 2021, Cumberland signed a 10-day contract with the Portland Trail Blazers...appeared in three games, scoring two points and collecting three rebounds during his stint.


2021: On February 26, 2021, Cumberland was traded to the Raptors 905 in the NBA G League. Averaged 4.5 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 21.8 minutes over 4 games.


2020-2021: Averaged 0 points, .8 rebounds and .3 assists in 4.6 minutes over 4 games with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the NBA G League.


 

UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE CAREER

 

2019-20 Season (Senior): Started all 27 games played, averaging 15.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.9 assists in 32.5 minutes … named First Team All-AAC … selected to AAC Weekly Honor Roll three times (1/20, 1/27, 2/3) … ranked among AAC leaders in assists (second at 6.1), scoring (fourth at 16.8), assist-to-turnover ratio (seventh at 1.5), minutes played (eighth at 34.9), blocks (10th at 0.9), free throw percentage (10th at .787) and field goal percentage (14th at .402) in league games only … averaged a team-best 17.8 points and 6.3 assists over the final 13 games of the season … scored a season-high 28 points on 9-of-13 shooting with four 3-pointers and a season-best nine rebounds against SMU (1/28) … posted a game-high 24 points, including the game-deciding three-point play with 3.5 seconds left at Wichita State (2/6) … produced 24 points, including a career-high 16 free throws on an AAC-record 22 free throw attempts against Wichita State (2/23) … handed out a career-high 10 assists at UConn (2/9) … scored in double figures in 23 games … led UC in scoring in 12 contests … led UC in assists 18 times. 

2018-19 Season (Junior): Started all 35 games, averaging 18.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.1 steals in 32.5 minutes … named Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America, American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, the American Championship Tournament Most Outstanding Player and a unanimous first-team all-conference selection … earned NABC All-District 25 First Team honors … named one of 10 candidates to the 2019 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Watch List, selected to the Citizen Naismith Midseason Team and the Lute Olson Midseason Watch List … named the 2018 Emerald Coast Classic Tournament Most Valuable Player … recognized by The American nine times for weekly awards (AAC Player of the Week [five weeks] and AAC Weekly Honor Roll [four weeks]) … set an AAC Tournament championship game record, scoring 33 points on 11-of-24 shooting with eight rebounds against No. 11 Houston (3/17) … earned AAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player accolades, averaging 23.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists during the three-game event… scored 657 points during 2018-19, the 10th most points scored in a season in school history and the most since Sean Kilpatrick (701 points in 2013-14) … became the 53rd member of Cincinnati’s 1,000-point club, finishing the season 20th on the list with 1,363 career points … ranked among the league leaders in eight categories: points (third at 18.8), three-point field goal percentage (seventh at .388), three-point field goals made (seventh at 2.3), free throw percentage (10th at .773), assists (11th at 3.6), assist-to-turnover ratio (13th at 1.3), minutes played (14th at 32.5) and steals (15th at 1.1) … scored a career-high 34 points on 9-of-20 shooting, going 14 of 15 from the free throw line with four steals against USF (1/15) … scored a game-high 27 points, tying a career-high with six 3-pointers to go with six rebounds and a game-high five assists against Wichita State (2/17) ... named the Emerald Coast Classic Tournament MVP and AAC Player of the Week after scoring a game-high 25 points against Ole Miss (11/24) in the event’s championship game ... scored 20 or more points 17 times, most 20-points games in a season since Sean Kilpatrick (19 in 2013-14) … hit 80 3-pointers, most in a season since Sean Kilpatrick (93 in 2013-14) … scored in double figures in 33 of 35 games, leading the Bearcats in scoring 22 times.

2017-18 Season (Sophomore): Started all 36 games, averaging 11.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.0 steals in 28.9 minutes … named to The American’s Weekly Honor Roll three times (11/20, 1/2, 1/15) … ranked second on the team, averaging 14.0 points during five postseason games … registered his first collegiate double-double, scoring a career-high 27 points on 8-of-17 shooting with four 3-pointers to go with a career-high 11 rebounds against Georgia State (3/16). It marked the most points scored by a Bearcat in an NCAA Tournament game during the Mick Cronin coaching era (since 2006-07) … finished the season ranked 24th in the league in scoring (11.5) … ranked among the league leaders during conference play in assists (12th at 2.9), free throw percentage (15th at .736) and scoring (26th at 11.4) … tied teammate Jacob Evans III with a team-high 60 3-pointers … made as many as four 3-pointers in six games … scored 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting with four threes against Western Carolina (11/13) … tallied 19 points with nine rebounds against Coppin State (11/16) … scored 18 points with four threes and five assists against Memphis (3/10) in the semifinals of the American Championship … handed out a season-high eight assists twice (Tulsa [2/25] and SMU [3/9]) … scored in double figures in 22 games … made at least one three-pointer in 28 of 36 games, including 15 of 18 conference contests. 

2016-17 Season (Freshman): Played in 35 games as a reserve, averaging 8.3 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steals in 19.1 minutes … named to The American's All-Rookie Team and selected as The American's Co-Sixth Man of the Year with SMU's Ben Emelogu … named league's player of the week after a pair of strong performances: scoring a season-high 26 points on 8-of-11 shooting with a season-best six 3-pointers against USF (1/29) and tallying 15 points, including 13 in the second half, against No. 24 Xavier (1/26) … named league's player of the week three times … netted 19 points with a trio of threes against Tulane (1/1) … tallied 17 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field and 8-of-10 shooting from the foul line against Lipscomb (11/26) … shot 52.6 percent (22 of 42) from the field while averaging 11.6 points in five postseason games … scored in double figures in 14 games … led the team in scoring in six games