Note #005: Juke Harris (He Got Game)
Former Wake Forest basketball player Juke Harris entered the transfer portal following his sophomore 2025-26 season with the Demon Deacons, committing to Tennessee for 2026-27.
In 2025-26, Harris averaged 21.4 PPG, 6.5 RPG, and buried 87 three-pointers.
There is only one other NCAA Division I male, since 1980-81, who averaged at least 21 PPG, 6.5 RPG, and made 80+ threes in their sophomore season:
Ray Allen (1994-95) - 21.1 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 85 threes made
Allen, however, had a considerably higher 3P% compared to Harris:
Allen: 85/191 (44.5%), Harris: 87/262 (33.2%)
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As a freshman in 2024-25, Harris appeared in 31 games averaging 6.1 PPG and 2.8 RPG in 19 minutes per game.
He made considerable leaps in PPG (+15.3) and RPG (+3.7) from his freshman to sophomore season.
The NCAA men's players to go from averaging 6.5 PPG or less their freshman year to 21 PPG or more their sophomore year (min. 30 GP both seasons) are:
1. Juke Harris (2024-25 to 2025-26) = 6.1 PPG > 21.4 PPG
2. Ben Stanley (2018-19 to 2019-20) = 4.4 PPG > 22.0 PPG
3. Grayson Allen (2014-15 to 2015-16) = 4.4 PPG > 21.4 PPG
4. Ben Bentil (2014-15 to 2015-16) = 6.4 PPG > 21.1 PPG
If we slightly increase the 6.5 PPG freshman average to 7.5 PPG or less (still min. 30 GP both seasons), 2022 NBA Draft 4th overall pick Keegan Murray enters the fold:
2020-21 to 2021-22 = 7.2 PPG > 23.5 PPG
*Just missing both of these parameter sets is David Robinson (also referenced in Note #002 on Flory Bidunga's historical efficiency), who had a similar freshman-to-sophomore leap (1983-84 to 1984-85): 7.6 PPG > 23.6 PPG (32 GP as sophomore, 28 GP as freshman).
Charles Bradley (1981-82 to 1982-83) also did: 5.0 PPG > 26.7 PPG (32 GP as sophomore, 28 GP as freshman).
He made considerable leaps in PPG (+15.3) and RPG (+3.7) from his freshman to sophomore season.
The NCAA men's players to go from averaging 6.5 PPG or less their freshman year to 21 PPG or more their sophomore year (min. 30 GP both seasons) are:
1. Juke Harris (2024-25 to 2025-26) = 6.1 PPG > 21.4 PPG
2. Ben Stanley (2018-19 to 2019-20) = 4.4 PPG > 22.0 PPG
3. Grayson Allen (2014-15 to 2015-16) = 4.4 PPG > 21.4 PPG
4. Ben Bentil (2014-15 to 2015-16) = 6.4 PPG > 21.1 PPG
If we slightly increase the 6.5 PPG freshman average to 7.5 PPG or less (still min. 30 GP both seasons), 2022 NBA Draft 4th overall pick Keegan Murray enters the fold:
2020-21 to 2021-22 = 7.2 PPG > 23.5 PPG
*Just missing both of these parameter sets is David Robinson (also referenced in Note #002 on Flory Bidunga's historical efficiency), who had a similar freshman-to-sophomore leap (1983-84 to 1984-85): 7.6 PPG > 23.6 PPG (32 GP as sophomore, 28 GP as freshman).
Charles Bradley (1981-82 to 1982-83) also did: 5.0 PPG > 26.7 PPG (32 GP as sophomore, 28 GP as freshman).
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