Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball at Baylor on October 10, 2025 at 2 p.m. (MST)
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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 21
JaKobe Coles
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-8 / 230
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Denton, Texas
- High School:
- Guyer HS
- Prev School:
- Butler / TCU
Bio
| Read | Coles brings winning ways, versatile skills to GCU Watch | |
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Grand Canyon |
2024-25 | Senior
- Made significant impact in lone GCU season, earning first-team All-WAC honors and being named the WAC Tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
- Led GCU with 491 points, the No. 7 mark of the program's D-I era. His 185 made field goals rank fifth in GCU's D-I era.
- Set career highs in points (14.4), minutes (28.4), rebounds (5.7), assists (2.1), steals (1.1) and blocks (0.9).
- Ranked third in the WAC in shooting percentage (51.5%), sixth in scoring (14.4), ninth in free-throw percentage (77.0%), ninth in blocks per game (0.9) and 10th in rebounding (5.7).
- Played and started in all 34 games.
- Scored 24, 22 and 13 points on 55.6% shooting in GCU's WAC Tournament Championship run to win MVP. The tournament concluded a run of 17 consecutive games in double figures.
- Joined the 1,000-point club for his college career in a Jan. 23 win at Southern Utah.
- Had four double-doubles: Nov. 4 vs. Cal State Fullerton, Nov. 9 vs. Western Kentucky, Dec. 28 vs. San Diego and March 1 at Seattle U.
- Scored in double figures in 29 games and led the team in 13 games.
- Earned Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week, WAC Player of the Week and Newcomer of the Week for the season's first week after 26- and 16-point efforts, both double-doubles.
- Announced arrival with a 26-point effort in the season opener against Cal State Fullerton on Nov. 4. Also grabbed 13 boards for his first career double-double. It was the second-highest scoring effort in a GCU D-I season opener (behind 2024 Tyon Grant-Foster's 30 points).
- Posted a career-high six assists to go along with 17 points in a nationally televised win over Seattle U on Jan. 30.
- Made a career-high eight free throws in a Jan. 18 win over Tarleton State.
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TCU |
Fort Worth, Texas |
2023-24 | Junior
- Played in 31 of 34 games and made 11 starts.
- Shot a team-best 42.2% from 3-point range. Made multiple 3s in a game six times, including a career-high four against Alcorn on Nov. 21 on five attempts and scored 20 points.
- Led the team in scoring five times. Had 14 games of 10 or more points, including two with 20 or more.
- Averaged 10.0 points and 3.8 rebounds.
- Scored a season-high 21 points against Omaha on Nov. 9. in 21 minutes and made his first seven shot attempts.
- Made a season-best eight field goals on 12 attempts at Georgetown on Dec. 2.
- Played in all 35 games.
- Averaged 8.6 points and 4.0 rebounds.
- Had 12 games of double-figure scoring after having three in the two seasons prior.
- Had a season-high 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, and three blocks against Jackson State on Dec. 6.
- Went 6 of 6 from the free throw line in the final 2:08 to seal a 75-71 win at Utah on Dec. 21.
- Knocked down a pair of free throws with 4.3 seconds to play to give TCU the 83-82 win at Texas Tech on Feb. 25.
- Hit the game-winning shot with 1.5 seconds remaining in a 72-70 win over Arizona State on March 17.
- Played in all 34 games.
- Averaged 2.7 points and 1.9 rebounds in 8.6 minutes.
- Scored a season-high 12 points against Grambling on Dec. 21.
- Scored seven points against West Virginia on Feb. 21, his most against a Big 12 team.
- Had 10 points and a career-high seven rebounds against Utah on Dec. 8.
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Butler |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
2020-21 | Freshman
- Sustained a knee injury during practice on Jan. 1 and missed the remainder of the season.
- Played in the first six games of the season, starting the Dec. 16 game at Villanova.
- Averaged 6.3 points and 3.3 rebounds in 17.6 minutes.
- Shot 63.6% (14 of 22) from the field.
- Scored in double figures twice (10 points vs. Indiana on Dec. 19 and a team-leading 14 points in a win over Providence on Dec. 23).
- Had a season-high five rebounds in his Butler debut on Nov. 25 vs. Western Michigan.
Guyer HS |
Denton, Texas |
- Led Guyer to a 27-5 record as a senior, earning Texas All-State third-team honors.
- Averaged 17.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists during his senior campaign.
- As a junior, helped Guyer to a No. 1 ranking in the state and 34th in the national poll.
- Averaged 15.1 points and 8.1 rebounds per game as a junior.
- Scored 23 points to go along with 19 rebounds and six blocks for Guyer in an 89-86 overtime victory over Allen in a match-up of teams ranked first and second in the state of Texas during his junior season.
- In 2019 Nike EYBL play, Coles averaged 13.8 points and 7.4 rebounds as his Texas Titans were 17-2.
- Rated as the No. 134 player in the Class of 2020 by Rivals. ESPN ranked him as a Top 35 power forward in the Class of 2020. Four-star recruit according to Rivals, while both ESPN and 247Sports pegged him at three stars.
Personal |
- Parents are Jerome and Dawn.
- Older brother, Jarek, played basketball at Bellarmine.
- Father, Jerome, played basketball at Norfolk State and played professionally in the CBA.
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