Dwayne Bacon

Dwayne Bacon

Dwayne Bacon being defended by Deyonta Davis at the 2015 McDonald's All-American Game
No. 4 – Florida State Seminoles
Position Shooting guard
League Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born (1995-08-30) August 30, 1995
Lakeland, Florida
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 221 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school McKeel Academy
(Lakeland, Florida)
IMG Academy
(Bradenton, Florida)
Oak Hill Academy
(Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
College Florida State (2015–present)

Dwayne Bacon, Jr. (born August 30, 1995) is an American college basketball player. He is entering his sophomore season at Florida State University.

High school career

Dwayne Bacon attended the McKeel Academy in his native Lakeland, Florida until transferring to the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for his junior season. At Mckeel Academy Bacon averaged 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals as a sophomore in 2012-2013. He led Mckeel to a 17-8 overall record and to the FHSAA championship tournament regional semifinals in 2013. In his junior season of 2013-2014 at IMG Academy Bacon was IMG’s leading scorer. In his only season at IMG he averaged 19.3 ppg and led in assist with 4.0 apg while shooting 42% from the field and 70% from the free throw line in 12 games played.[1] Bacon transferred to the Oak Hill Academy for his senior season.[2] On September 5, 2014. Dwayne Bacon committed to Florida State over offers from Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech, and Auburn.[3] In his senior year at Oak Hill, Dwayne Bacon led Oak Hill to an undefeated regular season with a record of 45-0 and averaged 24.4 points per game, 4.4 rebounds per game, 3.4 assists per game, and 2.2 steals per game. He was ranked 14th on ESPN 100.[4]

College career

Dwayne Bacon signed with Florida State on September 5, 2015. As a freshman at Florida State Bacon received the National Freshman of the week honors from CBS Sports on November 21. He was a three time ACC rookie of the week (Nov 16), Dec 21 and Dec 28). In his first career game Bacon had 23 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assist. Bacon achieved his first career double-double in Florida State’s win over Charleston Southern with 20 points and 10 rebounds.[1] He appeared in every game during the 2015-16 season for the Seminoles and averaged 15.8 points and 5.8 rebounds over 28.8 minutes per game. On March 23, Bacon announced via Twitter that he would test his draft status for the 2016 NBA Draft. He did not hire an agent and retained his amateur status and the ability to return to Florida State for the 2016-17 season.[5] However, on March 28 he announced he will return to college.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dwayne Bacon - Player Profile". Seminoles.com. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ Jordan, Jason (March 12, 2015). "Oak Hill Academy star Dwayne Bacon hasn't lost but all he wants to be is a winner". usatodayhss.com. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Payne, Terrence (September 5, 2015). "Five-star small forward Dwayne Bacon commits to Florida State". nbcsports.com. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dwayne Bacon-Recruiting-Player Profiles". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Florida State freshman Dwayne Bacon declares for NBA draft". Sports Illustrated. March 23, 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  6. ↑ http://collegebasketball.ap.org/node/856550
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