Jeremy Combs (born November 24, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Tokushima Gambarous of the B.League. He played college basketball for Texas Southern University, where was named the 2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
College career
After a high school career at David W. Carter High School in Dallas, Combs committed to North Texas Mean Green men's basketball, where he played for coach Tony Benford. In three seasons for the Mean Green, Combs averaged 12 points and 8.2 rebounds for the team and as a sophomore was named second-team All-Conference USA. At the close of Combs' three seasons at North Texas, Benford was fired and subsequently hired as an assistant at Louisiana State University (LSU). Combs was eligible as a graduate transfer and followed Benford to Baton Rouge.
In his lone season at LSU, Combs was limited to six games as he struggled with the lingering effects of his ankle injury suffered at North Texas. Following the season, he and LSU parted ways, but he was granted a fifth year of eligibility and transferred to Texas Southern to complete it. Combs made the most of his extra year, averaging 17 points and 9 rebounds per game and earning Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Player of the Year honors.
Professional career
For the 2019–20 season, Combs joined the Köping Stars of the Swedish Basketligan. He had a season-high 30 points in January and was named the league's Center of the Year. In 32 games, he led the team in points (19.1), rebounds (7.9) and steals (1.7) and averaged a team-high 30 minutes per game.
For the 2020–21 season, Combs moved to Israel to play for Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim. In 30 games, he averaged 20.4 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game. He returned to Hapoel Ramat Gan for the 2021–22 season but left in mid December 2021. In 10 games, he averaged 14.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
In January 2022, Combs joined Maccabi Hod HaSharon for the rest of the season. In 18 games, he averaged 15.2 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game.
Combs joined the Saigon Heat for the 2023 ABL season. He helped the team reach the final and averaged 15.9 points, 9.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.6 steals in 19 games.
On March 30, 2023, Combs signed with the Rockingham Flames of the NBL1 West for the 2023 season. He was named to the NBL1 National Finals All-Star Five.
On July 19, 2023, Combs signed with Tokushima Gambarous of the B.League.
References
External links
Texas Southern Tigers bio
LSU Tigers bio
North Texas Mean Green bio
College stats @ basketball-reference.com
1995 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Australia
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in Sweden
American expatriate basketball people in Vietnam
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Dallas
LSU Tigers men's basketball players
North Texas Mean Green men's basketball players
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