Jaylen Clark is a 4-star recruit, an American basketball player who plays as a guard for the UCLA Bruins basketball team. Born on October 13, 2001, Jaylen Clark is currently 21 years old. He was born in Riverside, California. He has declared for the NBA draft of 2023.
Clark is considered to have great potential in the upcoming NBA draft. He is expected to be a second-round pick. With his experience and great scoring and defensive prowess, he offers teams in the NBA with an opportunity to add a two-way guard to their rosters. Clark is mainly known for his defensive efforts in the game, for which he received the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year award. He is also known to be very explosive and agile and can also shoot well.
Although he may be amongst the oldest in his draft class, Clark is sure to be astral for any NBA team.
Jaylen Clark’s High School
Jaylen Clark attended Centennial High School for three years and then transferred to Etiwanda High for his senior year of high school. At Centennial, Clark played under head coach Josh Giles. He was ranked as the number 67th player in his high school class by rivals.com. He also won All-CIF Sothern Section Open Division honours in both, his junior and senior years.
It was at Etiwanda High that Clark developed into the two-way player he is by working on his defense under coach David Kleckner who is known to be a specialist in defense. At Etiwanda, Clark averaged 18.5 points, 2.7 assists, 6.4 rebounds and just over 2 steals per game.
After completing his high school education, Jaylen Clark emerged as a 4-star recruit who received many offers from different colleges.
FAQs
A Jaylen Clark’s career in Etiwanda was nothing short of excellent. His numbers from his career at Etiwanda were 18.5 points, 2.7 assists, 6.4 rebounds and just over 2 steals per game.
A. Jaylen Clark has announced that he will not return to UCLA for the 2023-2024 season. Instead, he has declared for the upcoming NBA draft and is expected to be a second-round pick.
A. UCLA saw a great number of its players declare for the 2023 NBA draft. These include Jaylen Clark, Adem Bona, David Singleton, Tyger Campbell, Jaime Jaquez Jr., and Amari Bailey.
