Bez Mbeng
American basketball player (born 2003)
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Bez Mbeng (born May 2, 2003) is an American basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Yale Bulldogs.
Mbeng in 2025 | |
| No. 21 – Utah Jazz | |
|---|---|
| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 2, 2003 Potomac, Maryland, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Maryland) |
| College | Yale (2021–2025) |
| NBA draft | 2025: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2025–present |
| Career history | |
| 2025–2026 | Sioux Falls Skyforce |
| 2026–present | Utah Jazz |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
High school career
Mbeng played at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School and was coached by GJ Kissal. He was named to the first team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference as a junior. Mbeng committed to play college basketball at Yale over Harvard, despite receiving several scholarship offers.[1]
College career
Mbeng came off the bench as a freshman at Yale. He averaged 10.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game as a sophomore.[2] Mbeng was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year.[3]
As a junior, he averaged 11.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 1.9 steals per game.[4] Mbeng was named to the Second Team All-Ivy League as well as repeating as defensive player of the year.[5] On February 8, 2025, he recorded the second triple-double in program history with 15 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in a 103–88 win over Cornell.[6] Mbeng was named Ivy League Player of the Year, Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year as well as First Team All-Ivy League.[7]
