Elijah Johnson (basketball)
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 Johnson with the Kansas Jayhawks in January 2012 | |
| No. 15 – Maccabi Ashdod | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| League | Israeli Premier League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 11, 1990 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Cheyenne (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| College | Kansas (2009–2013) |
| NBA draft | 2013: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–present |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2014 | Rosa Radom |
| 2014–2015 | Panelefsiniakos |
| 2015–2016 | Pertevniyal |
| 2016 | Anadolu Efes |
| 2016 | Cibona |
| 2017 | s.Oliver Würzburg |
| 2017 | Istanbulspor Beylikduzu |
| 2017–2018 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil |
| 2018–2019 | Rethymno Cretan Kings |
| 2019–present | Maccabi Ashdod |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Elijah K. Johnson (born July 11, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Maccabi Ashdod of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball at the University of Kansas before playing professionally in Poland, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Germany and Israel.
Johnson committed to Kansas after receiving offers from Cincinnati and Connecticut. He was a bench player his first two years and played sparingly. As a junior, he was moved into the starting lineup and contributed to the national runner-up team. He had five points, two steals, and a rebound in the final 3:12 in a win against Purdue in the NCAA Tournament.[1] Johnson averaged 10.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game on the season.[2]
As a senior, Johnson averaged 9.9 points and 4.6 assists per game. Kansas went 31–6.[3] He had a career-high 39 points against Iowa State, including an emphatic dunk in the closing seconds to lift the Jayhawks to a 108–96 overtime win. After the game, Johnson received death threats.[4] In the Sweet Sixteen of the 2013 NCAA Tournament against Michigan, Johnson made a costly turnover with under a minute to go in regulation. In overtime, he was assessed a technical foul and missed the final shot in an 87–85 loss.[5]