Jaylen Forbes
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| No. 25 – Nelson Giants | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | National Basketball League | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | December 15, 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Florence (Florence, Mississippi) | ||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2024: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2025–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2025–present | Nelson Giants | ||||||||||||||
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Jaylen Forbes (born December 15, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Nelson Giants of the National Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Tulane Green Wave.
Forbes attended Florence High School in Florence, Mississippi. As a junior, he averaged 28.4 points and 12.0 rebounds per game and earned all-state honors. Forbes averaged 23.0 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game as a senior and earned first team all-state honors by both the Clarion Ledger and USA Today.[1] Regarded as a four-star prospect, he committed to play college basketball at Alabama over offers from UAB and Murray State.[2]
College career
Forbes averaged 2.7 points and 2.1 rebounds per game as a freshman at Alabama. Following the season he transferred to Tulane.[1] On February 26, 2021, Forbes scored a career-high 37 points in a 91-71 loss to Cincinnati.[3] As a sophomore, he averaged 16.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. Forbes was named to the Third Team All-American Athletic Conference as well as NABC Division I All-District Second Team.[4] He averaged 15.5 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a junior and was named to the Second Team All-AAC.[5] As a senior, Forbes averaged 18.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game en route to Second Team All-AAC honors. Alongside teammate Kevin Cross Jr., he declared for the 2023 NBA draft before withdrawing and returning to Tulane.[6] In his final season, Forbes averaged 14.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.[7]
Professional career
On March 2, 2025, Forbes signed with the Nelson Giants of the National Basketball League.[8]