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Lajae Jones
- Position:
- Guard
- Year:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-7
- Hometown:
- Neptune Beach
- Weight:
- 220
- High School:
- Fletcher
- Other College:
- St. Bonaventure
Bio
ON JONES
The second official commitment to Luke Locks and his Florida State staff…entered the NCAA transfer portal on March 24, 2025 and committed to Florida State on March 31, 2025…has one year of eligibility remaining as he plays the 2025-26 season under Loucks and his staff at Florida State…In 2024 Jones was named as a Second-Team All-American and led Barton Community College to the NJCAA National Championship in his only season at the Kansas -based school…played at Barton – the same school his father, Jackie, stared at, during his illustrious college career…his father was enshrined in the Barton Community College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2024 – the same year LaJae led Baton to the national championship in basketball…an exceptional athlete who is very versatile…has a natural ability to score the basketball, is a tenacious defender, and has the ability to stretch the floor giving his strong abilities at all three levels…a naturel lefthander with a disruptive wing span…a talented passer with an incredible ability to find his teammates for easy buckets on the offensive end of the court…the most important part of his high basketball IQ is said to be in his shot selection…his passing ability leads to extra passes, which in, turn leads to easier baskets for his teammates and more points for his team…displayed his athletic ability as a wide receiver on the Fletcher High School football team.
AS A JUNIOR (2025) (AT ST. BONAVENTURE)
Averaged 10.8 points (fifth on the team), 5.8 rebounds (second), 1.5 steals (second), and 0.8 blocked shots per game (second) while shooting .458 percent from the field. .389 percent from the 3-point line and .800 percent from the free throw line…a starter on St. Bonaventure’s NIT team in 2025…started a career-high 33 games including each of the final 32 games of the season…in the starting lineup for St. Bonaventure in each game from November 13 against Florida Gulf Coast through the Bonnies final game of the season against Kent State in the NIT…averaged a near double-double of 14.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in two games during the Atlantic 10 tournament in Washington, D.C. as the Bonnies defeated Duquesne before falling to VCU in the quarterfinals of the tournament…averaged in double figures in 18 Atlantic 10 games…scored in double-figures in 20 of his 32 appearances with his career-high coming against La Salle (Jan. 11) and against Duquesne (Feb. 22)…totaled 23 or more points in three games: 24 against La Salle (Jan. 11), 24 against Duquesne (Feb. 22), and 23 against Dayton (Jan. 28)…totaled two double-doubles with 16 points and 10 rebounds at Fordham (Jan. 4) and 10 points and 10 rebounds in the Atlantic 10 Tournament against VCU (March 14)…career-high of 12 rebounds at Davidson included a career-high six offensive and six defensive rebounds (March 8)…double figure rebounds came against three opponents: 12 at Davidson, 10 at Fordham (Jan. 10), and 10 against VCU in the Atlantic 10 Tournament (March 14)…his career-high with five steals against Duquesne (Feb. 22) and totaled 12 steals in a three-game stretch against Duquesne (five steals), at St. Joe’s (four steals), and against UMass (three steals)…averaged 4.0 steals during the three game run of games…totaled at least one blocked shot in 18 different games…his career-high of three blocked shots came at Bucknell (Dec. 4) and against UMass (Feb. 5)…named as the St. Bonaventure Player of the Game in the Bonnies victory over Niagara with 16 points and 8 rebounds (Dec. 21)..chose St. Bonaventure over Memphis, Oral Roberts, and Stephen F. Austin.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2024) (AT BARTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
Averaged 15.4 points (first on the team) and 9.2 rebounds (first) while shooting .540 from the field (first) and .747 from the free throw line (sixth) in his one season at Barton Community College in Great Bend, Ks…led Barton to a 34-3 record – a record that included a 27-game winning streak – as he led the Cougars to the national junior college championship…earned All-American Second-Team honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association in 2024…a double-double of 14 points and 13 rebounds for Barton in its national championship victory over Triton College (March 30)…the NJCAA Championship was the first in the history of the program…also named to the Region VI/KJCCC (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) First Team…earned KJCCC Player of the Week honors four times and NJCAA National Player of the Week honors once…the leading scorer Barton (Ks.) Community College with a near double-double scoring and rebounding…named as the Most Valuable Player of the NJCAA Division I Tournament (winning the William French Most Valuable Player Award), named to the to the NJCAA Division I All-Tournament team and earned All-American Second Team honors…named as the MVP of the NJCAA National Championship tournament in leading Barton the junior college national championship…totaled a double-double of 14 points in leading Barton over Triton College for the junior college national championship in Hutchinson, Ks…the Cougars’ victory over Triton in the NJCAA national championship game was their 27th consecutive victory in a steak that began on December 2, 2023 with a 65-61 win at Butler Community College and ran through their 88-73 win over Triton for the title…considered to be the top transfer from the junior college ranks following his one season at Barton…chose St. Bonaventure over Memphis, Colorado State, and USF…was as the No. 7 ranked junior college player in 2024 as he chose to transfer to junior college…played in and started all 37 games for the Cougars…averaged 26.7 minutes played per game...scored in double figures in 32 of 37 games and totaled team-high 571 total points…totaled a team-high 342 rebounds and totaled double figure rebounds in a team high 17 games…totaled a team-high 15 double-doubles including double-doubles of 25 points and 15 rebounds against Cloud Community College (Nov. 26, 2023), 23 points and 15 rebounds against Coffeyville Community College (Feb. 17, 2024) and 26 points and 17 rebounds against Dodge City Community College (Feb. 28, 2024)…his junior college career-high of 30 points came in his debut Barton debut as he made 12 of 17 field goals including six of seven 3-point field goals in the Cougars’ 93-58 season-opening victory over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College…Scored 20 or more points in a team-leading eight different games…Scored 30 points against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, 26 against Dodge City Community College (Feb 28, 2024), 25 at Cloud Community College (Nov. 26, 2023), 25 against Indian Hills Community College (March 28, 2024), 23 against Independence Community College (Nov. 18, 2023), 23 against Coffeyville Community College (Feb. 17, 2023), 23 against Butler Community College (March 15, 2024) and 21 against McPherson College (Nov. 6)…ranked 10th in NJCAA Region VI in scoring with his 15.4 points per game scoring average.
AS A FRESHMAN (2023) (AT TARLETON STATE)
Averaged 3.6 points (11th on the team) and 1.4 rebounds (10th) while shooting .571 from the field (first) in 10 games played during his first collegiate season…averaged 6.1 minutes played per game…totaled his season-high of 13 points in his first career game against Kansas Christian (Nov. 10)…was six of eight from the field and made his only free throw against the Falcons…scored nine points on four of six shooting from the field and pulled down his season-high of five rebounds in a 110-45 victory by Tarleton State over Southwestern Assemblies of God (Feb. 28)…five points and two blocked shots came against Wiley University (Dec. 3) and four blocked shots came at Seattle (Jan. 19).
BEFORE FLORIDA STATE
Graduated from Fletcher High School in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. in 2022…voted by his teammates as the team captain during both his junior and senior seasons…earned All-State First-Team honors All-First Coast honors during his senior season…named as the District Player of the Year as a senior and earned All-conference honors as a junior and senior…played four years on the Fletcher varsity…averaged 20.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game through his senior season…totaled 1,426 points, 594 rebounds, 197 assists, 176 steals and 165 blocks in his high school career…became the first player from Fletcher High to sign for a Division I men’s basketball program directly out of high school since 1997...voted team captain in junior and senior seasons.
PERSONAL
Born: May 21, 2004…LaJae is the son of Nava Heral and Jackie Jones…his dad also played a Barton and earned All-American Second-Team honors during the 1989 season…his father, Jackie, finished his Barton career one of the most prolific players in Cougar history…he averaged a double-double points and rebounds in helping the team to a then program record wins including the program's highest ever ranking at the time…he moved onto the University of Oklahoma where he is still in the Sooner record book for blocks during his Big Eight Newcomer of the Year one season at Oklahoma…averaged 15.0 points and 7.0 rebounds during his one season at Oklahoma…his dad played at the University of Oklahoma and with the Rapid City Thrillers of the CBA…was a first round draft choice of the Thrillers in 1991…was a member of the Dallas Mavericks’ roster prior to the start of the 1991 NBA season…from a basketball playing family, LaJae began playing the game when his father handed him a basketball the day after he was born…major is social science.
The second official commitment to Luke Locks and his Florida State staff…entered the NCAA transfer portal on March 24, 2025 and committed to Florida State on March 31, 2025…has one year of eligibility remaining as he plays the 2025-26 season under Loucks and his staff at Florida State…In 2024 Jones was named as a Second-Team All-American and led Barton Community College to the NJCAA National Championship in his only season at the Kansas -based school…played at Barton – the same school his father, Jackie, stared at, during his illustrious college career…his father was enshrined in the Barton Community College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2024 – the same year LaJae led Baton to the national championship in basketball…an exceptional athlete who is very versatile…has a natural ability to score the basketball, is a tenacious defender, and has the ability to stretch the floor giving his strong abilities at all three levels…a naturel lefthander with a disruptive wing span…a talented passer with an incredible ability to find his teammates for easy buckets on the offensive end of the court…the most important part of his high basketball IQ is said to be in his shot selection…his passing ability leads to extra passes, which in, turn leads to easier baskets for his teammates and more points for his team…displayed his athletic ability as a wide receiver on the Fletcher High School football team.
AS A JUNIOR (2025) (AT ST. BONAVENTURE)
Averaged 10.8 points (fifth on the team), 5.8 rebounds (second), 1.5 steals (second), and 0.8 blocked shots per game (second) while shooting .458 percent from the field. .389 percent from the 3-point line and .800 percent from the free throw line…a starter on St. Bonaventure’s NIT team in 2025…started a career-high 33 games including each of the final 32 games of the season…in the starting lineup for St. Bonaventure in each game from November 13 against Florida Gulf Coast through the Bonnies final game of the season against Kent State in the NIT…averaged a near double-double of 14.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in two games during the Atlantic 10 tournament in Washington, D.C. as the Bonnies defeated Duquesne before falling to VCU in the quarterfinals of the tournament…averaged in double figures in 18 Atlantic 10 games…scored in double-figures in 20 of his 32 appearances with his career-high coming against La Salle (Jan. 11) and against Duquesne (Feb. 22)…totaled 23 or more points in three games: 24 against La Salle (Jan. 11), 24 against Duquesne (Feb. 22), and 23 against Dayton (Jan. 28)…totaled two double-doubles with 16 points and 10 rebounds at Fordham (Jan. 4) and 10 points and 10 rebounds in the Atlantic 10 Tournament against VCU (March 14)…career-high of 12 rebounds at Davidson included a career-high six offensive and six defensive rebounds (March 8)…double figure rebounds came against three opponents: 12 at Davidson, 10 at Fordham (Jan. 10), and 10 against VCU in the Atlantic 10 Tournament (March 14)…his career-high with five steals against Duquesne (Feb. 22) and totaled 12 steals in a three-game stretch against Duquesne (five steals), at St. Joe’s (four steals), and against UMass (three steals)…averaged 4.0 steals during the three game run of games…totaled at least one blocked shot in 18 different games…his career-high of three blocked shots came at Bucknell (Dec. 4) and against UMass (Feb. 5)…named as the St. Bonaventure Player of the Game in the Bonnies victory over Niagara with 16 points and 8 rebounds (Dec. 21)..chose St. Bonaventure over Memphis, Oral Roberts, and Stephen F. Austin.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2024) (AT BARTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
Averaged 15.4 points (first on the team) and 9.2 rebounds (first) while shooting .540 from the field (first) and .747 from the free throw line (sixth) in his one season at Barton Community College in Great Bend, Ks…led Barton to a 34-3 record – a record that included a 27-game winning streak – as he led the Cougars to the national junior college championship…earned All-American Second-Team honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association in 2024…a double-double of 14 points and 13 rebounds for Barton in its national championship victory over Triton College (March 30)…the NJCAA Championship was the first in the history of the program…also named to the Region VI/KJCCC (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) First Team…earned KJCCC Player of the Week honors four times and NJCAA National Player of the Week honors once…the leading scorer Barton (Ks.) Community College with a near double-double scoring and rebounding…named as the Most Valuable Player of the NJCAA Division I Tournament (winning the William French Most Valuable Player Award), named to the to the NJCAA Division I All-Tournament team and earned All-American Second Team honors…named as the MVP of the NJCAA National Championship tournament in leading Barton the junior college national championship…totaled a double-double of 14 points in leading Barton over Triton College for the junior college national championship in Hutchinson, Ks…the Cougars’ victory over Triton in the NJCAA national championship game was their 27th consecutive victory in a steak that began on December 2, 2023 with a 65-61 win at Butler Community College and ran through their 88-73 win over Triton for the title…considered to be the top transfer from the junior college ranks following his one season at Barton…chose St. Bonaventure over Memphis, Colorado State, and USF…was as the No. 7 ranked junior college player in 2024 as he chose to transfer to junior college…played in and started all 37 games for the Cougars…averaged 26.7 minutes played per game...scored in double figures in 32 of 37 games and totaled team-high 571 total points…totaled a team-high 342 rebounds and totaled double figure rebounds in a team high 17 games…totaled a team-high 15 double-doubles including double-doubles of 25 points and 15 rebounds against Cloud Community College (Nov. 26, 2023), 23 points and 15 rebounds against Coffeyville Community College (Feb. 17, 2024) and 26 points and 17 rebounds against Dodge City Community College (Feb. 28, 2024)…his junior college career-high of 30 points came in his debut Barton debut as he made 12 of 17 field goals including six of seven 3-point field goals in the Cougars’ 93-58 season-opening victory over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College…Scored 20 or more points in a team-leading eight different games…Scored 30 points against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, 26 against Dodge City Community College (Feb 28, 2024), 25 at Cloud Community College (Nov. 26, 2023), 25 against Indian Hills Community College (March 28, 2024), 23 against Independence Community College (Nov. 18, 2023), 23 against Coffeyville Community College (Feb. 17, 2023), 23 against Butler Community College (March 15, 2024) and 21 against McPherson College (Nov. 6)…ranked 10th in NJCAA Region VI in scoring with his 15.4 points per game scoring average.
AS A FRESHMAN (2023) (AT TARLETON STATE)
Averaged 3.6 points (11th on the team) and 1.4 rebounds (10th) while shooting .571 from the field (first) in 10 games played during his first collegiate season…averaged 6.1 minutes played per game…totaled his season-high of 13 points in his first career game against Kansas Christian (Nov. 10)…was six of eight from the field and made his only free throw against the Falcons…scored nine points on four of six shooting from the field and pulled down his season-high of five rebounds in a 110-45 victory by Tarleton State over Southwestern Assemblies of God (Feb. 28)…five points and two blocked shots came against Wiley University (Dec. 3) and four blocked shots came at Seattle (Jan. 19).
BEFORE FLORIDA STATE
Graduated from Fletcher High School in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. in 2022…voted by his teammates as the team captain during both his junior and senior seasons…earned All-State First-Team honors All-First Coast honors during his senior season…named as the District Player of the Year as a senior and earned All-conference honors as a junior and senior…played four years on the Fletcher varsity…averaged 20.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game through his senior season…totaled 1,426 points, 594 rebounds, 197 assists, 176 steals and 165 blocks in his high school career…became the first player from Fletcher High to sign for a Division I men’s basketball program directly out of high school since 1997...voted team captain in junior and senior seasons.
PERSONAL
Born: May 21, 2004…LaJae is the son of Nava Heral and Jackie Jones…his dad also played a Barton and earned All-American Second-Team honors during the 1989 season…his father, Jackie, finished his Barton career one of the most prolific players in Cougar history…he averaged a double-double points and rebounds in helping the team to a then program record wins including the program's highest ever ranking at the time…he moved onto the University of Oklahoma where he is still in the Sooner record book for blocks during his Big Eight Newcomer of the Year one season at Oklahoma…averaged 15.0 points and 7.0 rebounds during his one season at Oklahoma…his dad played at the University of Oklahoma and with the Rapid City Thrillers of the CBA…was a first round draft choice of the Thrillers in 1991…was a member of the Dallas Mavericks’ roster prior to the start of the 1991 NBA season…from a basketball playing family, LaJae began playing the game when his father handed him a basketball the day after he was born…major is social science.
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