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Jersey Number 11
CJ Ingram
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hawthorne, Fla.
- High School:
- Montverde Academy
Overview
2025-26, Freshman Season
Prep
Off the Court
- Has appeared in 21 games, recording 46 points, 19 rebounds and nine assists.
- Part of Florida’s 2026 SEC championship team.
- The 22nd-ranked prospect in his class by 247Sports, Ingram is a wing with great size who was a two-sport athlete also playing football until his senior year.
- Ingram was a top-75 recruit after his junior season but rocketed up to top-25 status over his final year at the high school level.
- His father Cornelius was a national champion tight end on the Florida football team who also appeared in 19 basketball games in the 2004-05 season.
2025-26, Freshman Season
- Tallied 46 points (2.2 avg.), 19 rebounds, nine assists, three blocked shots and two steals as part of the Gators’ SEC championship team.
- Posted a career-best eight points in his final two appearances of the season, in wins against Mississippi State and in the NCAA Tournament vs. Prairie View A&M.
- Grabbed a personal-best three rebounds vs. PVAM, and dished a career-high three assists against MSU.
- Made eight of his 16 3-point attempts (.500), including a 2-for-3 performance vs. Mississippi State.
- Scored five points at South Carolina and four at Oklahoma.
- Made his collegiate debut in the season opener vs. Arizona in Las Vegas, hitting his first career 3-point attempt.
Prep
- Averaged 12.7 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.7 steals per game as a senior, helping lead Montverde Academy to a 19-8 record. Ingram shot .504 from the field, including .572 from 2-point range.
- Averaged 24 points. 8.5 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 3.7 steals at Hawthorne High School.
- Parents are Lakendra Johnson and Cornelius Ingram.
- Has a sister, Cayla Ingram, and three brothers: Kyler Ingram, Kobe Ingram and Carter Lenox.
- In addition to his father’s athletic playing career, the elder Ingram now coaches football at Hawthorne High School.
- His cousin Devonte Bowie played football at Southeastern University and is an assistant coach at Hawthorne High School.
- Also played football and ran track growing up.
- Came to Florida because he felt like he could develop to be a pro here, the great staff and teammates, and it’s also 15 minutes from home.
Off the Court
- Chose #11 because Taurean Green wore it and because he’s named after his dad, and 11 looks like the roman numbers II.
- Favorite food: Mac and cheese with baked beans
- If he could have any superpower: Time travel
- Favorite quote/saying: If God be for you, who can be against you?
- Hidden talent: Football
- If he could have dinner with any three people throughout history: Kobe Bryant, Michael Jackson, LeBron James
- Favorite NBA player: Tracy McGrady
- Favorite athlete outside the NBA: Lamar Jackson
- Favorite place he’s traveled: Bahamas
- Favorite holiday and why: Christmas, being able to give and receive gifts
- Favorite movie/TV show: Jamie Foxx Show
- Favorite book: Holes
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