2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster
Heady, Jakobi
Jersey Number 0
Jakobi Heady
- Position:
- G/F
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Sauk Village, Ill.
- High School:
- Hillcrest H.S.
- Previous School:
- Bethune-Cookman
Bio
CAREER
In his two-year collegiate career at Central Michigan and Bethune-Cookman, has played in 65 games with 59 starts, scored 990 points, pulled down 352 rebounds and dished out 91 assists with 82 steals … averaged 15.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 34.3 minutes played per game … also made 45.2 percent (356-787) of his shots, 27.6 percent of his 3-point field goals (64-232) and 78.1 percent (214-274) of his free throws … joined the Central Michigan basketball program as a senior.
2024-25
As a senior, saw action in all 31 games with 26 starts at small forward … averaged 15.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and a team-high 36.0 minutes played per game… led the Chippewas in points (466), field goals made (159), field goal attempts (376), minutes played (1115), free throws made (124), offensive rebounds (69), defensive rebounds (134), and total rebounds (203), and ranked No. 2 in points per game (15.0), in steals (36)ranked among the NCAA and MAC top players in minutes played (36.0), rebounds per game (6.5) and defensive rebounds (134) all season long … registered a team-high 28 double figure scoring games, one 30-point game, four 20-point games, and three 10-rebound games … also had three double-doubles, led the team in scoring 11 times, rebounding 11 times, and assists four times … closed out year with 10 consecutive games in double figures … scored 20 points (14-18 FT) with nine rebounds in a career-high 45 minutes played vs. Northern Illinois (3/7) … finished with 18 points (7-15), scored the game’s final nine points, including the game-winning jumper with six rebounds at Ball State (3/4) … scored 21 points (5-14 FG, 10-12 FT) at Eastern Michigan (2/28) … tallied a double-double with 18 points (7-13 FG) with 11 rebounds vs. Buffalo (2/25) … scored 11 points at Western Michigan (2/22) … scored a career-high 35 points (9-18 FG, 13-15 FT), hit a career-high 4-6 3-pointers with five rebounds at Ohio (2/18) … totaled 13 points with seven rebounds at Akron (2/15) … scored 13 points with eight rebounds at Kent State (2/11) … finished with 20 points (8-12 FG) vs. Texas State (2/8) … finished with 16 points (6-11 FG) vs. Miami, Ohio (2/4) … registered double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds at Buffalo (1/28) … scored 16 points vs. Western Michigan (1/25) … totaled 16 points (8-16 FG) and nine rebounds at Northern Illinois (1/18) … tallied 18 points (6-10 FG) with five rebounds vs. Eastern Michigan (1/14) … scored 19 points (7-13 FG) with seven rebounds at Toledo (1/10) … finished with 14 points and five rebounds at Akron (1/7) … scored 15 points and eight rebounds vs. Ohio (1/4) … totaled 18 points with six rebounds vs. Mississippi State (12/17) … finished with 17 points (7-9 FG) with five rebound and four assists vs. Purdue Northwest (12/1) … totaled first double-double with 13 points and a career-high 13 rebounds at Minnesota (11/25) … scored 15 points (7-7 FT) with seven rebounds vs. Central State (11/20) … scored 10 points with seven rebounds and a career-high six assists at George Mason (11/13) … tallied 15 points with eight rebounds vs. Stoney Brook (11/7) … scored 14 points with eight rebounds in the season opener at South Alabama (11/4).
2023-24 AT BETHUNE-COOKMAN
As a junior, saw action in 34 games with 33 starts while leading Bethune-Cookman to a 17-17 overall record and 11-7 league slate … earned All-Southwestern Conference Second Team honors after leading the team in scoring and field goals made … named the SWAC Impact Player of the Week two times on the year (Dec. 12 and Jan. 2) … ranked No. 9 in the SWAC in scoring and No. 3 in field goal percentage … averaged 15.4 points, 4.4 rebounds in 32.8 minutes per game … shot 47.9 percent (197-411) from the floor, 32.3 percent (40-124) from 3-point range and 75.6 percent (90-119) from the free throw line … also dished out 43 assists, finished with 46 steals, and blocked 10 shots … reached double figure scoring 24 times, including five 20-point games and grabbed at least 10 rebounds 10 times on the year … concluded year with five straight double figure scoring games … finished with 19 points (8-14 FG) with five rebounds vs. Arkansas State (3/23) … scored 17 points with nine rebounds vs. Grambling (3/15) … played a season-high 43 minutes at Florida A&M (3/9) … finished with 24 points (9-15 FG) with a season-high 10 rebounds vs. Alabama State (2/26) … registered 17 points at Jackson State (2/19) … scored 17 points vs. Texas Southern (2/12) … scored 21 points (9-14 FG) with rebounds vs. Prairie View (2/10) … finished with 20 points (9-15 FG) vs. Jackson State (1/27) … scored a season-high 25 points (9-16 FG), hit 6-7 free throws at Arkansas Pine-Bluff (1/22) … converted 3-7 3-pointers, scored 15 points vs. Alcorn (1/29) … scored 19 points (6-13 FG) with five rebounds vs. Southern (1/15) … registered 17 points (7-14 FG) with seven rebounds and a season-high four assists vs. Grambling (1/13) … scored 17 points (6-7 FG) with five rebounds vs. Florida A&M (1/6) … finished with 16 points (8-17 FG) with six rebounds at Mississippi State (12/31) … totaled 17 points (8-15 FG) with six rebounds at Chicago State (12/20) … scored 20 points (7-16 FG), hit 3-5 3-pointers with eight rebounds at South Carolina State (12/9) … finished with a career-high 25 points (season-high 10-15 FG), hit a career-high 5-9 3-pointers, grabbed five rebounds and finished with a season-high five steals vs. Trinity Baptist (11/10) … scored 18 points (8-11 FG) with five rebounds vs. Trinity, Fla. (11/10) … scored 17 points (8-20 FG) with nine rebounds and three assists in season opener at Minnesota (11/6).
2022-23 AT WABASH VALLEY
As a sophomore, attended Wabash Valley College and saw action in 30 games … earned All-Region and All-GRAC Conference honors … finished as a runner-up for Freshman of the Year … guided Wabash Valley to the NJCAA Division I Region XXiV semifinals … averaged 18.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 30 games and 28 starts … shot 47.6 percent from the floor (198-416), 33.8 percent (44-130) from 3-point range, and 84.8 percent (123-145) from the free throw line … scored 30 or more points in two games, 20 or more points in 12 games … also registered double figure scoring in 28 games … scored a career-high 35 points (9-15 FG), hit 4-7 3-pointers and converted a career-high 13-16 free throws vs. Lake Land College … scored 28 points (7-11 FG), hit 5-7 3-pointers and hit 9-12 free throws at Vincennes … scored 32 points (10-19 FG), hit 10-12 free throws vs. Southwestern Illinois … opened the season with three straight 20 point games.
2021-22 AT WABASH VALLEY
As a freshman, played I 29 games with 24 starts … averaged 10.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game … shot 44.3 percent (108-244) from the floor, 32.7 percent (34-104) from 3-point range, and 70.7 percent (53-75) on free throws … had 17 double figure scoring games … scored a season-high 18 points (6-11 FG) at Olney Central.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Hillcrest High School in Chicago, Ill., where he played four years of varsity basketball for head coach Don Houston … All-State honoree … Chicago All-Area honoree … named to the Daily Southtown All-Area First Team … four-time All-Conference honoree … averaged 15.5 points and 6.2 rebounds per game as a senior … played AAU basketball for Gods Gift based out of Matteson, Ill. … coached by Lachon Nichols.
PERSONAL
Born Jakobi Heady on December 15, 2002 … son of Jannise Rife and Lawrence Heady … has seven siblings: Chris, Justin, Sherrise, Quentin, Lawrence Jr., Zachary, and Shannise, who played college basketball for Seton Hall and Eastern Michigan … played at Central Michigan with his younger brother Quentin … majoring in IDS.
ARTICLES
Jakobi Heady of Bethune-Cookman enters NCAA transfer portal (on3.com)
In his two-year collegiate career at Central Michigan and Bethune-Cookman, has played in 65 games with 59 starts, scored 990 points, pulled down 352 rebounds and dished out 91 assists with 82 steals … averaged 15.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 34.3 minutes played per game … also made 45.2 percent (356-787) of his shots, 27.6 percent of his 3-point field goals (64-232) and 78.1 percent (214-274) of his free throws … joined the Central Michigan basketball program as a senior.
2024-25
As a senior, saw action in all 31 games with 26 starts at small forward … averaged 15.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and a team-high 36.0 minutes played per game… led the Chippewas in points (466), field goals made (159), field goal attempts (376), minutes played (1115), free throws made (124), offensive rebounds (69), defensive rebounds (134), and total rebounds (203), and ranked No. 2 in points per game (15.0), in steals (36)ranked among the NCAA and MAC top players in minutes played (36.0), rebounds per game (6.5) and defensive rebounds (134) all season long … registered a team-high 28 double figure scoring games, one 30-point game, four 20-point games, and three 10-rebound games … also had three double-doubles, led the team in scoring 11 times, rebounding 11 times, and assists four times … closed out year with 10 consecutive games in double figures … scored 20 points (14-18 FT) with nine rebounds in a career-high 45 minutes played vs. Northern Illinois (3/7) … finished with 18 points (7-15), scored the game’s final nine points, including the game-winning jumper with six rebounds at Ball State (3/4) … scored 21 points (5-14 FG, 10-12 FT) at Eastern Michigan (2/28) … tallied a double-double with 18 points (7-13 FG) with 11 rebounds vs. Buffalo (2/25) … scored 11 points at Western Michigan (2/22) … scored a career-high 35 points (9-18 FG, 13-15 FT), hit a career-high 4-6 3-pointers with five rebounds at Ohio (2/18) … totaled 13 points with seven rebounds at Akron (2/15) … scored 13 points with eight rebounds at Kent State (2/11) … finished with 20 points (8-12 FG) vs. Texas State (2/8) … finished with 16 points (6-11 FG) vs. Miami, Ohio (2/4) … registered double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds at Buffalo (1/28) … scored 16 points vs. Western Michigan (1/25) … totaled 16 points (8-16 FG) and nine rebounds at Northern Illinois (1/18) … tallied 18 points (6-10 FG) with five rebounds vs. Eastern Michigan (1/14) … scored 19 points (7-13 FG) with seven rebounds at Toledo (1/10) … finished with 14 points and five rebounds at Akron (1/7) … scored 15 points and eight rebounds vs. Ohio (1/4) … totaled 18 points with six rebounds vs. Mississippi State (12/17) … finished with 17 points (7-9 FG) with five rebound and four assists vs. Purdue Northwest (12/1) … totaled first double-double with 13 points and a career-high 13 rebounds at Minnesota (11/25) … scored 15 points (7-7 FT) with seven rebounds vs. Central State (11/20) … scored 10 points with seven rebounds and a career-high six assists at George Mason (11/13) … tallied 15 points with eight rebounds vs. Stoney Brook (11/7) … scored 14 points with eight rebounds in the season opener at South Alabama (11/4).
2023-24 AT BETHUNE-COOKMAN
As a junior, saw action in 34 games with 33 starts while leading Bethune-Cookman to a 17-17 overall record and 11-7 league slate … earned All-Southwestern Conference Second Team honors after leading the team in scoring and field goals made … named the SWAC Impact Player of the Week two times on the year (Dec. 12 and Jan. 2) … ranked No. 9 in the SWAC in scoring and No. 3 in field goal percentage … averaged 15.4 points, 4.4 rebounds in 32.8 minutes per game … shot 47.9 percent (197-411) from the floor, 32.3 percent (40-124) from 3-point range and 75.6 percent (90-119) from the free throw line … also dished out 43 assists, finished with 46 steals, and blocked 10 shots … reached double figure scoring 24 times, including five 20-point games and grabbed at least 10 rebounds 10 times on the year … concluded year with five straight double figure scoring games … finished with 19 points (8-14 FG) with five rebounds vs. Arkansas State (3/23) … scored 17 points with nine rebounds vs. Grambling (3/15) … played a season-high 43 minutes at Florida A&M (3/9) … finished with 24 points (9-15 FG) with a season-high 10 rebounds vs. Alabama State (2/26) … registered 17 points at Jackson State (2/19) … scored 17 points vs. Texas Southern (2/12) … scored 21 points (9-14 FG) with rebounds vs. Prairie View (2/10) … finished with 20 points (9-15 FG) vs. Jackson State (1/27) … scored a season-high 25 points (9-16 FG), hit 6-7 free throws at Arkansas Pine-Bluff (1/22) … converted 3-7 3-pointers, scored 15 points vs. Alcorn (1/29) … scored 19 points (6-13 FG) with five rebounds vs. Southern (1/15) … registered 17 points (7-14 FG) with seven rebounds and a season-high four assists vs. Grambling (1/13) … scored 17 points (6-7 FG) with five rebounds vs. Florida A&M (1/6) … finished with 16 points (8-17 FG) with six rebounds at Mississippi State (12/31) … totaled 17 points (8-15 FG) with six rebounds at Chicago State (12/20) … scored 20 points (7-16 FG), hit 3-5 3-pointers with eight rebounds at South Carolina State (12/9) … finished with a career-high 25 points (season-high 10-15 FG), hit a career-high 5-9 3-pointers, grabbed five rebounds and finished with a season-high five steals vs. Trinity Baptist (11/10) … scored 18 points (8-11 FG) with five rebounds vs. Trinity, Fla. (11/10) … scored 17 points (8-20 FG) with nine rebounds and three assists in season opener at Minnesota (11/6).
2022-23 AT WABASH VALLEY
As a sophomore, attended Wabash Valley College and saw action in 30 games … earned All-Region and All-GRAC Conference honors … finished as a runner-up for Freshman of the Year … guided Wabash Valley to the NJCAA Division I Region XXiV semifinals … averaged 18.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 30 games and 28 starts … shot 47.6 percent from the floor (198-416), 33.8 percent (44-130) from 3-point range, and 84.8 percent (123-145) from the free throw line … scored 30 or more points in two games, 20 or more points in 12 games … also registered double figure scoring in 28 games … scored a career-high 35 points (9-15 FG), hit 4-7 3-pointers and converted a career-high 13-16 free throws vs. Lake Land College … scored 28 points (7-11 FG), hit 5-7 3-pointers and hit 9-12 free throws at Vincennes … scored 32 points (10-19 FG), hit 10-12 free throws vs. Southwestern Illinois … opened the season with three straight 20 point games.
2021-22 AT WABASH VALLEY
As a freshman, played I 29 games with 24 starts … averaged 10.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game … shot 44.3 percent (108-244) from the floor, 32.7 percent (34-104) from 3-point range, and 70.7 percent (53-75) on free throws … had 17 double figure scoring games … scored a season-high 18 points (6-11 FG) at Olney Central.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Hillcrest High School in Chicago, Ill., where he played four years of varsity basketball for head coach Don Houston … All-State honoree … Chicago All-Area honoree … named to the Daily Southtown All-Area First Team … four-time All-Conference honoree … averaged 15.5 points and 6.2 rebounds per game as a senior … played AAU basketball for Gods Gift based out of Matteson, Ill. … coached by Lachon Nichols.
PERSONAL
Born Jakobi Heady on December 15, 2002 … son of Jannise Rife and Lawrence Heady … has seven siblings: Chris, Justin, Sherrise, Quentin, Lawrence Jr., Zachary, and Shannise, who played college basketball for Seton Hall and Eastern Michigan … played at Central Michigan with his younger brother Quentin … majoring in IDS.
ARTICLES
Jakobi Heady of Bethune-Cookman enters NCAA transfer portal (on3.com)
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