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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

3 JP Ricks

  • Class Senior
  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 170
  • Hometown Baton Rouge, La.
  • High School Jehovah-Jireh HS

Biography

AS A JUNIOR AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (2024-25): Saw action in 29 games and logged 20 starts … Averaged 24.4 minutes per game … Shot 49.1 percent from the field and averaged 2.3 points per game.  

AS A SOPHOMORE AT HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2023-24): Saw action in 36 games logging 35 starts … Averaged 30.1 minutes per game … Shot 45.1 percent per game and averaged 11.0 points, 4.7 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game. 

AS A FRESHMAN AT TALLAHASSEE  STATE (2022-23): Saw action in 37 games logging a pair of states … Averaged 12.3 minutes and 2.4 points per game. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Jehovah-Jireh High School for coach Dirk Ricks … Averaged 32.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game … Scored over 3,000 points in high school … Named Player of the Year, all-Metro and All-State. 

PERSONAL: The son of Chantell and Dirk Ricks … Maintained a 3.8 grade point average at Jehovah-Jireh High School … Enjoys bowling … Lists his parents as his idols … Like Mike is his favorite movie and the Miami Heat are his favorite team … Pasta is his favorite food … A business major at UNCP. 

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