Biography - Jared Dudley

Who is Jared Dudley?

Jared Dudley is a basketball player by profession and American by nationality. He plays for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), having played for Charlotte Bobcats, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, Washington Wizards, etc.

Jared Dudley – Bio, Age, Parents, Siblings

Jared Dudley’s birth took place on July 10, 1985, in San Diego, California, USA. He was born Jared Anthony Dudley to his father Anthony Dudley and his mother Melinda Schall.  He is not the only child of his parents and has a sibling, a brother named Milan Dudley.

Education, Ethnicity

For education, he attended Horizon High School and after graduation enrolled at Boston College in 2003. Jared Dudley graduated from the same in 2007.

His ethnicity is African-American.

Jared Dudley – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce

Dudley married his longtime girlfriend Christian Dudley. He and his wife have two children together- son Justus Dudley and daughter Jaylin Dudley. The couple is living without rumors of extra-marital affairs or divorce.

Jared Dudley – Career

Early Career

While a student at Boston College, Dudley played for the Boston College Eagles. In his first three years, he played in every Eagles’ game but his streak ended when he suffered a stress fracture in December 2006. 

In the final season, he was the team's leading scorer, and rebounder as well as one of the two captains, alongside Sean Marshall. On January 19, 2005, in a game against Michigan State, Jared Dudley scored 36 points, which was a career-high.

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Club games

In the 2007 NBA Draft, Jared Dudley was selected by Charlotte Bobcats in the 22nd overall round. His debut NBA game was on November 24, 2007, against Boston Celtics, where he scored 11 points and 11 rebounds. In 2008 he played 20 games with the Bobcats before being traded to Phoenix Suns.

On December 18, 2008, he was traded to Phoenix Suns and played for the team until 2013. Jared Dudley then played for Los Angeles Clippers (2013–2014), Milwaukee Bucks (2014–2015), Washington Wizards (2015–2016), Return to Phoenix (2016–2018), and Brooklyn Nets (2018–2019).

Jared Dudley signed a one-year, $2.6 million contract with Los Angeles Lakers on July 2, 2019.

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Stats

Jared Dudley’s college stats include 130 GP, 130 GS, 36.4 MPG, .504 FG%, .365 3P%, .731 FT%, 7.0 RPG, 3.0 APG, 1.4 SPG, .3 BPG, 15.9 PPG.

His stats for NBA regular season from 2007-2019 includes 847 GP, 285 GS, 23.2 MPG, .465 FG%, .392 3P%, .732 FT%, 3.3 RPG, 1.6 APG, .8 SPG, .2 BPG, 7.7 PPG.

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Jared Dudley – Awards, Titles

He was named ACC Player of the Year (2007), Big East co-Most Improved Player (2005), First-team All-ACC (2007), etc.

Jared Dudley – Net Worth, Salary

His net worth is estimated to be over $25 million while his annual salary is known to be over $10.47 million.

Jared Dudley – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media, Jared Dudley is active on Twitter with over 232k followers and on Facebook with over 64k followers. However, he has not updated his Facebook since January 2016 and is absent from Instagram.

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