DJ Draper

Photo by: Rick Yeatts Photography

Photo by: Ben Stewart

Photo by: Rick Yeatts Photography

Photo by: Ben Stewart

Photo by: Rick Yeatts Photography

Position:
Guard
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 172
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Bedford, TX
High School:
Birdville HS

CAREER
• Played in 112 career games and made two starts (2015-2020)
• Scored 459 career points and made 128 career 3-pointers
• When he graduated he owned the program record for career 3-point field goal percentage (44.3%)
• Grabbed 122 career rebounds and had 73 career assists
• Scored a career-high 23 points at Rice on Jan. 13, 2018
• Made a career-high six 3-pointer three times
• Led the nation in 3-point field goal percentage as a senior in 2019-20 (51.2%)
• Had 58 career steals
• Member of the 2018 College Basketball Invitational championship team and 2020 Conference USA Regular Season championship team
• Was a preferred walk-on his first three years at UNT before being put on scholarship during the summer of 2018

2019-20
• Played in 30 of the Mean Green's 31 games
• Averaged 4.5 points per game
• Made 43 3-pointers at a 51-percent clip
• Led Conference USA in 3-point field goal percentage (51.2%)
• Scored a season-high 18 points on Feb. 1 at Rice
• Made a season-high 6 3-pointers on Feb. 1 at Rice (6-of-7)
• Missed one game due to a dislocated finger

2018-19
• Played in 32 of the Mean Green's 33 games and made one start on Feb. 16 at FIU
• 2019 C-USA All-Academic and boasted the highest G.P.A. (3.801) of the five-man honor list)
• 2018-19 C-USA Commissioner Academic Medal for having a 3.75+ GPA
• Averaged 4.0 points per game
• Averaged 19 minutes per game
• Led the team with a .415 three-point field goal percentage (34-82)
• Scored a season-high 19 points twice
• Grabbed a career-high five rebounds at FIU on Feb. 16
• Recorded a career-high four assists on Nov. 14 versus Texas A&M Commerce

2017-18
• Played in 34 of 38 games
• Second on the team with 49 three-pointers made
• Played in all six CBI Tournament games, scoring 14 points off four three-pointers in the semifinal game against Jacksonville State (March 21)
• Shot 44.3 percent off 58-for-131 and led the team in three-point percentage at 41.5 (49-of-118)
• Went 3-for-3 from downtown at Nebraska, scoring 10 points in 24 minutes
• Appeared in 15 of 18 C-USA games, starting one
• Finished fifth on the team in scoring during Conference play at 8.6 points per game (129 points)
• Hit 36 three-pointers in C-USA play, second-most on the team
• Scored a career-high 23 points off six three-pointers at Rice
• Hit the game-winning three-pointer in overtime to defeat FIU, 69-67
• Finished with six double-digit performances
• Had 48 total rebounds, 20 assists and 23 steals for the season
• Earned first collegiate start at FAU, scoring six points
• Shot 6-for-7 from downtown against UTSA, finishing with 18 points
• Scored 186 total points, third-most in the nation by a walk-on
• Was nominated for C-USA Sixth Man of the Year

2016-17
• Played in 16 games
• Finished the season with nine points, three rebounds, three assists, and three steals
• Hit a three-pointer against Sul Ross State and Drexel
• Played a season-high six minutes against Texas College

2015-16
• Redshirted his first season with the Mean Green.

High School Highlights
• Averaged 15 points per game at Birdville High School
• Shot 44 percent from the three-point line
• Was a solid 88 percent free throw shooter
• Earned all-region and all-district first team honors
• Finished with a 4.0 GPA and was ranked eighth in the class academically
• Named Newcomer of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year
• Made the Tarrant vs. Dallas all-star game in class 6-5A