Caleb Mills (basketball)

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Caleb Mills
Caleb Mills.jpg
Mills in 2023
No. 9–Memphis Tigers
Position Point guard / shooting guard
League American Athletic Conference
Personal information
Born (2000-07-24) July 24, 2000 (age 24)
Arden, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Asheville Christian Academy
(Swannanoa, North Carolina)
College
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-AAC (2020)
  • AAC All-Rookie Team (2020)

Caleb Demond Mills (born July 24, 2000) is a former American college basketball player for the Memphis Tigers of the American Athletic Conference (AAC). He previously played for the Houston Cougars and the Florida State Seminoles.

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High school career

Mills attended Asheville Christian Academy in Swannanoa, North Carolina. As a junior, he travelled with his team to a tournament in the Canary Islands, averaging 25.3 points per game in three games and earning tournament MVP honors. Mills was also named to the All-Southeast Super Region Team. [1] For his senior year, he transferred to T. C. Roberson High School in Asheville, North Carolina, where he did not play basketball, to graduate a semester early. [2] Mills competed for PSB Elite on the Amateur Athletic Union circuit. [3] On August 6, 2018, he committed to playing college basketball for Houston over offers from Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Tennessee and Wake Forest, among others. [4] Mills was considered a four-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals, ranked the No. 117 recruit in his class and sixth in North Carolina. [5] Head coach Kelvin Sampson called him the best offensive player he had ever recruited to Houston. [6]

College career

Mills joined Houston at the semester break in January 2019, following his early high school graduation. [7] He sat out his first season as a redshirt but practiced with the team and against backcourt starters Corey Davis Jr., Galen Robinson Jr. and Armoni Brooks. [5] On February 19, 2020, Mills scored a freshman season-high 27 points, including 22 in the second half, in a 76–43 win over Tulsa. He scored his team's first 19 points of the second half. [8] As a freshman, he mainly came off the bench and averaged a team-high 13.2 points per game, earning Second Team All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) and AAC All-Rookie Team honors. [9] Mills became the first Houston freshman to make the all-conference first or second team since Clyde Drexler, while joining Rob Williams as the only freshmen in program history to lead their team in scoring. [10] He was named preseason AAC Player of the Year before his sophomore season. Mills suffered an ankle injury early in the season and came off the bench through four games. On January 5, 2021, he transferred from Houston. [11]

On January 12, 2021, Mills transferred to Florida State. [12] He averaged 12.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game as a junior. [13] As a senior, Mills averaged 13.0 points, 3.4 assists, and 3.0 rebounds per game. Following the season he transferred to Memphis. [14] At Memphis, Mills averaged 7.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. On January 4, 2024, he suffered a season-ending knee injury in a game against Tulsa. [15]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2018–19 Houston Redshirt.svg Redshirt
2019–20 Houston 31722.5.385.365.7532.61.1.5.213.2
2020–21 Houston 4019.0.448.2501.0001.3.31.3.09.8
2021–22 Florida State 262326.3.433.353.8552.42.41.5.512.7
2022–23 Florida State 323129.6.410.294.8363.03.41.3.613.0
Career936125.9.409.338.8212.62.21.1.412.8

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