Personal information | |
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Born | Alabama, United States | May 29, 1974
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | South Lamar (Kennedy, Alabama) |
College | Mississippi State (1993–1996) |
NBA draft | 1996: undrafted |
Playing career | 1996–2009 |
Position | Guard |
Career history | |
1996 | Florida Sharks |
1996 | Basket Livorno |
1997–1998 | Grindavík |
1998–1999 | Virtus Ragusa |
1999–2000 | Belgrano S. Nicolás |
2000–2001 | Memphis Houn'Dawgs |
2001–2002 | Virtus Ragusa |
2002–2003 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
2003–2004 | Robur Osimo |
2004–2006 | Scafati 1969 |
2006 | Mersin BŞB |
2007 | Ironi Ramat Gan |
2007–2008 | Montecatini Terme |
2008 | Scafati 1969 |
2009 | Tupelo R-n-Rollers |
2010 | Birmingham Gladiators |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Darryl Wilson (born May 29, 1974) is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for Mississippi State [1] before going on to play several seasons professionally, including in the Lega Basket Serie A and the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
Wilson played high school basketball for South Lamar High School in Kennedy, Alabama, where he averaged 37.8 points a game as a senior. [2]
After graduating from South Lamar, Wilson joined the Mississippi State Bulldogs in 1992 but had to sit out his first season to meet NCAA academic eligibility requirements. [2] In 1996 he was an All-SEC guard during each of his three seasons with the Bulldogs, including a first team selection in 1996. He twice made the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District team. During his senior year, the team made it all the way to the NCAA Final Four. [3]
Wilson started his professional career with the Florida Sharks who drafted him with the 11th pick overall in the 1996 USBL draft. [4] He was released by the Sharks in end of May the same year. [5]
In 1997, Wilson signed with Grindavík of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. [6] During the second game of the regular season, he scored a season high 53 points. [7] [8] He helped the team win the Icelandic Basketball Cup after beating KFÍ in front of a record crowd in Laugardalshöll in the Cup finals, scoring 37 points. [9] He was however fired from the team with 4 games left of the regular season due to repetitive disciplinary issues. [10] Despite this, he led the league in scoring, avering 33.3 points per game. [11]
Wilson retired from playing in 2009. [12]