Tonye Jekiri

Tonye Jekiri

Jekiri with Fenerbahçe in 2022
No. 23–Partizan Mozzart Bet
Position	Center
League	Serbian League ABA League EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 (age 31) Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High school	Champagnat Catholic School (Hialeah, Florida)
College	Miami (Florida) (2012–2016)
NBA draft	2016: undrafted
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2017	Bandırma Kırmızı
2017–2018	Oostende
2018–2019	Gaziantep
2019–2020	ASVEL
2020–2021	Baskonia
2021–2022	UNICS Kazan
2022–2023	Fenerbahçe
2023–2025	CSKA Moscow
2026–present	Partizan
Career highlights
VTB United League champion (2024, 2025) VTB United League Supercup winner (2024, 2025) Belgian League champion (2018) Belgian League Finals MVP (2018) All-Belgian League Defensive Team (2018) Belgian League rebounding leader (2018)

Jekiri in a 2015 game for Miami

Tonye Frank Jekiri (born 23 July 1994) is a Nigerian professional basketball player for Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Serbian League (KLS), the ABA League, and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball for Miami Hurricanes.

College career

Jekiri played four seasons for the Miami Hurricanes and participated in two Sweet 16s. As a senior, he averaged 7.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. ^[1]

Professional career

Bandırma Kırmızı (2016–2017)

Jekiri signed his first professional contract with Turkish team Bandırma Kırmızı of the Basketbol Süper Ligi. ^[2]

Oostende (2017–2018)

In the 2017–18 season, Jekiri played with Oostende in the Belgian Pro Basketball League. With Oostende he won the championship, and was named the PBL Finals MVP. He was also the leading rebounder in the PBL, with 7.3 per game.^{[ citation needed ]}

Gaziantep (2018–2019)

With the 2018-19 season, he turned back to the Turkey and Basketbol Süper Ligi with the Gaziantep.

ASVEL (2019–2020)

On 3 July 2019 Jekiri signed a one-year contract with LDLC ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and first time he will play in the EuroLeague. ^{[3] [4]} He averaged 8.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in 27 games.

Baskonia (2020–2021)

On 11 July 2020 Jekiri officially signed a two-year contract with Baskonia of the Liga ACB and EuroLeague. ^[5] He averaged 6.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

UNICS Kazan (2021–2022)

On July 25, 2021, Jekiri signed with the Russian team UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague (until the club was suspended from competing due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine). ^[6]

Fenerbahçe (2022–2023)

On June 27, 2022, Jekiri signed a two-year (1+1) contract with Turkish club Fenerbahçe of the Basketbol Süper Ligi and the EuroLeague . ^[7] On July 14, 2023, Fenerbahçe opted out of their mutual contract and Jekiri became a free agent.

CSKA Moscow (2023–2025)

On July 20, 2023, he signed with CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. ^[8]

Partizan (2026–present)

On January 6, 2026, Jekiri signed with Partizan Mozzart Bet of the Serbian League (KLS), the ABA League, and the EuroLeague. ^[9]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games 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	PIR	Performance index rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2019–20	ASVEL	27	23	23.9	.524	.000	.662	7.5	1.3	.8	.3	8.7	12.8
2020–21	Baskonia	30	14	18.8	.510	.000	.643	4.9	1.9	.7	.4	6.0	8.4
2021–22	UNICS Kazan	24	6	24.5	.631	.000	.622	6.5	1.0	1.0	.3	7.6	12.2
2022–23	Fenerbahçe	30	10	13.5	.663	.000	.733	3.2	1.0	.5	.2	4.9	6.8
Career		111	53	19.8	.569	.000	.660	5.4	1.3	.7	.3	6.7	9.9

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2012–13	Miami	34	0	6.9	.514	.000	.550	1.6	.1	.2	.3	1.4
2013–14	Miami	32	16	21.4	.456	.000	.581	5.5	.7	.6	.9	4.2
2014–15	Miami	37	37	30.3	.500	1.000	.729	9.9	1.2	.6	1.3	8.6
2015–16	Miami	35	35	28.4	.525	.000	.576	8.6	.8	.4	1.0	7.6
Career		139	88	21.9	.501	.200	.640	6.5	.7	.5	.9	5.5

Source: RealGM

References

1. Chirinos, Christy (April 13, 2016). "Former 'Canes standouts Rodriguez, Jekiri and FIU's Diaz begin chasing NBA dreams". South Florida Sun Sentinel . Retrieved November 5, 2019.
2. "Catching up with ProCanes: Tonye Jekiri". Miami Hurricanes . Retrieved November 5, 2019.
3. "ASVEL signs Tonye Jekiri". Eurohoops. 2019-07-03. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
4. "ASVEL brings in center Jekiri". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
5. "Baskonia, Tonye Jekiri agree to a 2-year deal". Sportando. July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
6. "UNICS Kazan announces 1-year deal with Tonye Jekiri". Sportando. July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
7. "Tonye Jekiri Fenerbahçe Beko'da" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe. June 20, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
8. "Tonye Jekiri is the new CSKA center". cskabasket.ru. July 20, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
9. "Tonje Džekiri je novi košarkaš Partizana Mozzart Bet". partizan.basketball (in Serbian). 5 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.

External links

• Miami Hurricanes bio