Yoeli Childs

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Yoeli Childs
Yoeli Childs as BYU Senior during 2019-20 season.jpg
No. 23–Saga Ballooners
Position Power forward
League B.League
Personal information
Born (1998-01-13) January 13, 1998 (age 26)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school Bingham
(South Jordan, Utah)
College BYU (2016–2020)
NBA draft 2020: undrafted
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021 Erie BayHawks
2021 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
2022 Salt Lake City Stars
2022–2023 Hamburg Towers
2023–present Saga Ballooners
Career highlights and awards
  • 3× First-team All-WCC (2018–2020)
  • WCC All-Freshman team (2017)
Stats at Basketball Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Yoeli Childs (born January 13, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Saga Ballooners of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the BYU Cougars.

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High school career

Childs played at Bingham High School, a class 6A high school, in South Jordan, Utah. During his sophomore year, the 2013–14 season, he averaged 11.1 points per game and 5.3 rebounds per game as Bingham advanced to the state quarterfinals. During his junior year, the 2014–15 season, he improved his average points per game to 16.4 and his average rebounds per game to 10.7 when Bingham again reached the state quarterfinals. In the 2015–16 season, Childs, now a senior, averaged 18.5 points per game while he maintained an average of 10.7 rebounds per game and Bingham High School won the state championship. [1]

Recruiting

In the 2016 recruiting class, Childs was ranked by ESPN at 53rd in their Top 100, 2nd in the state of Utah, 6th in the region and 13th among Power Forwards. [2] As a consensus four-star recruit, Childs received athletic scholarship offers from Arizona State University, Auburn, Boise State, Brigham Young University, Idaho State University, Utah State University, Vanderbilt and Wyoming, but committed with Brigham Young University on September 12, 2015. [3]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
NameHometownHigh school / collegeHeightWeightCommit date
Yoeli Childs
PF 		South Jordan, UT Bingham (UT)6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)230 lb (100 kg)Sep 12, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 4 stars.svg     247Sports: 3 stars.svg     ESPN: 4 stars.svg    ESPN grade: 85
Overall recruiting rankings:   Rivals: 71   247Sports: 153   ESPN: 53
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "BYU 2016 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  • "2016 BYU Cougars Recruiting Class". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  • "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

College career

Freshman year

Childs had an immediate impact with the Cougars as a true freshman during the 2016–17 season. He played in 33 of the team's 34 games, starting in 26 of those games. He averaged nearly 26 minutes per game, scoring 9.3 points per game and getting 8.2 rebounds per game. He was selected to the All-West Coast Conference Freshman Team alongside teammate T. J. Haws. [4]

Sophomore year

During the 2017–18 season, in his second year with BYU, Childs' numbers improved dramatically. His points per game increased to 17.8 and his free throw and 3-point percentages increased to .643 and .313, respectively. Childs was selected in January 2018 as a WCC Player of the Week. [5] At the close of the season, he and teammate Elijah Bryant were named to the All-West Coast Conference First Team. [6]

Junior year

Prior to the start of the 2018–19 season, Childs decided to enter his name in the NBA draft pool. [7] While he did not hire an agent, in order to possibly return to BYU for another year, many believed that he would not return to play for BYU for his junior season. After receiving what Childs called "valuable feedback," he did decide to play at BYU for his junior year. [8] Childs was named to the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year award preseason watch list and was later named as one of the 10 finalists. [9] During the year, his name was included on the Lute Olson Player of the Year and the Lou Henson Mid-Major Player of the Year awards. [10] In December and again in January, Childs was named a WCC Player of the Week. [11] Childs finished the year first in the WCC in scoring at 21.2 points per game and first in rebounding at 9.7 per game. [12]

Senior year

After the close of his junior year, Childs again decided to enter his name into the NBA draft pool, this time hiring an agent. [13] He unexpectedly decided to return to BYU for his final season saying, "I'm coming back for my senior year. Let’s make some magic happen." [14] For the second straight season, Childs was named to the watch lists for the preseason Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award as well as the Lou Henson Mid-Major Player of the Year Award. [15] He was also listed as a preseason candidate for the Naismith Trophy, the Wooden Award and the Julius Erving Award. [16] [17] [18] Due to paperwork errors as part of the NBA draft exploration process, Childs did not participate in the first 9 games of the season. [19] On February 22, 2020, Childs scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds in a 91–78 upset of second-ranked Gonzaga. [20]

On February 29, 2020, Childs scored 38 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in a 81–64 win over Pepperdine. This put him over 2,000 points for his career and made him the first player in school history to score 2,000 points and collect 1,000 rebounds. [21] At the conclusion of the regular season, Childs was named to the First Team All-West Coast Conference. [22]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, Childs signed an exhibit 10 contract with the Washington Wizards. [23] He was waived on December 18, 2020. He was then added to the roster of the Wizards' NBA G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go. He was assigned to the Erie BayHawks as a flex player when the Go-Go declined to play the NBA G League restart in Orlando, Florida. [24] [25] He averaged 8.9 points and 4.8 rebounds in 12 games with Erie. [26]

After joining the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2021 NBA Summer League, Childs signed with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of the easyCredit BBL on September 11. [26] In three games, he averaged 7.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Childs parted ways with the team on December 5, after sustaining a knee injury. [27]

Salt Lake City Stars (2022)

On January 13, 2022, Childs was traded from the Capital City Go-Go to the Salt Lake City Stars. [28]

Hamburg Towers (2022–present)

On June 24, 2022, Childs signed with Hamburg Towers of the German Basketball Bundesliga. [29]

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
2016–17 BYU 332625.9.550.000.5858.21.2.61.49.3
2017–18 BYU 353434.0.541.313.6438.62.2.91.817.8
2018–19 BYU 323233.3.507.323.7089.72.11.01.021.2
2019–20 BYU 191928.8.574.489.5389.02.0.7.922.2
Career11911130.7.537.356.6368.81.9.81.317.1

Personal life

Childs is the son of Kara Childs and has one brother. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was baptized in the church in July 2016 at the age of 18. [30] He was married on August 3, 2018, to the former Megan Boudreaux who was a member of the Utah Valley University volleyball team. [13]

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