Jeremiah Fears

Jeremiah Fears dunks with two hands in Oklahoma's win over No. 21 Mississippi State

Photo by: Brendall Vargas/University of Oklahoma

Jeremiah Fears celebrating against Vanderbilt

Photo by: OU Athletics Communications

Position:
G
Class:
Freshman
Height:
6-4
Weight:
182
Hometown:
Joliet, Ill.
High School:
Arizona Compass Prep

PRONUNCIATION

2024-25 (FRESHMAN)
Named to SEC All-Freshman Team ... A Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List selection ... A four-time SEC Freshman of the Week ... Named to Battle 4 Atlantis All-Tournament Team ... Played in all 34 games (started each of last 31) and averaged team highs of 17.1 points, 4.1 assists and 1.6 steals per contest ... Also ranked third on team with 4.1 rebounds per game ... Shot .434 from the field, .284 (38-134) from 3-point range and .851 (183-251) from the free throw line ... Ranked seventh overall in SEC and seventh nationally among freshmen in points per game ... Ranked second in SEC in free throw makes and free throw attempts, seventh in assists per game, ninth in free throw percentage and 13th in steals per game ... Averaged 28.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.0 steals in SEC Tournament vs. Georgia (3/12) and No. 15 Kentucky (3/13) ... One of three Power Four conference players (the only freshman and the only one in the SEC) to average at least 17.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game ... Attempted double-digit free throws seven times ... Scored at least 20 points in each of season's last three games, four of last five and six of last nine ... Averaged 22.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 5.0 assists over the season's last nine games (only SEC player since at least 1996-97 to average at least 20.0/4.5/5.0 over a nine-game span) ... Scored in double figures in 30 of 34 games ... Became the first OU freshman since Trae Young in 2017-18 to score in double figures in each of his first 15 games ... Tied for team lead with 11 20-point performances and led squad with two 30-point efforts ... Finished with game-high 20 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals in first-round NCAA Tournament game vs. two-time defending champion Connecticut ... Turned in a career-high 31-point game (9 for 13 on field goals and 12 for 12 on free throws) and added four rebounds and five assists in win over No. 15 Missouri (3/5) ... Registered 30 points in one-point Jumpman Invitational win over No. 24 Michigan (12/18) and converted a 4-point play with 11 seconds left for game’s final points ... Tallied 29 points, six rebounds, two assists and three steals in first-round SEC Tournament win over Georgia and followed with 28 points, four boards, five assists and three steals in one-point loss to Kentucky the next night (scored 10 points in last 1:19 to help OU go from down 10 to up one [made the go-ahead driving lay-in with 5.6 seconds left]) ... Recorded a 27-point, career-high 10-assist, five-rebound game in a win over No. 21 Mississippi State (2/22) to become one of just two SEC players (Auburn’s Sharife Cooper in 2020-21 was the other) since at least the 1996-97 campaign and one of only two Power Four players this season (Louisville's Terrence Edwards Jr. was the other) with 27-plus points, 10-plus assists and five-plus rebounds in a game ... Amassed 16 points, a career-high nine rebounds and eight assists in win over South Carolina (1/18) ... Averaged 18.7 points, 5.3 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 2.7 steals in three Battle 4 Atlantis games (all wins) ... Racked up 26 points, five rebounds and five assists in victory over No. 24 Arizona (11/28) in Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals ... Logged 20 points, four rebounds, seven assists and season-high-tying four steals vs. Providence (11/27) in first-round win ... Notched 20 points, four rebounds, five assists and three steals vs. East Texas A&M (11/21) in first career start.

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP
Tabbed the No. 24 prospect in the 2025 ESPN 100 … Reclassified to the class of 2024 … Averaged 21.2 points per outing and shot 38% from three in five games at the 2024 Nike Peach Jam … Tallied 35 points, eight rebounds, three assists and two blocks against Brad Beal Elite … Member of the 2024 USA Men’s U18 National Team … Won a gold medal at the 2024 FIBA U18 AmeriCup for Team USA, averaging 6.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists and a team-high 3.0 steals per outing … Attended the 2023 Men’s Junior National Team October and April minicamps.

PERSONAL
Son of Sekia and Jeremy Fears Sr. … Has three siblings (Jeremy Jr., Jamarri and Skylar) … Father played college basketball at Ohio University and earned Mid-American Conference (MAC) All-Freshman accolades in 2005 before finishing his career at Bradley ... Brother (Jeremy Jr.) is starting point guard at Michigan State.