University of Oklahoma Athletics
2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Pack, Nijel
Jersey Number 9
Nijel Pack
- Position:
- G
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 188
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- High School:
- Lawrence Central HS
- Prev School:
- Miami (Fla.)
Bio
COLLEGIATE HONORS/RECORDS
• 2023 NCAA Tournament Midwest Region Most Outstanding Player
• 2021-22 Big 12 Most Improved Player
• 2021-22 All-Big 12 First Team (Coaches and AP)
• 2021-22 NABC All-District 8 First Team
• 2021-22 USBWA All-District VI
• 2020-21 All-Big 12 Academic Rookie Team
• Set a Kansas State record by making at least one 3-pointer in 34 straight games
CAREER NOTES
Has started 121 of his 122 career games … owns a 14.3-point career scoring average … enters 2025-26 season with 1,745 career points … helped lead Miami to 2023 Final Four … despite playing just two seasons at Kansas State he ranked No. 10 on the school's career 3-pointers list with 155 at the time of his transfer to Miami … set a KSU record by making at least one 3-pointer in 34 straight games (broke the previous standard of 25 consecutive contests held by former OU assistant coach Steve Henson that stood for over 30 years) … connected from deep in the last five games of his freshman season and all 29 of his outings as a sophomore.
2024-25 (GRADUATE AT MIAMI)
A first-team preseason All-ACC selection … limited to first nine games due to injury (started all nine) … averaged 13.9 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists … scored in double figures seven times and at least 20 points on three occasions (20 vs. Oklahoma State, 21 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson and 22 vs. Arkansas) … named ACC Player of the Week (11/11) after averaging 19.0 points (on 15-for-24 shooting) and 5.5 assists while committing just one turnover over the season's first two games.
2023-24 (SENIOR AT MIAMI)
A second-team preseason All-ACC pick … played and started in 25 of the team’s 32 games … averaged 13.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, a team-high 3.6 assists and 1.0 steal in 32.5 minutes per outing … shot .400 from the field, .357 from 3-point range (50 for 140) and .765 from the free throw line (39 for 51) … scored in double digits 18 times … made at least three 3-pointers in 11 contests … posted a season-high 28-point outing in a win over former school Kansas State (11/19) with help of 7-for-12 3-point shooting … scored 25 points in win vs. Clemson (1/3), 23 points at NC State (1/30) and 20 points vs. North Carolina (2/10).
2022-23 (JUNIOR AT MIAMI)
Helped Hurricanes to program’s first Final Four … named NCAA Tournament Midwest Region Most Outstanding Player … started in all 35 games … averaged 13.6 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.0 steal in 31.6 minutes per contest on the season … shot .441 from the field and team highs of .404 from 3-point distance (86 for 213) and .882 from the free throw line (45 for 51) … led team in scoring nine times … registered double figures in points 22 times and scored at least 20 points eight times … averaged 16.4 points and shot .455 from 3-point range (15 for 33) over five NCAA Tournament games … scored 21 points in first-round NCAA Tournament win over Drake (3/17) and a season-high 26 points (7 for 10 from 3-point distance) Sweet 16 victory over Houston (3/24).
2021-22 (SOPHOMORE AT KANSAS STATE)
Earned first-team All-Big 12 honors from the league's coaches and media … named Big 12 Most Improved Player … an NABC All-District 8 First Team selection and a USBWA All-District VI pick … a two-time Big 12 Player of the Week … started 28 of his 29 games … averaged 17.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 steals in 33.0 minutes per game … paced the Wildcats in scoring, field goals (175), field goal percentage (.455), 3-pointers (95 to rank second in Big 12, 29th nationally and third in single-season program history), 3-point field goal percentage (.436; led Big 12 and ranked fifth nationally), free throw percentage (.845) and minutes … also led Big 12 and ranked 14th nationally with his 3.3 3-pointers per game … scored at least 20 points 10 times and at least 30 points in three games … scored in double figures in each of his last 22 games (all 18 Big 12 contests) … poured in a career-high 35 points against No. 7 Kansas (1/22) when he hit 12 of 18 shots and went 8 for 12 from behind the arc … netted 32 points vs. Iowa State (2/26) and 31 against No. 10 Baylor (2/9).
2020-21 (FRESHMAN AT KANSAS STATE)
Named to Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team … started all 24 of the games in which he played (missed five contests due to injury) … averaged a team-high 12.7 points per game to become just the third freshman in history to pace the Wildcats in scoring … shot .405 from 3-point range (60 makes ranked second in school freshman history) and added 3.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game … led team in scoring 11 times and registered at least 20 points on three occasions … scored a season-high 26 points against Texas A&M (1/30) when he went 8 for 14 from long range to set a freshman program record for treys in a game … registered 22 points vs. Texas (2/9) and 23 in Big 12 Tournament win over TCU (3/10; was 5 for 6 from 3-point range) … went 11 for 15 from 3-point distance over two Big 12 Tournament games.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP
Attended Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis … a four-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals … rated the No. 84 player nationally and No. 2 player in the state of Indiana by ESPN … scored 820 of his 1,085 career points over his junior and senior seasons … earned all-county and all-conference honoree as a junior and senior … named to the IBCA All-State Supreme 15 and to The Indianapolis Star Indiana All-Star Team … an IBCA Underclass All-State Supreme 15 selection and picked to the Indianapolis Star’s Indiana Junior All-Star Team … named to the 2019 Nike All-EYBL Breakout Team.
PERSONAL
Major is organizational leadership.
• 2023 NCAA Tournament Midwest Region Most Outstanding Player
• 2021-22 Big 12 Most Improved Player
• 2021-22 All-Big 12 First Team (Coaches and AP)
• 2021-22 NABC All-District 8 First Team
• 2021-22 USBWA All-District VI
• 2020-21 All-Big 12 Academic Rookie Team
• Set a Kansas State record by making at least one 3-pointer in 34 straight games
CAREER NOTES
Has started 121 of his 122 career games … owns a 14.3-point career scoring average … enters 2025-26 season with 1,745 career points … helped lead Miami to 2023 Final Four … despite playing just two seasons at Kansas State he ranked No. 10 on the school's career 3-pointers list with 155 at the time of his transfer to Miami … set a KSU record by making at least one 3-pointer in 34 straight games (broke the previous standard of 25 consecutive contests held by former OU assistant coach Steve Henson that stood for over 30 years) … connected from deep in the last five games of his freshman season and all 29 of his outings as a sophomore.
2024-25 (GRADUATE AT MIAMI)
A first-team preseason All-ACC selection … limited to first nine games due to injury (started all nine) … averaged 13.9 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists … scored in double figures seven times and at least 20 points on three occasions (20 vs. Oklahoma State, 21 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson and 22 vs. Arkansas) … named ACC Player of the Week (11/11) after averaging 19.0 points (on 15-for-24 shooting) and 5.5 assists while committing just one turnover over the season's first two games.
2023-24 (SENIOR AT MIAMI)
A second-team preseason All-ACC pick … played and started in 25 of the team’s 32 games … averaged 13.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, a team-high 3.6 assists and 1.0 steal in 32.5 minutes per outing … shot .400 from the field, .357 from 3-point range (50 for 140) and .765 from the free throw line (39 for 51) … scored in double digits 18 times … made at least three 3-pointers in 11 contests … posted a season-high 28-point outing in a win over former school Kansas State (11/19) with help of 7-for-12 3-point shooting … scored 25 points in win vs. Clemson (1/3), 23 points at NC State (1/30) and 20 points vs. North Carolina (2/10).
2022-23 (JUNIOR AT MIAMI)
Helped Hurricanes to program’s first Final Four … named NCAA Tournament Midwest Region Most Outstanding Player … started in all 35 games … averaged 13.6 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.0 steal in 31.6 minutes per contest on the season … shot .441 from the field and team highs of .404 from 3-point distance (86 for 213) and .882 from the free throw line (45 for 51) … led team in scoring nine times … registered double figures in points 22 times and scored at least 20 points eight times … averaged 16.4 points and shot .455 from 3-point range (15 for 33) over five NCAA Tournament games … scored 21 points in first-round NCAA Tournament win over Drake (3/17) and a season-high 26 points (7 for 10 from 3-point distance) Sweet 16 victory over Houston (3/24).
2021-22 (SOPHOMORE AT KANSAS STATE)
Earned first-team All-Big 12 honors from the league's coaches and media … named Big 12 Most Improved Player … an NABC All-District 8 First Team selection and a USBWA All-District VI pick … a two-time Big 12 Player of the Week … started 28 of his 29 games … averaged 17.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 steals in 33.0 minutes per game … paced the Wildcats in scoring, field goals (175), field goal percentage (.455), 3-pointers (95 to rank second in Big 12, 29th nationally and third in single-season program history), 3-point field goal percentage (.436; led Big 12 and ranked fifth nationally), free throw percentage (.845) and minutes … also led Big 12 and ranked 14th nationally with his 3.3 3-pointers per game … scored at least 20 points 10 times and at least 30 points in three games … scored in double figures in each of his last 22 games (all 18 Big 12 contests) … poured in a career-high 35 points against No. 7 Kansas (1/22) when he hit 12 of 18 shots and went 8 for 12 from behind the arc … netted 32 points vs. Iowa State (2/26) and 31 against No. 10 Baylor (2/9).
2020-21 (FRESHMAN AT KANSAS STATE)
Named to Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team … started all 24 of the games in which he played (missed five contests due to injury) … averaged a team-high 12.7 points per game to become just the third freshman in history to pace the Wildcats in scoring … shot .405 from 3-point range (60 makes ranked second in school freshman history) and added 3.7 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game … led team in scoring 11 times and registered at least 20 points on three occasions … scored a season-high 26 points against Texas A&M (1/30) when he went 8 for 14 from long range to set a freshman program record for treys in a game … registered 22 points vs. Texas (2/9) and 23 in Big 12 Tournament win over TCU (3/10; was 5 for 6 from 3-point range) … went 11 for 15 from 3-point distance over two Big 12 Tournament games.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP
Attended Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis … a four-star recruit by ESPN and Rivals … rated the No. 84 player nationally and No. 2 player in the state of Indiana by ESPN … scored 820 of his 1,085 career points over his junior and senior seasons … earned all-county and all-conference honoree as a junior and senior … named to the IBCA All-State Supreme 15 and to The Indianapolis Star Indiana All-Star Team … an IBCA Underclass All-State Supreme 15 selection and picked to the Indianapolis Star’s Indiana Junior All-Star Team … named to the 2019 Nike All-EYBL Breakout Team.
PERSONAL
Major is organizational leadership.
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