page_title: Josh Jackson (basketball)
section_title: High school career
hierarchical_section_title: Josh Jackson (basketball) / High school career
caption_attribution_description: English: Josh Jackson at the w:2016 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
context_page_description: Joshua O'Neal Jackson is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for one season with the Kansas Jayhawks before declaring for the 2017 NBA draft, where he was selected fourth overall by the Phoenix Suns.
context_section_description: As a freshman for the Consortium College Prep School, he averaged 17 points, six rebounds, four assists and four blocks per game. As a sophomore, he led the school to their first state title. He averaged 28 points, 15 rebounds, and six assists per game.
  Prior to his junior year, Jackson and his family moved to California to attend Justin-Siena High School in Napa, California and play for Prolific Prep. As a Junior, he averaged 31.2 points per game and 5.4 assists. As a Senior, Jackson averaged 26.9 Points and 13.1 rebounds per game. Jackson played AAU basketball for 1Nation Elite, a program founded by his mother. In March 2016, Jackson, played in the 2016 McDonald's All-American Game and joint led the scoring with 19 points, whilst also recording four rebounds and three assists. He was named Co-MVP alongside Frank Jackson.
  Jackson was a five-star recruit and was regarded as one of the top players in the 2016 class.  He was ranked number one in the 2016 class by both Rivals.com and Scout.com, while ESPN ranked him at number two behind only Harry Giles. 247Sports.com ranked him both as the top rated player in the 2016 class along with giving him a 102 rating, the highest rating ever given to a recruit by the website.
caption: Jackson drives to the basket in the 2016 McDonald's All-American Game
exif: {"Image Tag 0x000B": "Windows Photo Editor 10.0.10011.16384", "Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon EOS 7D Mark II", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Windows Photo Editor 10.0.10011.16384", "Image DateTime": "2016:07:14 10:23:58", "Image Artist": "Antonio \"Tony\" Vernon", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image Copyright": "", "Image ExifOffset": "2416", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 3, 0, 0]", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "0", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "0", "GPS GPSAltitudeRef": "3", "GPS GPSSatellites": "0", "GPS GPSStatus": "V", "GPS GPSImgDirectionRef": "M", "GPS GPSImgDirection": "68", "GPS GPSMapDatum": "WGS-84", "Image GPSInfo": "14348", "Image Padding": "[]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "96", "Thumbnail YResolution": "96", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "14574", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "10053", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/400", "EXIF FNumber": "14/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Manual", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "800", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF RecommendedExposureIndex": "800", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2016:03:30 20:04:58", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2016:03:30 20:04:58", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "69/8", "EXIF ApertureValue": "3", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Partial", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "165", "EXIF SubSecTime": "73", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "73", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "73", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "5472", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3648", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "14228", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "5472000/899", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "3648000/599", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "2", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Manual Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF CameraOwnerName": "", "EXIF BodySerialNumber": "041021000596", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[70, 200, 0, 0]", "EXIF LensModel": "EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM", "EXIF LensSerialNumber": "0000000000", "EXIF Padding": "[]", "EXIF OffsetSchema": "4140"}