Jarred Vanderbilt

One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Jarred Vanderbilt: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you own something he signed — or you know who might — there is a note at the foot of this page.

Injuries limited the McDonald's All-American to 14 games at Kentucky, and he slid to 41st in the 2018 draft. Vanderbilt rebuilt his value in Minnesota as a relentless rebounder and defender, then arrived in Utah in the July 2022 Rudy Gobert trade. Half a season later the Jazz sent him to the Lakers, where he won the NBA's first In-Season Tournament in 2023 and signed a four-year extension.

Basketball saturates the Houston family he comes from. Father Robert played at Wiley College, mother Gwendolyn at Xavier of Louisiana, and a brother and sister played college ball as well.

HOW HE CAME & WENTHe arrived on July 6, 2022 in the Rudy Gobert trade — the largest in modern Jazz history — and went to the Lakers seven months later in the Russell Westbrook deal.

Full name

Jarred Jakobi Vanderbilt

Utah Jazz tenure

2022–23

Position

Forward

Born

1999, Houston

Height

6′8″ (203 cm)

Weight

216 lb (98 kg)

College

Kentucky

Drafted

2018, 2nd round (No. 41), Orlando