Few men fought harder for their NBA minutes. Raised on Chicago's West Side, Jeffers lost two brothers to shootings and was himself shot in the leg defending his sister — yet he was back on a court within a month. Denied a Division I scholarship, he went from junior college to Illinois-Chicago to NAIA Robert Morris, where The Sporting News named him 2007 NAIA Player of the Year. From the Iowa Energy of the D-League he earned call-ups to the Jazz, Spurs and Wizards.
Basketball eventually brought him home. After his playing days he returned to Robert Morris, the school that had taken him in, serving as its head coach from 2017 to 2019.
HOW HE CAME & WENTHe earned a 10-day contract on March 3, 2010 out of the D-League, stayed through summer league and camp, and was waived before the season.
| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | UTA | 14 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | .414 | — | .684 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 1 SEASON | 14 | 5.2 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | .414 | — | .684 |
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