Ronnie Brewer

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 Ronnie Brewer: 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.

His father Ron starred at Arkansas in the late 1970s, and Ronnie followed, averaging 18.4 points for the Razorbacks before Utah took him 14th in the 2006 draft. The shooting guard with the famously unorthodox release — the legacy of a childhood water slide injury — won the starting job in 2007–08 and ranked among the league leaders in steals.

After defensive-specialist seasons with Chicago and stops in New York, Oklahoma City and Houston, he went back to Fayetteville: hired by Arkansas in 2021 as recruiting coordinator and promoted to assistant coach before the 2023–24 season. He is a cousin of Detroit rapper Guilty Simpson.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah took him 14th overall in 2006. At the 2010 deadline, some $5.1 million over the luxury-tax line, the Jazz sent him to Memphis for a first-round pick — a move that cut their tax bill to about $2.3 million, though Kevin O'Connor insisted it was about minutes and a future asset.

Utah Jazz tenure

2006–10

Position

Guard

Born

1985, Portland, Oregon

Height

6′7″ (201 cm)

Weight

236 lb (107 kg)

College

Arkansas

Drafted

2006, 1st round (No. 14), Utah