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Center · 1998–99

Todd Fuller

Few draft picks carry a footnote like his: Golden State took Fuller 11th in 1996, ahead of Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Peja Stojakovic and Jermaine O'Neal. The NC State center had led the ACC in scoring at 20.9 a game, graduated summa cum laude in applied mathematics, and declined a Rhodes Scholarship to turn pro. His five NBA seasons included 1998–99 with the Jazz.

Mathematics won in the end. Fuller earned a master's in analytics from NC State in 2016 and became a licensed high school math teacher, sponsoring an annual math competition for Raleigh-area students. He has volunteered from Tasmania to Micronesia, and NC State raised his number 52 to the rafters in 2007.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah was his second NBA stop, one season in a career that never matched the draft slot.

Full name
Todd Douglas Fuller
Utah Jazz tenure
1998–99
Position
Center
Born
1974, Charlotte, North Carolina
Height
6′11″ (211 cm)
Weight
256 lb (116 kg)
College
North Carolina State
Drafted
1996, 1st round (No. 11), Golden State
Signature in the archive NBA Utah Jazz 1999-00 Upper Deck Victory

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With the Jazz

TODD FULLER · 1998–99 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1998–99UTA4211.03.42.40.10.10.3.452.600
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON4211.03.42.40.10.10.3.452.600

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

TODD FULLER · 6 NOTES
  • Was a two-time Academic All-American of the Year at NC State.
  • Turned down a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford in order to play professional basketball.
  • He carried a 3.96 grade point average in mathematics while leading the ACC in scoring at 20.9 points a game.
  • Asked by a reporter about his aircraft-carrier flat-top haircut, he answered with two words — low maintenance.
  • He fulfilled a longtime ambition by earning his pilot's license and has served on Charlotte's airport advisory committee since 2008.
  • In 2008 he spent three weeks in Micronesia training local basketball players to become coaches for island youth.