Jezreel De Jesús

Jezreel De Jesús
	De Jesús with Puerto Rico during the qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
No. 5 – Gladiadores de Anzoátegui
Position	Point guard
League	SPB
Personal information
Born	5 May 1991 (age 33); Carolina, Puerto Rico
Listed height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012–2013	Leones de Ponce
2014	Maratonistas de Coamo
2014	Barrancabermeja Ciudad Futuro
2014–2015	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2015	Maratonistas de Coamo
2015	Fuerza Regia de Monterrey
2016	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2016	Santeros de Aguada
2017	Al-Wakrah
2017	Atenas
2017	Indios de Mayagüez
2018	Capitanes de Arecibo
2018	Santos de San Luis
2018	Salta Basket
2018	Caciques de Humacao
2018	Atléticos de San Germán
2018	Cañeros del Este
2018	Fastbreak del Valle
2019	Indios de Mayagüez
2019	Capitanes de Arecibo
2019–2020	Real Estelí
2020	Capitanes de Arecibo
2021	Real Estelí
2021	Hurricanes de San Andrés
2021	Capitanes de Arecibo
2021	Leones de Ponce
2021	Fuerza Regia de Monterrey
2021–2022	Real Estelí
2022	Leones de Ponce
2022–2023	Real Estelí
2023	Leones de Ponce
2023	Cañeros del Este
2023	Panteras de Aguascalientes
2023	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui
2024	Leones de Ponce
2024–present	Gladiadores de Anzoátegui
Career highlights and awards
	SPB champion (2024); SPB Finals MVP (2024); 2× Nicaraguan League champion (2020, 2021); BSN Second Team (2023); BCL Americas Top Scorer (2021);

Jezreel De Jesús (born 5 May 1991) is a Puerto Rican basketball player for Gladiadores de Anzoátegui of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB). He is also a member of the Puerto Rico national basketball team. De Jesús has played for several teams in Puerto Rico, and has also played in Argentina, Qatar, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia and Nicaragua.

Early and college career

De Jesús started playing basketball at age 5 in his hometown Carolina. Later, he traveled to Miami and later played for Western Oklahoma State College.^[1]

Professional career

De Jesús started his career with Leones de Ponce in the Puerto Rican .

In 2015, he played with Barrancabermeja Ciudad Futuro in the Colombian League where he was named the Most Valuable Player of the season.

In the 2021 BCL Americas season, De Jesús was the top scorer of the league after averaging 20.1 points per game. On 14 April, De Jesus scored a game-high 26 points in the final of the 2021 BCL Americas. However, Estelí could not overcome Flamengo and lost the game narrowly.^[2]