Co-Player of the Week. He averaged 17.3 points per game on a team that went 19–16. After the end of his junior year, he decided to enter the 2017 NBA draft. College statistics |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15 | style="text-align:left;"| Indiana | 33 || 33 || 30.0 || .420 || .387 || .806 || 5.3 || 1.5 || 0.6 || .1 || 15.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| Indiana | 13 || 12 || 24.5 || .480 || .463 || .852 || 4.2 || 1.7 || 1.2 || .4 || 15.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;"| Indiana | 30 || 30 || 30.5 || .477 || .423 || .837 || 4.8 || 1.9 || .7 || .0 || '''17.0 |- | align="center" colspan="2"| Career | 76 || 75 || 29.3 || .452 || .415 || .824 || 4.9 || 1.7 || 0.8 || .1 || 16.3 |- Source: Professional career Blackmon signed as an undrafted free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers on June 23, 2017. After some successful performances with the team during the 2017 NBA Summer League, he signed a training camp contract with them on August 30 that same year. He was waived in the preseason on October 14, 2017. On January 26, 2018, Blackmon was traded by the Delaware 87ers to the Wisconsin Herd in exchange for Shannon Brown and Cameron Oliver. He signed with VL Pesaro of the Lega Basket Serie A on August 6, 2018. On July 19, 2019, he has signed with Aquila Basket Trento of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). On October 23, 2020, short after the beginning of the season, he signed a one year contract with Beşiktaş in the Turkish League and Basketball Champions League. On July 8, 2021, he has signed with Pınar Karşıyaka of the Turkish Super League (BSL). Family Blackmon's father, James Blackmon Sr., was drafted into the NBA after an outstanding career at Kentucky. . He now coaches at Marion. His father is of African-American descent, while his mother Sailaja is of Indian descent. Blackmon has two brothers: Vijay, who was a walk-on for the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball basketball team, and now is a member of the Lindenwood University men's basketball team, and Jalen, who plays for Grand Canyon University. References External links Indiana Hoosiers bio 1995 births Living people 21st-century African-American sportspeople African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Italy American