David Wayne Jackson Jr. (born August 12, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for Minas of Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). A 6'3" combo guard, he played high school basketball in Maryland and North Carolina and attended Gulf Coast Community College in Florida after he failed to academically qualify to play Division I basketball. After two years at Gulf Coast he transferred to Penn State, where he played his last two years of eligibility. After going undrafted in the 2007 NBA Draft he started his professional career in Uruguay with Defensor Sporting. He has earned several accolades while playing in South America, including two MVP awards (one in Argentina and one in Brazil), multiple all-star selections and an LNB scoring title in 2010. High school career Jackson was born in Rockville, Maryland and resided in Gaithersburg, Maryland, attending High Point High School in nearby Beltsville, where he played the point guard position. After the end of his senior season in 2000–01, Jackson suffered a foot injury and failed to academically qualify for college basketball, scoring too low on the ACT and having to renounce to the only offer he received from Gettysburg College, a Division III school. After graduating high school he worked in an assisted living center before deciding to attend Bonner Academy, a prep school in Raleigh, North Carolina, trying to improve his grades and take the SAT to qualify for NCAA Division I basketball. College career Jackson visited several community colleges in Florida before joining Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida. In two years there he was a two-time All-Panhandle Conference selection and in his sophomore year he averaged 18.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, leading the state of Florida in 3-point percentage at 55%. Jackson's performance at Gulf Coast earned him the attention of several Division I schools, and he received offers from Auburn, Penn State, West Virginia and South Carolina. He narrowed his choice between Auburn and Penn State, and ultimately signed to play for the latter in April 2005. He decided to major in business management. In his first year at Penn State he wore jersey number 32 and started all the 30 games he played, averaging 6.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 29.2 minutes per game, ranking 5th in the team in scoring, 4th in rebounding and 2nd in assists behind Ben Luber, shooting 37.1% from