Despite skipping his senior year of high school to join the Missouri basketball squad, freshman Jontay Porter put up impressive numbers as one of college basketball’s youngest players.
Porter put up 9.9 points and 6.8 rebounds per game and shot 36 percent from beyond the three-point arc while averaging 24.5 minutes. The 6-foot-11 freshman was voted as the Southeastern Conference’s co-sixth man of the year and earned a spot on the all-freshman team while helping Missouri make its first NCAA Tournament in five years.
Here’s how Porter’s season compared to other recent standout college players who skipped a year of high school.