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Denver Nuggets | #14 | Forward

DaRon Holmes II

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HEIGHT

6'10" (2.08m)

WEIGHT

225lb (102kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Dayton

AGE

23 years

BIRTHDATE

August 15, 2002

DRAFT

2024 R1 Pick 22

EXPERIENCE

Rookie

6'10" | 225lb | 23 years

DRAFT

2024 R1 Pick 22

BIRTHDATE

August 15, 2002

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Dayton

EXPERIENCE

Rookie

Player Bio

BEFORE NBA

College: Played three seasons at Dayton, appearing in 102 games (all starts), averaging 17.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 2.1 blocks in 32.5 minutes … 2023-24 consensus All-America Second Team selection as a junior … 2023-24 Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year … Named to the Atlantic-10 All-Defensive Team in each of his three seasons at Dayton … Ranked in the top 30 in the country in blocks per game in each of the last three seasons … Led the Atlantic 10 in scoring (20.4 ppg), rebounding (8.5 rpg) and double-doubles (13) in 2023-24 … 2023-24 (Junior): Played in 33 games (all starts), averaging, 20.4 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 2.1 blocks in 32.5 minutes …  Named the team’s White Allen Most Valuable Player for the third time in his career, becoming the ninth Dayton men’s basketball player to be the team MVP three times, but the first to earn the honor as a freshman, sophomore and junior … Led the A-10 in scoring (20.4) and rebounding (8.5) … Finished as the only player in the league’s top 10 in scoring, rebounding, FG%, and blocked shots … 2022-23 (Sophomore): Appeared in 34 games (all starts), averaging 18.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.9 blocks in 34.3 minutes … Led UD in scoring and was fourth in the A-10 (18.4 ppg), and was second in rebounding (8.1 rpg) being the only player in the A-10 to be in the top five in both … Led the A-10 in blocked shots (1.9 bpg) along with the nation in dunks with 89 … Became the only true sophomore in UD history to score 1,000 points in his career, reaching the milestone in the final regular season game of the year at Saint Louis … 2021-22 (Freshman): Played in 35 games, averaging 12.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 2.3 blocks in 30.7 minutes … Led the team in minutes and in scoring off 65% FG shooting … Set the school's single season block record with 81, the third most in the A-10, and the third most in the country by a freshman … Had the fourth most rebounds by a freshman in school history … Named first freshman in history to earn White Allen Co-Most Valuable Player.

PERSONAL LIFE

Son of DaRon and Tomika Holmes … Majored in Communications … High school coaches were Ty Admundsen (Millennium) and Ed Gibson (AZ Compass Prep).