Trent Forrest

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Trent Forrest
File:Trent Forrest vs. Florida.jpg
Forrest with Florida State in 2018
No. 3 – Utah Jazz
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1998-06-12) June 12, 1998 (age 26)
Chipley, FL, U.S.
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Chipley
(Chipley, Florida)
College Florida State (2016–2020)
NBA draft 2020 / Undrafted
Playing career 2020–present
Career history
2020–present Utah Jazz
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Landon Trent Forrest (born June 12, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles. Listed at 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) and 210 lb (95 kg), he plays the point guard and shooting guard positions.

Early life and high school career

Forrest grew up in Chipley, Florida and attended Chipley High School. During his high school career, Forrest scored over 3,000 points.[1] As a senior, he led Chipley to a state championship, scoring 26 points in the title game against Paxton High School. Forrest also participated in Amateur Athletic Union competition with the Alabama Challenge and Georgia Stars.[2] He was ranked in the top 50 of his high school class. Forrest signed with Florida State because he fell in love with the vision of coach Leonard Hamilton.[3] Forrest turned down offers from Miami (Florida), Georgia Tech, Tennessee, UCF and Wichita State.[4]

College career

Forrest averaged 4.9 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.2 steals per game as a freshman, playing backup point guard to Xavier Rathan-Mayes.[5] As a sophomore, Forrest finished fifth on the team in scoring with 7.9 points per game and third in rebounding with 4.9 per game, helping Florida State reach the Elite Eight.[6] During a game against Villanova on November 25, 2018, Forrest had the cartilage torn completely off the bone in his big toe, yet played through pain and did not miss a single game.[7] During the 2019 NCAA Tournament, Forrest scored 20 points and had five rebounds in the Sweet 16 loss to Gonzaga and was named to the West Regional All-Tournament Team.[8] As a junior, Forrest averaged 9.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game.[9] He graduated from Florida State in December 2019 with a degree in sports management, and he earned the Skip Prosser Award for best scholar-athlete in the ACC since he carried a 3.43 GPA.[3] At the conclusion of the regular season, Forrest was selected to the Second Team All-ACC and to the Defensive Team.[10] He averaged 11.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as a senior.[11]

Professional career

Utah Jazz (2020–present)

After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, Forrest signed a two-way contract with the Utah Jazz.[12] He would split time between the Jazz and their NBA G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars.[11]

On August 11, 2021, Forrest signed a second two-way contract[13] and on April 10, 2022, his deal was converted into a standard NBA contract.[14]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2020–21 Utah 30 0 10.1 .451 .192 1.000 1.5 1.5 .3 .1 2.9
2021–22 Utah 60 6 12.8 .490 .185 .792 1.7 1.8 .5 .1 3.3
Career 90 6 11.9 .478 .189 .851 1.6 1.7 .4 .1 3.1

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021 Utah 4 0 2.5 .500 — — .0 .0 .0 .0 1.0
Career 4 0 2.5 .500 — — .0 .0 .0 .0 1.0

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Florida State 35 0 15.4 .473 .125 .676 2.7 1.6 1.2 .1 4.9
2017–18 Florida State 34 2 25.6 .492 .214 .697 4.9 4.1 1.6 .4 7.9
2018–19 Florida State 37 36 29.9 .439 .233 .779 4.5 3.7 1.9 .2 9.3
2019–20 Florida State 31 31 30.9 .459 .281 .822 4.4 4.0 1.9 .6 11.6
Career 137 69 25.4 .462 .248 .748 4.1 3.3 1.6 .3 8.3

Personal life

Both his mother, Barbara Lee, and his father, Lester Forrest played basketball at Chipola Junior College. His mother is the pastor of the All Things New Worship Center and Forrest played drums in the church.[1] His father is the manager of Gilmore Park for Chipley's recreation department and built the youth basketball program in the town. Forrest has an older brother, Trey, who also played basketball.[2]

References

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