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Jersey Number 43
Cameron Carr
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 189
- Hometown:
- Eden Prairie, Minn.
- High School:
- Link Academy (Mo.)
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Points: 13 // vs. Montana, 11/13/24
- Rebounds: 3 // vs. Georgia Southern, 12/12/23
- Assists: 3 // vs. Tennessee Tech, 11/6/23
- Steals: 1 // vs. Vanderbilt, 2/17/24
- Blocks: 2 (2x) // last vs. Austin Peay, 11/17/24
- Field Goals: 3 (2x) // last vs. Montana, 11/13/24
- 3-Pointers: 2 // vs. Vanderbilt, 2/17/24
- Free Throws: 2 // vs. Saint Peter's (N), 3/21/24
- Minutes: 13:20 // vs. Vanderbilt, 2/17/24
HONORS
- 2023-24 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024-25 - SOPHOMORE
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- Appeared in four games, averaging 4.8 points and 1.5 rebounds per contest, before suffering an injury and then, on 12/23/24, choosing to leave the program.
- Announced on 11/21/24 as out for 4-6 weeks due to a left thumb injury sustained in the victory over Austin Peay (11/17/24).
- Tallied four points, made his lone 3-point attempt and, for the second time as a collegian, blocked two shots against Austin Peay (11/17/24).
- Scored 13 points on a 3-of-4 field-goal clip and a 6-of-7 free-throw tally in 16 minutes of action, adding two assists, versus Montana (11/13/24), setting career highs in points, made free throws, free-throw attempts and minutes, while tying his top mark in made field goals and assists.
- Part of a select group of collegiate wings chosen to attend the prestigious Jayson Tatum Elite Camp over the summer.
2023-24 - FRESHMAN
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- Took part in 14 games, including six in SEC play and two in the NCAA Tournament, en route to compiling 23 points and seven assists in 60 minutes.
- Scored in half his appearances and made at least one 3-pointer in five of them.
- Ranked second on the team with 11 "One Fly, We All Fly" pregame dunks.
- Knocked down his lone shot attempt, a corner 3-pointer, in the Sweet 16 win versus No. 11 Creighton (3/29/24).
- Scored a then-career-best eight points and went 2-of-4 from beyond the arc, making multiple 3-pointers in a game for the first time, against Vanderbilt (2/17/24).
- Notched his first assist and rebound in SEC play during the victory at No. 10/8 Kentucky (2/3/24).
- Set new highs in rebounds (three) and blocks (two) and a then-career-high in minutes (10) in the win over Georgia Southern (12/12/23), adding two points.
- Made his official Tennessee debut in an season-opening triumph over Tennessee Tech (11/6/23).
HIGH SCHOOL
- Unanimously considered a four-star recruit and a top-three prospect in the state of Missouri.
- Labeled the No. 46 player in the country by Rivals, including eighth among shooting guards.
- Placed No. 54 in the On3 Consensus rankings, as well as No. 56 overall and eighth among shooting guards in the 247Sports Composite rankings.
- Attended Link Academy for his final two years, competing alongside Tennessee teammates Felix Okpara (2021-22), Cade Phillips (2022-23) and Ben Linnemeyer (2022-23), as well as VFL Julian Phillips (2021-22).
- During his senior year, helped the team win the GEICO Nationals championship and finish No. 1 in both the ESPN and MaxPreps national rankings.
- Scored a team-high 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting in the GEICO Nationals semifinal win over Sunrise Christian Academy and, earlier in the season, earned City of Palms Classic All-Tournament Team status.
- Took part in the elite NBPA Top 100 Camp in June 2022 in Kissimmee, Fla.
- Did not play during his junior season due to an injured left knee.
- Attended Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Kan., during his first two prep years—while his father was an assistant women’s coach at Kansas State and his sister played there—playing junior varisty as a freshman and competing with the varsity team as a sophomore.
- Aided MoKan Elite—alongside players such as Omaha Biliew (Wake Forest/Iowa State), John Bol (Ole Miss) and Trey Green (Xavier)—to a 2022 Nike EYBL Peach Jam championship, posting a 5.7 assist-to-turnover ratio and shooting 35.0 percent from 3-point range.
- In addition to Carr, Linnemeyer, Okpara and Phillips, played alongside at least a dozen other future DI players during his two seasons at Link, including Biliew, Green, Elliot Cadeau (North Carolina), Corey Chest (LSU), Tarris Reed Jr. (Connecticut/Michigan), Jordan Walsh (Boston Celtics/Arkansas) and Ja’Kobe Walter (Toronto Raptors/Baylor).
- Among the notable Manhattan High School alumni are former governors Joan Finney (Kansas) and Frank B. Morrison (Nebraska), former NBA player and two-time NABC DII National Player of the Year Trevor Hudgins, former college basketball coach Tim Jankovich and College Football Hall of Fame linebacker Gary Spani.
PERSONAL
- Full name is Cameron Louis Christopher Carr.
- Born Nov. 21, 2004, in Eden Prairie, Minn.
- Parents are Chris Carr and Tanya Carr.
- Father, currently an assistant men's basketball coach at DII Drury University (Mo.), played six seasons in the NBA (1995-2001) and was the 1994-95 MVC Player of the Year and MVC Tournament MVP at Southern Illinois (1992-95).
- Father finished as the runner-up to Kobe Bryant in the 1997 NBA All-Star Saturday Night Slam Dunk Contest.
- Mother was a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ dance team and is now a real estate analyst.
- Has four older sisters, Tayler, Tamika, Christianna and Nadja, the third of whom played college basketball at Kansas State (2018-21), Syracuse (2021-22) and Arkansas (2022-23), totaling 1,745 points, good for 11.5 per game.
- Majoring in communication studies.
- Interests outside of basketball in going for walks, hanging out with teammates and playing video games.
- Favorite athlete is LeBron James.
- Best sports memory is winning the GEICO Nationals title during his senior year of high school.
- Pregame superstitions include controlled breathing and listening to R&B music.
- Committed to Tennessee over Kansas State, Louisville, Northwestern and Virginia, among other offers.
- Chose Tennessee because he thought it felt like home, was the best fit and would help prepare him for the next level.
- Second player in Tennessee history from the state of Minnesota, joining two-time First Team All-SEC selection Carl Widseth (1952-56).
- In addition to owning a wingspan just shy of 7-2 and a standing reach of 8-10, added 14 pounds to his frame between his freshman and sophomore seasons at Tennessee and has a max reverse band squat of 460 pounds, 2.43 times his body weight.
- Recipient of the Dane Bradshaw Endowed Athletic Scholarship.
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