Kinsey Signs Free Agent Contract with Utah Jazz

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Former Marshall University men's basketball guard Taevion Kinsey signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Utah Jazz following the 2023 NBA Draft.

"I think it's a good place for him to land," Herd men's basketball head coach Dan D'Antoni said about Kinsey signing the undrafted contract with the Jazz. "He comes out as one of Marshall's most decorated players. I'm glad to see him get that chance at the highest level of basketball."

Kinsey is the first Marshall men's basketball player to sign a draft-night deal with an NBA team since Hassan Whiteside was selected with the 33^rd overall pick of the 2010 NBA Draft.

The Columbus, Ohio, native had quite the ending to his collegiate career as he was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, All-SBC First-Team and was a 2023 Lou Henson Award Finalist.

Kinsey scored 706 points (22.1 per game) to lead the conference and rank seventh in the nation in the 2022-23 season. Kinsey's 20 games of 20 or more points and his 271 made field goals also led the Sun Belt while ranking third in Division I men's basketball with his made field goals. He tallied a career-high 37 points at Georgia State on February 11, the most by any student-athlete in a Sun Belt Conference game in the 2022-23 season.

In addition to his scoring prowess, Kinsey ranked second in the conference in total assists (173) and assists per game (5.4). He became the program's all-time scoring leader with 2,641 points, passing Jon Elmore in the SBC quarterfinals against Texas State. He also became the all-time leader in made field goals earlier this season when he passed Skip Henderson's mark of 1,000 at Old Dominion.

Kinsey's contract is an Exhibit 10 deal, which is a one-year NBA deal that allows the franchise to convert the contract to a two-way contract if that change is made before the start of the season.

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