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Haanif Cheatham
American basketball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Haanif Cheatham (born September 6, 1996) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Nebraska, Florida Gulf Coast University and Marquette University.
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College career
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Marquette University (2015-2018)
In November 2014, Cheatham signed a National Letter of Intent with the Marquette University men's basketball program. Cheatham was a consensus top-100 prospect by the leading national media outlets. He was rated 69th by Rivals.com, 70th by CBSSports.com and 80th in the ESPN rankings. [1]
In March 2016, Cheatham was named to the Big East Conference All-Freshman Team. He started each of the team's 31 games and averaged 11.5 points, 3.5 rebound and 2.2 assists per game. He was ranked 17th in the league in scoring and third in free throw percentage.[2]
In April 2017, Cheatham was awarded the Best Defensive Player Award at the team's annual end-of-season awards banquet.[3]
In November 2017, Cheatham decided to leave the program for personal reasons. He started the season averaging 26.2 minutes per game and was averaging 8.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.[4]
Florida Gulf Coast University (2018-2019)
In May 2018, Cheatham withdrew his name from the 2018 NBA Draft and returned to school joining Florida Gulf Coast University for the 2018–2019 season after transferring in January. He would not hire an agent, which allowed him to maintain his amateurism as he went through the evaluation process.[5]
In August 2018, Cheatham was granted immediate eligibility for the 2018–2019 season after the university's compliance office received the waiver from the NCAA. He would have one season of eligibility remaining.[6]
In October 2018, Cheatham was announced as a member of the Preseason All-Conference Team. He was the only member of the Florida Gulf Coast team selected to the squad.[7]
In November 2018, Cheatham was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Player and Newcomer of the Week.[8]
After playing in ten games, in December 2018, Cheatham suffered a shoulder injury in practice that would lead him to have surgery. He was averaging 13.2 points and started in all 10 games but would miss the remainder of the 2018–2019 season.[9]
University of Nebraska (2019-2020)
In April 2019, Cheatham transferred to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for the 2019–2020 season.[10]
In March 2020, Cheatham was recognized by the Big Ten as Nebraska's nominee for the Big Ten Sportsmanship award. As one of two seniors on the team, he started in all 31 games that season and averaged a team high 13 points per game.[11]
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Professional career
In September 2020, after going undrafted in the NBA Draft, Cheatham signed with Leones de Ponce for the 2020 season for his rookie season.[12] After his rookie season, he was awarded All-Puerto Rican BSN All-Rookie Team for 2020.[13]
In March 2021, Cheatham was signed to a multi-year deal with Leones de Ponce.[14]
In January 2023, Cheatham signed with Artland Dragons for the 2023 season.[15]
Personal life
Cheatham is the son of Ingrid Weiss and Terry Cheatham. He has three sisters and one brother.[16]
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