David Michael DeJulius (born August 9, 1999) is an American professional

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player for

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in the Spanish

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. He previously played

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for the

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, where he was a two-time Third-team All-

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performer, as well as for the

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. He attended Edison Public School Academy for two years before transferring to East English Village Preparatory Academy, where he finished 3rd in the 2018

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and was 2018 Mr. PSL for his play in the

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Early life

DeJulius was born August 9, 1999, in Detroit, Michigan to Latrice Halthon and Ladell DeJulius. He has a brother, Terrell Thornton, and three sisters, Aaliyah DeJulius, Cerisse DeJulius and Latriece DeJulius.

High school

DeJulius attended Edison Public School Academy for his freshman and sophomore seasons. As a freshman, he was selected to the 2015 Class C All-State team (2nd team, ''

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''; 4th team ''

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''). As a sophomore, he was again selected to the 2016 Class C All-State team (2nd team, ''The Detroit News''; 3rd team ''Detroit Free Press''; honorable mention

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). DeJulius transferred to East English Village Preparatory Academy for his junior and senior seasons. As a junior, he visited the

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a few times (including September 17, 2016, and October 25, 2016). He scored 46 points with 7 rebounds and 5 assists against Dakota High School and

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signee Thomas Kithier in front of

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and the entire coaching staff on December 17, 2016. DeJulius got an offer and gave a verbal commitment on December 22. At the time, he was the 172nd ranked player in the national class of 2018 and the 32nd ranked point guard. DeJulius was a 2017 Class A All-state honoree (1st team Associated Press). On November 10, 2017, DeJulius tendered his

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as part of a five-man recruiting class that included Ignas Brazdeikis,

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, Brandon Johns, and

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. DeJulius also had offers from Michigan State and DePaul. DeJulius earned 2018 Mr. PSL for his play in the

. In January 2018, DeJulius scored 49 points in a 92–82 victory against Chicago's

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with 13-of-19 shooting from the field, including 9-of-11 3-point shooting. Orr was the defending 2017

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Class 2A state champion and would repeat in 2018. With 2,542 points, DeJulius finished 3rd behind Michigan State signee

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(3,691) and Michigan signee Brandon Johns (2,792) in the 2018 Mr. Basketball of Michigan voting. In his only head-to-head meeting with Loyer, DeJulius scored 42 points in an 80–71 comeback to give Clarkston High School its only regular season loss against 21 points, 12 assists, and eight rebounds from Loyer. East English had trailed in the battle of the state's two best point guards 49–31 at halftime and 63–53 after three quarters. Then, DeJulius had 25 points in the second half, including 17 in the fourth quarter, against the defending 2017

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Class A state champions, who would repeat in 2018. DeJulius was a 2018 All-class first team All-state selection by ''

''.

College

Michigan

Freshman season

The 2017–18 Michigan team was the national runner-up in the

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. The 2018–19 team was expected to be ranked by ESPN (17) and CBS Sports (21). Of the incoming class, Brazdeikis had the highest expectations from

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and

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. ''USA Today'' expected Johns to be the brightest newcomer. DeJulius played 25 games as a freshman for the 2018–19 Wolverines. By the end of the season, DeJulius was behind

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and his backup

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on the depth chart for

. The team lost the last game of the regular season to Loyer's

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, finishing one game behind the Spartans and

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for the Big Ten regular season championship. The team was unable to defend its Big Ten Tournament championship in the championship game of the 2019 Big Ten men's basketball tournament against Michigan State, who swept three

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games from Michigan that season. The Wolverines finished the season with a 30–7 record, for its second consecutive 30-win season, losing in the Sweet Sixteen round of the 2019 NCAA tournament to (#9/#10)

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Sophomore season

On May 22, 2019,

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signed a five-year contract as the head coach of the

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team. Brazdeikis, Charles Matthews and

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declared for the

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. During the Michigan Wolverines' 2019–20 season, DeJulius played as a sophomore alongside starting guards Simpson and Brooks as well as

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. Serving in a sixth man role, he averaged 7.0 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.5 assists in 20.9 minutes per game coming off the bench. On November 15, Michigan defeated Elon 70–50 DeJulius added 10 points and eight assists, which were both career highs at the time. On November 27, Michigan defeated

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83–76 in the quarterfinals of the

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tournament. DeJulius added a career-high 14 points. On January 28, with Simpson suspended and

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sidelined, DeJulius started against

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and played 34 minutes. On March 8, Michigan lost to (#9/#9)

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70–83 in their final game of the regular season. Michigan was led by DeJulius with a career-high 20 points. Michigan was scheduled to play

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in the

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on March 12. However, the tournament and the remainder of the college basketball season was cancelled due to the

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. DeJulius entered the

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in April 2020 even though Simpson had completed his eligibility and Brooks would be a senior. In the portal, he received interest from

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, Marquette, Cincinnati,

, DePaul,

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, Creighton and

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. With over 20 schools expressing interest, DeJulius announced four finalists by April 10: Iowa State, Cincinnati, Marquette and Missouri. During his sophomore year with the Wolverines, DeJulius scored 10 or more points in eleven games. There was speculation that he might secure the starting point guard position if he continued with the team. However, Michigan had been pursuing point guards

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and Mike Smith in the transfer portal and recruiting Josh Christopher prior to DeJulius's announcement that he would transfer.

Cincinnati

Junior season

In August 2020, he was granted a waiver to play immediately as a transfer. On February 25, 2021, he became the fifth member of the 2020–21 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team, 2020–21 Cincinnati Bearcats to opt out of the rest of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season due to the mental impact of COVID-19. Within two days after the March 14, 2021 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament championship game loss to 2020–21 Houston Cougars men's basketball team, Houston, the Bearcats saw six players enter the transfer portal. On March 26, the Athletic Director John Cunningham announced an investigation against the basketball program. On April 3, List of Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball head coaches, Cincinnati head coach John Brannen (basketball), John Brannen was placed on indefinite leave. On April 9, Cincinnati fired Brannen. On April 14, 2021, Cincinnati hired Wes Miller to become their next head coach, replacing Brannen.

Senior season

On January 30, 2022, he scored the go-ahead basket with 3.7 seconds left against 2021–22 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team, East Carolina. DeJulius posted 3 consecutive 20-point games on February 6 (25, #6 2021–22 Houston Cougars men's basketball team, Houston), February 9 (24, 2021–22 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team, South Florida), and February 12 (23, 2021–22 Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball team, Tulsa), marking the first such streak by a Bearcat since Jarron Cumberland did so for the 2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team, 2018–19 Bearcats over 3 years before. On February 24, 2022, he announced that he would not partake in Senior day, Senior Night fanfare, in part because he was eligible to return with another year due to special COVID-19 waiver. DeJulius earned third-team All-American Athletic Conference as a true senior for the 2021–22 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team. He averaged a team-leading 14.5 points per game, was the team's only All-AAC performer and decided to exercise his option to return.

COVID Redshirt 5th year season

DeJulius earned 2022–23 Preseason All-Conference Second Team recognition for his redshirt (college sports), redshirt senior season. Before the season, he announced that he would donate his student athlete compensation proceeds from his team-licensed jersey sales to provide books to inner city youth in Detroit and Cincinnati. He began the season by leading the 2022–23 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team, 2022–23 Cincinnati Bearcats to three victories, averaging 21.3 points and 3.7 assists while shooting 56.1% from the field, including 7-of-9 on three-point shots, and earning American Athletic Conference player of the week honors. When DeJulius was honored on March 5, 2023 Senior Night, along with Kalu Ezikpe and Rob Phinisee prior to the game against 2022–23 SMU Mustangs men's basketball team, SMU, he posted a career-high 30 points with 6 assists. He repeated as an All-American Athletic Conference third-team honoree. DeJulius entered the 2023 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament with the nation's longest streak of five or more assists (16 games). In the 2023 National Invitation Tournament first round victory over 2022–23 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team, Virginia Tech, DeJulius had 21 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. After three years at Cincinnati, DeJulius posted 1187 points and ended his final season with 192 assists, which is third in school history behind two Oscar Robertson totals on the school list for single-season assists.

Professional career

On August 3, 2023, DeJulius signed his first professional contract overseas with Greek club G.S. Lavrio B.C., Lavrio. He averaged 14.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in the Greek Basket League. On January 13, 2024, his contract was bought out by German club BG Göttingen, where he averaged 13.6 points and 5.1 assists per game. On June 22, 2024, DeJulius returned to Greece, signing with Aris B.C., Aris Thessaloniki. On November 4, 2024, DeJulius moved to EuroLeague mainstays Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv, signing a two-year contract. Aris received a 200.000€ buyout for the completion of the transfer. On February 21, 2025, DeJulius was loaned to Bursaspor Basketbol of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) for the rest of the season. On June 30, 2025, he signed with

in the Spanish

Career statistics

College

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Career
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Early life

High school

College

Michigan

Freshman season

Sophomore season

Cincinnati

Junior season

Senior season

COVID Redshirt 5th year season

Professional career

Career statistics

College

See also

References

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