Jarrid Jerome Famous (born July 16, 1988) is an American professional

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player who last played for

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of the

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(IBL). He played

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at both

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and the

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High school and college career

After graduating from Blessed Sacrament-St. Gabriel High School, Famous went to

where he averaged 25.2 points, 13.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game as a sophomore, being named one of 10 players named to the NJCAA Division I All-American first-team for the 2008–2009 season. After his sophomore season, he transferred to

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, where he played in 31 games and started 20, averaging 8.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 0.4 assists and 0.5 blocks per night.

Professional career

Famous went undrafted in the

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. In October 2011, he signed with SKP Banska Bystrica of Slovakia. However, he left after just 2 games. On November 3, 2011, he was selected in the third round of the 2011 NBA D-League draft by the

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. On December 9, 2011, he signed with the

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. However, he was waived on December 23. On December 26, he was reacquired by the Iowa Energy. On January 5, 2012, he was traded to the

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. On January 27, 2012, his contract was bought out by the Mad Ants. In February 2012, he joined the

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of the Philippines for the Commissioner's Cup. He later joined the

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. In July 2012, he joined the Indiana Pacers for the Orlando Summer League and the

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for the Las Vegas Summer League. Following the Summer League, he joined

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of the Dominican Republic. On September 27, 2012, he signed with the

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. However, he was waived on October 7. In November 2012, he was acquired by the

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. On January 30, 2013, he was traded to the Iowa Energy. In May 2013, he signed with Leñeros de Los Mina of the Dominican Republic. Later that year, he signed with

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of Lebanon for the 2013–14 season. In July 2014, he joined the Memphis Grizzlies for the

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. In September 2014, he signed with

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of China. However, he was later released by Jiangsu on October 31, 2014, before appearing in a game for them. On December 12, 2014, he was reacquired by the Iowa Energy. On February 24, 2015, he was traded to the

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in exchange for a 2015 third-round draft pick. In May 2015, he returned to the Philippines, this time with

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. In nine games for GlobalPort, he averaged 30.2 points and 23.0 rebounds per game. In July 2015, he joined the

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for the

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. On July 24, he signed with the

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. However, he was later waived by the Mavericks on October 22 after appearing in five preseason games. Five days later, he signed with the

Fujian Sturgeons Fujian SBS Xunxing Sturgeons (Simplified Chinese: 福建SBS浔兴鲟) or Fujian Xunxing or Fujian SBS are a Chinese professional men's basketball team in the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian. The "SBS" reflects c ...

of the

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, making his debut on November 6. On December 24, he left Fujian to play for Hekmeh of the Lebanese League, playing in seven games with the team. On February 5, he left Hekmeh and signed with Al-Muharraq of the Bahraini League. On March 2, he moved to Bucaneros de La Guaira of the Venezuelan League. On October 5, 2016, Famous signed with

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of the Israeli League. On December 14, 2016, he parted ways with Haifa after appearing in six games. On January 2, 2017, he signed with Al Naser Dubai of the

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as their import for the

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. However, his former PBA team, GlobalPort, refused to let go of their rights on him, pushing the Fuel Masters to choose for another import. On March 7, 2017, Famous signed with the

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of the

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. On August 3, 2017, Famous signed with

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of the

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. In March 2018, Famous signed with the

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of the

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as their import for the

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. On January 22, 2022, Famous signed with Club Sportivo Capitol of the

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. On October 11, 2022, Famous entered the 2022 IBL Foreign Draft, he was picked in the second round 19th overall by the

International career

In August 2012, Famous competed for the

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in the 2012 William Jones Cup after he was naturalised earlier that year.

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