Kameron Langley (born April 13, 1999) is an American former

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player who played for the

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, where in his five-year career he became one of the most prolific assist leaders in

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history.

Early life

Langley grew up in

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and attended

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where he was coached by Guy Shavers. Langley was named the Piedmont Triad Conference Player of the year as a sophomore and as a junior, when he averaged 15.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 3.2 steals per game. Langley led the school to a 27–3 record and the regular season conference title. As a senior, he led the Cowboys to the 4A State Championship and was named the MVP of the state championship game against

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College career

Langley became the Aggies' starting point guard as a true freshman and was named to the

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All-Freshman team after averaging 7.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game and leading the conference with 59 steals. He averaged 7.1 points, a conference-leading 6.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game during his sophomore season. Langley broke North Carolina A&T's career assists record during a 10 point, 13 assist and eight rebound performance in an 83–62 win over

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on February 25, 2020, passing the previous record of 582 held by Thomas Griffis. Langley set a

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tournament record with 15 assists while also setting the conference record of career assists in a quarterfinal win over

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during the 2020 MEAC men's basketball tournament. Langley was named first team All-MEAC while leading the nation in total assists and assists per game. Langley averaged 9.4 points, 8 assists, and 5.2 rebounds per game. Following the season, he declared for the

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. Langley withdrew from the draft on June 9. As a senior, he averaged 10.6 points, 6.6 assists, 5 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game, earning Second Team All-MEAC honors. Langley declared for the

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, before withdrawing and taking advantage of the NCAA's granting of a fifth season of eligibility.

Career statistics

College

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, style="text-align:left;", North Carolina A&T , 19 , , 19 , , 31.2 , , .425 , , .400 , , .640 , , 5.0 , , 6.6 , , 2.7 , , .1 , , 10.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;", North Carolina A&T , 31 , , 23 , , 27.1 , , .407 , , .263 , , .608 , , 3.3 , , 4.7 , , 1.7 , , .1 , , 6.3 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 148 , , 135 , , 29.7 , , .449 , , .306 , , .595 , , 3.9 , , 6.1 , , 1.9 , , .1 , , 7.9

Personal life

Langley has three brothers, all of whom have played college basketball in the Greensboro area. His older brother KJ was the starting point guard for

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and he has two younger twin brothers, Keyshaun and Kobe, who originally committed to play together at Virginia Tech before de-committing and choosing to play at

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References

External links

North Carolina A&T Aggies bio
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