Jhivvan Jackson

Jhivvan Jameel Jackson Meléndez (born August 27, 1998) is a Puerto Rican-Panamanian professional basketball player for San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the UTSA Roadrunners.

Early life and high school Jackson began playing basketball at the age of five. He played four years of varsity basketball at Trinity High School in Euless, Texas. As a freshman, Jackson was teammates with top recruit and future National Basketball Association (NBA) player Myles Turner. In his senior season, he averaged 22 points, five rebounds, five assists and 2.8 steals per game. Jackson was lightly recruited, his only NCAA Division I offers coming from New Mexico and UTSA, and was not rated by any major recruiting services. On October 16, 2016, he committed to play for UTSA, who discovered him at an all-star game in New York City.

College career As a freshman, Jackson was named Conference USA freshman of the year and Second Team All-Conference USA. He averaged 18.4 points per game to lead the team. Jackson tore his ACL at the end of his freshman season, cutting the year six games short. He missed the first three games of his sophomore season while recovering from the injury. As a sophomore, Jackson led Conference USA in scoring with 22.9 points per game on 38.6 percent shooting from the field, combining with Keaton Wallace to form the highest scoring backcourt in Division I. Jackson was named to the First Team All-Conference USA. He was subsequently named National Player of the Week by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), becoming the first Conference USA player to win the award since its creation in 2009–10. On February 6, 2020, Jackson scored a season-high 45 points in an 85–81 overtime victory over Old Dominion. Jackson scored 14 points in a 84–59 loss to Old Dominion on March 4 and surpassed the 2,000 point mark. At the conclusion of the regular season, Jackson was named to the First Team All-Conference USA. As a junior, Jackson averaged 26.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game. He averaged 19.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game as a senior.

Professional career On March 6, 2022, Jackson signed his first professional contract with CB Menorca of the LEB Plata. On August 29, 2022, he signed with Spirou of the BNXT League.

Jackson joined Tigers Tübingen in Germany for the 2023–24 season.

On September 3, 2024, he signed with Würzburg Baskets of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).

On July 21, 2025, he signed with San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish Liga ACB.

National team career Jackson was named to the Puerto Rico U18 team in the 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship. He averaged 12.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game in five games.

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Personal life Jackson's father, LeRoy Jackson, played college basketball in the early 1990s for Oregon State before playing for Panama and professionally in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. His grandfather, Flor Meléndez, played for Puerto Rico at the 1968 Olympics and professionally in Puerto Rico. Meléndez coached the national teams of Puerto Rico, Argentina and Panama as well as professional teams in Venezuela and Spain.

Jackson's name, Jhivvan, is derived from the Hindi word, "Jeevan," meaning life.