2026-27 Men's Basketball Roster
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DJ Wagner
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- G
- Major:
- Sociology
- Hometown:
- Camden, NJ
- High School:
- Camden
- Prev School:
- Kentucky/Arkansas
Career Summary
Has played in 100 collegiate games overall with 83 starts across stops at Kentucky and Arkansas … Enters his senior season with 948 career points and 312 career assists, including his 300th career assist coming against Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament championship game … Averaging 9.5 points and 3.1 assists per game during his collegiate career … Has improved his 3-point percentage each season from 29.2 percent as a freshman to 30.4 percent as a sophomore and 34.6 percent as a junior … Earned SEC All-Freshman Team honors at Kentucky and was a three-time SEC Freshman of the Week selection.2025-26 (Junior at Arkansas)
Played in 35 games with 19 starts while averaging 7.4 points and 2.4 assists per game … Finished the season with 85 assists against just 23 turnovers … Missed games against Mississippi State and LSU due to an ankle injury suffered against Kentucky before returning to action versus Auburn … Reached double figures in scoring 12 times during the season … Tied for the team lead with seven assists against Southern … Scored 13 points with three steals at Michigan State … Posted 10 points against Samford including two late free throws to secure the win … Recorded a season-high 16 points with seven assists and three steals against Jackson State while going 6-of-6 from the field and finishing as a team-best plus-50 … Added 12 points against Fresno State and 10 points against Queens … Scored 10 points versus Houston and 14 points against James Madison while tying his career high with four made 3-pointers … Posted 12 second-half points against South Carolina … Came off the bench against Vanderbilt and responded with 11 points and three assists without a turnover … Dished out five assists at Alabama and hit a key 3-pointer in overtime … Scored 12 points at Florida while making three 3-pointers … Recorded 15 points, four rebounds, and three assists against Texas … Played all 45 minutes at Missouri and finished with 10 points, five assists, and four rebounds … Tallied 11 points, four rebounds, and four assists against Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament while going 3-of-3 from beyond the arc in the second half … Posted four assists in three straight NCAA Tournament games, including against High Point … Named preseason third-team All-SEC by the league’s media and coaches.2024-25 (Sophomore at Arkansas)
Started all 36 games and averaged 11.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game … Led the team with 131 assists and ranked second in the SEC in minutes played at 34:32 per game … Played 30-plus minutes 32 times and logged all 20 minutes of a half on 10 occasions … His 1,245 total minutes ranked fifth-most in Arkansas single-season history … Took over full-time point guard duties following Boogie Fland’s injury and averaged 12.2 points and 4.6 assists over the final 18 games of the year … Reached double figures in scoring 22 times … Recorded a career-high four steals against Troy while adding five assists … Posted 13 points and six rebounds against Maryland Eastern Shore … Scored 14 points and added five assists in a comeback win at Miami … Recorded 16 points and five assists against Michigan including 14 second-half points … Posted 13 points and six assists against Central Arkansas … Led Arkansas with 17 points at Tennessee … Recorded 13 points and five assists against Oklahoma … Scored 17 second-half points with eight assists in a road win at Kentucky … Added 13 points at Texas and 17 points against Missouri while setting career highs with eight made free throws and 10 attempts … Dished out a season-high nine assists against Alabama … Posted 24 points and five assists against Mississippi State including a late go-ahead 3-pointer … Scored 13 points with six assists against South Carolina … Played all 40 minutes in the NCAA Tournament upset over Kansas, finishing with 14 points and six assists … Added 13 points and four assists against Texas Tech in the NCAA Tournament.2023-24 (Freshman at Kentucky)
Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors three times … Started 28 of 29 games during his freshman season … Ranked seventh in the SEC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.23) and 12th in assists per game (3.3) … Posted 13 double-figure scoring performances and recorded at least three assists in 20 games … Averaged 25.0 points and 5.5 assists in wins over Saint Joseph’s and Marshall to earn his first SEC Freshman of the Week award … Scored 22 points with six assists against Saint Joseph’s before posting a season-high 28 points against Marshall … Earned his second SEC weekly honor after recording 14 points, five assists, and six rebounds in a win over North Carolina … Captured a third SEC Freshman of the Week award after averaging 12.5 points and 6.0 assists in wins over Mississippi State and Georgia … Recorded a double-double against Georgia with 18 points and a season-high 10 assists … Posted 11 points and five assists against Vanderbilt … Scored 19 points with four made 3-pointers against Arkansas … Added 18 points and four assists at Texas A&M … Scored 16 points against Missouri and had back-to-back 14-point performances against Florida and Illinois State … Tallied 13 points, four assists, and three steals in his collegiate debut against New Mexico State.High School
Consensus top-five national recruit ranked as high as No. 4 in the country by ESPN and 247Sports … McDonald’s All-American Game MVP … Three-time Gatorade New Jersey Player of the Year … Member of the USA Men’s Nike Hoop Summit Team … Named co-MVP of the 2023 Iverson Classic while also winning the event’s 3-point contest … Earned Iverson Classic National High School Player of the Year honors and received the Stephen Jackson Community Leadership Award … First-team All-State selection by NJ.com … Averaged 19.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 3.1 steals as a junior while helping Camden win the NJSIAA Group 2 state championship.Personal
Born May 4 in Camden, New Jersey … Son of Syreeta Brittingham and Dajuan Wagner … Father played at Memphis under John Calipari before being selected sixth overall in the 2002 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers … Grandfather Milt Wagner won a national championship at Louisville in 1986 and was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1986 NBA Draft.Wednesday, April 01
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