Northwestern men’s basketball player reviews: Jordan Clayton

As we move forward with more men’s basketball player reviews, it’s now time to analyze the season of Jordan Clayton, the 6-foot-2 junior guard from Medford, Massachusetts.

The Good 

Clayton entered his third-year in Evanston as a Wildcat with one of the most consistent game-to-game identities. His sophomore year, Clayton asserted himself as one of head coach Chris Collins’ most trustworthy defenders. Though Clayton didn’t appear in a game until February, he started in each of his 10 appearances in the latter part of the season, oftentimes tasked with guarding its opponents’ premier scoring guard. However, on the offensive side, Clayton averaged just 4.7 points per game on 34.6% shooting from the field and 28.0% shooting from behind the arc, finishing the season with a -0.43 offensive Bayesian player rating on EvanMiya.com, which ranked dead last of 11 qualifying Northwestern players.

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In his junior campaign, Clayton upheld his reputation as a strong defender. But the most exciting part about this year was his emergence as a sharpshooter from beyond the three-point line.

In an interview following the season’s conclusion, Clayton was asked about his development as a shooter late in the season.

“I know that I can shoot the ball really well,” Clayton said. “My shooting percentage didn’t reflect that my first couple of years, but I just kept putting the work in.”

Clayton did shoot the ball well come conference play. The junior guard shot 44.26% against Big Ten opponents, finishing the season as Northwestern’s second best three-point shooter finishing at 41.0%. In fact, in the back half of the season Clayton became one of Northwestern’s strongest offensive players, in large part because of his massive impact shooting the basketball. From the UCLA game onward, his 2.5 PORPAGATU! (a BartTorvik.com metric to measure a player’s offensive efficiency) was second on the team, marking a full 180-change from last year.

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Publish date : 2026-04-05 16:07:00

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