DenzelAberdeen

2025-26: Enjoyed the most prolific season of his career as a senior … Started in 35 of the 36 games in which he appeared … Averaged 13.5 points, 3.4 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game … Set career highs in minutes, minutes per game, made field goals, field-goal percentage, made 3s, 3-point field-goal percentage, made free throws, free-throw percentage, total rebounds, rebounds per game, assists, assists per game, blocks, steals, steals per game, points and points per game … Had 27 double-figure scoring efforts and led the team in scoring in eight contests … Logged 25 games with three or more assists and paced the team in assists in 18 outings … Had seven games with three or more 3s … Led the team with 20 points and drained four 3s in the NCAA Tournament vs. Iowa State … Had 16 points and four made 3s vs. Santa Clara in the NCAA Tournament opener in a career-high 38 minutes … Logged team highs in points (16), rebounds (5) and assists (3) vs. Florida in the SEC Tournament … Poured in 16 points, including four clutch free throws down the stretch, while adding seven assists in the win over Missouri in the SEC Tournament … Notched 16 points, three assists, two rebounds and a steal in the win over LSU in the league tournament … Had 15 points, five boards and four assists vs. Florida at home … Logged a career-best eight assists to couple with nine points and three rebounds at Texas A&M … Posted 15 points, four rebounds and four assists in the home win over Vanderbilt … Had a team-high 19 points, four rebounds and five assists at South Carolina … Contributed 15 points and played a team-high 38 minutes while dealing with illness at Auburn … Led the Cats with 19 points and four assists on the road at Florida … Had 16 points, including the game-clinching free throws, in the upset of No. 25 Tennessee at home … Paced the Cats with 19 points in the win over Texas … Led the team with 22 points, including 18 in the second half, in a come-from-behind upset of Tennessee on the road … Poured in 17 points, all coming in the second half, to help UK overcome an 18-point deficit on the road at LSU … Scored 16 in the win over Mississippi State … Notched seven points, a team-high four assists and a trio of boards vs. Missouri … Had 14 points, powered by four 3s, and four assists in the win over Bellarmine … Posted 16 points, four assists and three steals vs. Tennessee Tech … Had a career-high eight rebounds to go along with 11 points and six assists vs. Loyola (MD) … Scored 13 points and posted three boards with two steals vs. Eastern Illinois … Had a career performance at Louisville, topping best marks in points (26) and at the time rebounds (7) … Posted a perfect shooting night against Valpo, going 3 of 3 from the floor and 5 of 5 from the line for 12 points … Had 10 points, six assists and five rebounds in his UK debut against Nicholls.

2024-25 (at Florida):
Part of Florida’s 2025 national championship team … Also won SEC tournament with the Gators … Averaged 7.7 points in 39 appearances with five starts … Had 10 games with double-figure scoring … Tallied 12 points in Sweet 16 win over Maryland … Finished with nine points and a pair of assists in SEC Tournament championship game against Tennessee … Had back-to-back 20-point games, scoring 20 on the road at Mississippi State and a career-high 22 points on five made 3s vs. South Carolina … Averaged 14.4 points and shot 41.4 percent from 3-point range in his five starts … Started and scored 10 points in road win over No. 1 Auburn … Made first career start in win vs. Vanderbilt … Scored 16 points in victory over No. 1 Tennessee … Grabbed a career-high six rebounds vs. North Florida.

2023-24 (at Florida):
Averaged 3.3 points in 32 appearances … Had 23 assists, 13 steals and 12 made 3-point field goals … Exploded for 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament vs. Texas A&M … Scored 12 points in win vs. FAMU … Tallied 11 points and had a career-high five assists in win vs. Grambling State … Scored eight points and made two 3s vs. No. 13 Baylor.

2022-23 (at Florida):
Appeared in 12 games as a freshman and scored a total of 19 points … Played a season-high nine minutes in regular-season finale, a win vs. LSU … Scored a season-best six points vs. UCF in the NIT.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Twice named Florida Association of Basketball Coaches (FABC) All-State, earning first team in 2021 and second team in 2022 … Scored 27 points in the 2021 7A championship game, leading Dr. Phillips to its first state championship in school history … Averaged 14.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists his senior season.

PERSONAL:
Parents are Ian and Denyse … Has five siblings: Junior, Tristian, Shawn, Kadeem and Shannon … Born Dec. 26 … His shoes are his most prized possession … Favorite foods are chicken alfredo and pizza … Favorite movie is Home Alone … Favorite TV Show is Stranger Things … First car driven was a Dodge Charger … Favorite artist is NBA YoungBoy … Favorite basketball player is Lebron James … Favorite former Kentucky player is De’Aaron Fox … Nicknames are “D.A.” and “Zel”.