| Chris Udofia | |
| Position: | Small forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Weight Lb: | 200 |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Birth Date: | July 18, 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Irving, Texas |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | Jesuit Dallas (Dallas, Texas) |
| College: | Denver (2010–2014) |
| Draft Year: | 2014 |
| Career Start: | 2014 |
| Years1: | 2014–2015 |
| Team1: | Elitzur Yavne |
| Years2: | 2015–2016 |
| Team2: | Santa Cruz Warriors |
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Chris Udofia (born July 18, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for the University of Denver.
Udofia attended Jesuit Dallas High School where he led them to a 0–8173713 record and District 8-5A championship as a senior earning several awards, among them, the First Team All-Region as a senior and First Team All-District as both a junior and senior.[1]
Udofia attended the University of Denver where he averaged 12.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.06 blocks, 1.14 steals and 29.5 minutes in 124 games, finishing his career first in program history in blocked shots (256) and games played (124); fifth in points (1,501) and field goals made (551); seventh in assists (349), steals (141) and free throws made (334). He also was a three-time first-team all-conference selection in three different leagues.[2] [3]
After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Udofia joined the Houston Rockets for the 2014 NBA Summer League.[4] On August 23, 2014, Udofia signed with Elitzur Yavne of the Israeli Liga Leumit[5] where he averaged 10.8 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.68 blocks in 27.8 minutes after playing in 28 games.[6]
On October 19, 2015, Udofia signed with the Golden State Warriors.[7] However, he was waived just four days later.[8] On November 2, he was acquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of Golden State.[9]
Udofia is the son of Theresa and Don Udofia. His father died in 2015 from cancer.[10] He has two brothers, Don and Joseph and majored on Integrated Sciences with a focus in Biology with a minor in Psychology.