Isaac Copeland | |
Position: | Small forward / power forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lbs: | 220 |
Team: | Free agent |
Birth Date: | 13 June 1995 |
Birth Place: | Greenville, North Carolina, U.S. |
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Draft Year: | 2019 |
Career Start: | 2019 |
Years1: | 2019–2020 |
Team1: | Texas Legends |
Years2: | 2022–2023 |
Team2: | Obras Sanitarias |
Isaac Copeland, Jr. (born June 13, 1995) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. He played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Georgetown Hoyas.
Copeland was born in Greenville, North Carolina and attended high school at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina and Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. He was a five-star recruit and signed to play with Georgetown in 2014.[1]
Copeland initially played two full seasons at Georgetown but suffered a back injury in 2016, requiring surgery, resulting in a medical redshirt season. He subsequently transferred to Nebraska mid-season but did not practice with the team during his rehabilitation. He spent his remaining two seasons with Nebraska, but tore his ACL near the end of his senior season, resulting in missing his final games at Nebraska.[2] Teammate Isaiah Roby wore Copeland's uniform during Senior Day to honor the injured Copeland.[3] Copeland was an All-Big Ten honorable mention as a junior after finishing second on the team in scoring (12.9 points per game), rebounding (6.1) and blocks (1.0). In his injury-shortened senior season, he averaged 14.0 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.[4]
Copeland went undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft but later signed with the Texas Legends as a local tryout.[5] He was subsequently reunited with Husker teammate Isaiah Roby, who was sent to the Legends on assignment from the Dallas Mavericks.[6]
On August 5, 2020, Copeland signed with Lavrio of the Greek Basket League.[7] However, due to an injury, he was not able to travel overseas and join the Greek club.
In the 2022–23 season, Copeland played for the Argentine club Obras Sanitarias. In the Basketball Champions League Americas, he averaged 6.8 points and 2.5 rebounds over six games.[8]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15| style="text-align:left;"| Georgetown| 33 || 11 || 20.0 || .451 || .389 || .809 || 3.8 || .7 || .2 || .6 || 6.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16| style="text-align:left;"| Georgetown| 33 || 33 || 32.0 || .429 || .272 || .789 || 5.4 || 2.0 || .8 || .6 || 11.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17| style="text-align:left;"| Georgetown| 7 || 5 || 19.6 || .275 || .000 || .842 || 3.3 || .9 || .9 || .0 || 5.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18| style="text-align:left;"| Nebraska| 33 || 33|| 30.7 || .472 || .369 || .702 || 6.1 || 1.2 || .8 || 1.0 || 12.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Nebraska| 20 || 20 || 30.7 || .525 || .352 || .692 || 5.4 || 1.1 || 1.1 || 0.9 || 14.0|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 126 || 102 || || .402 || .326 || .749 || 5.1 || 1.2 || .7 || .7 || 10.6