Tallest men鈥檚 college basketball players for 2024-25 season
(BVM) 鈥� Meet the tallest big men in Division I men鈥檚 college basketball for the 2024-25 season.听
There are about 5,775 NCAA D-I men鈥檚 basketball players spread across 364 teams and 31 conferences. Despite such a large pool, only a handful stand out as the tallest 7-footers in college basketball.听
Editor鈥檚 note: Official heights per college basketball rosters as of Nov. 4, the official start of the season.
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Rioux, a 7-foot-9, 305-pound freshman center for the Florida Gators, is the tallest college basketball player in history. He also owns the Guinness World Record for the
In contrast, the this season is Cam Brent, a 5-foot-4, 125-pound guard at Ole Miss.听听
Only in history have come close to Rioux鈥檚 height; Kenny George (UNC Asheville, 2006-08) and Mike Lanier (Hardin-Simmons/UCLA, 1988-1993) were both 7-foot-7.听
If Rioux goes pro, he would also become the 鈥� surpassing 7-foot-7 centers Manute Bol and Gheorghe Muresan. The are 7-foot-4 stars Victor Wembanyama, Zach Edey and Boban Marjanovic. Interestingly, by many accounts,
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Burns is a 7-foot-5, 235-pound freshman center for the Missouri Tigers. He is the second tallest player in college basketball 鈥� standing four inches shorter than Rioux.
Burns was ranked the . The former Texas high school basketball star averaged 14 points, seven rebounds and three blocks during his senior year.听
鈥淭he combination of shooting and shot-blocking at Trent鈥檚 height is not something easy to find,鈥�
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The 7-foot-4, 265-pound Syracuse Orange senior says he has his 听
McLeod enters the 2024-25 season fully recovered from the foot injury that sidelined him for most of last year. In his 14 starts, he averaged 4.3 rebounds, 1.9 blocks and 0.2 steals.听
鈥淚 actually have three more inches to grow,鈥� McLeod said after talks with his doctors. 鈥淚鈥檓 when it鈥檚 all said and done.鈥澨�
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Once again, the Purdue Boilermakers boast one of the tallest players in men鈥檚 college basketball. With Zach Edey now in the NBA, 7-foot-4, 230-pound freshman center Daniel Jacobsen is stepping in to fill those big shoes.听
Jacobsen, a former New Hampshire high school basketball star, was ranked among the 听
He had a 鈥� earning the starting job for Purdue鈥檚 opener, where he tallied 13 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots.听
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The 7-foot-4, 260-pound center for the Elon Phoenix is in his sixth year of college basketball. Back in 2016, Van Komen made headlines as the (still 7-foot-4).听听听
Van Komen joins Elon as a graduate transfer from Hawaii Pacific, where he played in 21 games and averaged 7.1 points, 7.4 rebounds and recorded 47 blocked shots.听
Overall, only five men鈥檚 college basketball players this season are 7-foot-4 or taller, and an additional four players are listed at 7-foot-3: Aday Mara (UCLA), Gabe Dynes (Youngstown State), Bol Kuir (Alabama A&M) and Mathok Majok (Oral Roberts).
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