Former Tiger D.J. Jeffries to play Summer League with Grizzlies
Former University of Memphis and Mississippi State forward D.J. Jeffries (0) will join the Memphis Grizzlies for Summer League. Jeffries slams the ball during a home game against the University of South Florida Dec. 29, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Jeffries was a four-star, top-100 prospect out of Olive Branch High when he joined the Memphis Tigers as part of coach Penny Hardaway’s No. 1-ranked 2019 recruiting class.
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DJ Jeffries Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis GrizzliesParth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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