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5   Jeffrey Short
Jeffrey Short

Class:
RS Freshman

Hometown:
Bronx, N.Y.

High School:
Kennedy

Last College:
Notre Dame Prep

Height / Weight:
6-4 / 180

Position:
G


03/09/2013

Men's Basketball Closes Out Season with 76-72 Win at St. Bonaventure

Rams snap 36-game Atlantic 10 road losing streak

03/06/2013

Men's Basketball Falls to Temple in Home Finale

Chris Gaston makes final Rose Hill Gym appearance

03/02/2013

Men's Basketball Upended at Saint Joseph's

Ryan Canty notches fourth double-double of year

02/23/2013

Men's Basketball Dropped by Richmond, 72-55

Rams fall to Spiders on Senior/Alumni Day

02/20/2013

Men's Basketball Falls at George Washington, 68-60

Chris Gaston lead four Rams in double figures with 14

03/06/2013

Men's Basketball vs. Temple

Photos of the Fordham-Temple Atlantic 10 men's basketball game on March 6, 2013

02/23/2013

Man's Basketball vs. Richmond - Senior Day

Action photos from the Fordham-Richmond men's basketball game on senior day

01/26/2013

Mne's Baksetball vs. URI

Photos of the Fordham-Rhode Island Atlantic 10 men's basketball game on January 26, 2013 in the Rose Hill Gym

01/09/2013

Men's Basketball vs. Duquesne

Action photos from the Fordham-Duquesne men's basketball game on January 9, 2013

12/31/2012

Men's Basketball vs. Monmouth

Action photos from the Fordham-Monmouth men's basketball game on December 31, 2012

Saw his freshman season interrupted by injury... Displayed flashes of his offensive poetential in the eight games he appeared in... A high-scoring guard who will provide a boost to the Fordham offense in 2011-12...Averaged almost 30 points a game as a senior at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx...Named Bronx Player of the Year and First Team All-City...Led Kennedy to a Bronx AA title as a junior.

As a Freshman (2011-12: Appeared in eight games at guard for the Rams in 2011-12 before missing rest of the year due to injury... Averaged 3.9 ppg and 1.0 rpg... Scored nine points and added two steals at St. John's (12/17/11)... Finished with seven points and one assist in the win over Texas State (12/22/11)... Scored five points in the win over Georgia Tech (12/29/11)... Netted three points and added four rebounds and two assists in the Monmouth game (12/10/11)...Finished with three points and two steals at Siena (12/12/11)...Scored two points in two minutes against Binghamton (11/18/11) before leaving the game with an injury.

Before Fordham: A graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx where he played for legendary head coach Johnny Mathis... Named the 2009-10 Bronx Player of the Year and First Team All-City by the New York Post as well as being named First Team Class AA All-State by the New York State Sportswriters Association...Averaged 28.7 points, 14.0 rebounds and more than five assists a game as a senior, hitting 51 three-pointers in league play...His scoring average ranked second best in the PSAL in 2009-10...Named team MVP and served as a team captain...As a junior, helped lead Kennedy to the Class AA City Championship game at Madison Square Garden where the Knights fell to Lincoln High School...Kennedy won its first Bronx AA crown that season...Was ranked as the fourth best recruit in New York City by GothamHoops.com and was a New York McDonald's All-America nominee (one of 31 nominees which included current Rams Branden Frazier and Devon McMillan)...Also appeared with the New York City team in the 2010 Jordan Classic Regional Game at Madison Square Garden...Played with the New York Panthers AAU team, being named Second Team All-Tournament at the 2010 iS8/Nike Tip-Off Fall Classic.

Personal: Son of Bernetta Watson...Has an older sister, Tyesha Watson...A Communications major... Born February 21, 1992.