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<a href="/biography/jeff-teague">Jeffrey Demarco Teague</a> was born to Shawn & Carol Teague in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 10, 1988. Jeff’s father had played college basketball during his time at Missouri & Boston University & hence was the quite an impression on young Jeff. Father-son duo was often seen practicing around their home.

As Jeff’s biography reveals, he went to the Pike High School where he began playing basketball for the school. As a senior at Pike High, he led the school team, Red Devils to a fabulous 20-5 victory with an average of 22 points & 4 assists & 2 steals per game. He was named as his team’s MVP after the game. Jeff was rated as a No.9 point guard by Rivals.com & ranked him at 57 as a prospect nationally. He was also listed a 4 Star recruit by Scout & Rivals.com. Jeff enrolled at Wake Demons for his further education where he played college basketball for his home team, Demon Deacons. As a freshman in the first year 2007-08, Jeff scored 13.9 points per game. He was one of the 4 freshmen to receive Rookie of the Week award. Rivals.com named him National Freshman of the Week.

As a sophomore, Jeff went on delivering his best, the team had seen yet. He became the coveted Wake Forest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_American_(TV_series)">All-American</a>, a feat seen only after <a href="/biography/chris-paul">Chris Paul</a>, becoming 13th in the history of school so far to achieve this pinnacle. He scored an average of 18.8 points per game, with 3.5 assists & 1.9 steals per game & shot 3 pointers at an average of 48.5% of the times. His incredible performance led him to be the finalist for the John Wooden Award, the Bob Cousy Award & the prestigious Oscar Robertson Trophy. Also amidst the season, Jeff was selected for the Naismith Trophy. In 2008, he scored his 100th point with his home team, becoming the 45th player to do so in the school’s history. He finished his college career with a remarkable 34 points in a victory over North Carolina with 92-89 as the final score.

In April 2009, NBA declared Jeff for the national draft & waived the 2 year college eligibsdaility criteria. Jeff was drafted to Atlanta Hawks, where he is currently playing. In the 2009-10 season, Jeff, playing in 71 games, scored an average of 3.2 points, 1.7 assists & was ranked 10th in the Rookies. He ended the season on a high note of 24 points & 15 assists. In the next season of 2010-11, Jeff scored 24 points again. During the match with Chicago Bulls, after <a href="/biography/kirk-hinrich">starter</a> <a href="/biography/kirk-hinrich">Kirk Henrich</a>’s injury Jeff was moved into the starting spot. The season of 2011-12 saw a very improved player in Jeff where he ranked 8th in NBA for 106 steals. He averaged at 12.6 points per game, 1.6 steals & 4.9 assists. In January 2015 Jeff earned an All-Star Selection for the Eastern Conference in the NBA All-Star Game of 2015. Playing currently for Hawks in 2016’s season Jeff scored 32 points, which is the season’s highest & recorded a career-high win over Dallas Mavericks.

Jeff is currently dating Tyrina Lee who was rapper Future’s ex-girlfriend. Jeff’s net worth is 16$ Million.

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