Troy Jackson
Basketball Player
1976 – 2011
Who was Troy Jackson?
Troy Jackson was an American basketball player. The younger brother of former NBA player Mark Jackson, he was a member of the AND1 Mixtape Tour, known by his streetball nickname "Escalade". Jackson was listed by AND1 at 6'10" and 375 pounds.
Troy Jackson weighed close to 500 pounds as a senior at Hills East High School in Long Island, New York, but his performances at Rucker Park caught the attention of Bill Hughley, coach of Wallace Community College in Selma, Alabama. Jackson enrolled at Wallace, and even though he continued to play at 500 pounds, he received all-region honors as a sophomore. "People wonder how I played at 500-plus pounds. But to me it felt natural," he later said. Jackson's accomplishments in community college led to a scholarship offer from the University of Louisville, though the school demanded that he lose weight. Jackson complied, and by his senior year at Louisville, he had slimmed down to about 363 pounds after adhering to a strict diet.
Jackson only played twenty games for Louisville over two years, averaging 3.0 points per game and 1.6 rebounds per game in a reserve role. However, he became well-known to basketball fans through the AND1 Mixtape Tour, a travelling streetball exhibition which he joined in 2002. With the AND1 Tour, Jackson used the nickname Escalade, a reference to the Cadillac SUV. His teammate Antwan "8th Wonder" Scott told the Herald Sun, "He's a big guy, but he can entertain and he can seriously play." Jackson appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and was described as a "streetball legend" by the magazine Jet.
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- Born
- Jan 11, 1976
Queens - Also known as
- Troy Escalade Jackson
- Escalade
- Troy "Escalade" Jackson
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Louisville
- Died
- Feb 19, 2011
Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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