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RJ Felton

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-3
Weight:
200
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Aiken, S.C.
High School:
Aiken

+ 2025 All-AAC First Team Selection
+ 2024 All-AAC Preseason First Team Selection
+ 2024 All-AAC Third Team Selection
+ 2024 NABC All-District 24 Second Team Selection
+ 2023 All-AAC Preseason Second Team Selection

2024-25: Averaged a career-high 18.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game in 33 games played for the Pirates … Finishes his East Carolina career with 1,774 career points, which is the third-most in program history and second-most among Division I players … His 620 points scored are the fourth-most points scored by a Pirate in a single season … Felton’s 18.8 points per game ranks eighth all-time in program history … Finishes second all-time at East Carolina in career field goals made (630) and third all-time in three-pointers made with 235 … Fifth all-time on the American Athletic Conference’s scoring list … Became the first Pirate to be unanimously selected First Team All-American Athletic Conference and only the second player to be selected to an all-conference team by The American in multiple seasons … One of only six players in the program’s Division I history to start in 100 games … Led the Pirates with six double-doubles … Scored a season-high 31 points in his final collegiate game … Made four or more threes in eight games … Named AAC Player of the Week on Nov. 18) and received AAC Honorable Mention six times … Named AAC Preseason First Team and was featured on ESPN’s Preseason Top 100 Players List and Lindy’s Top 150 Players … Hit a three at the buzzer to lift ECU past Wichita State (Jan. 18) … Had single-game career-highs in rebounds with 14 against South Florida (Jan. 25) and assists with eight vs. Mount Olive (Nov. 12) … Tallied 41 steals on the season and finishes his career tied for fifth all-time with 141 steals … Joins C.J Walker as the only Pirate teammates to each score 500 points in a single season and the only teammates to both earn first team all-conference honors in ECU’s Division I era.

2023-24: Started and played in all 33 games for the Pirates … Led the team in scoring with 17.3 points per contest and was second on the team in rebounding with six boards per game … Named to the AAC All-Conference Third Team … Tabbed to the NABC All-District 24 Second Team … Scored in double figures in ECU’s last 25 games … Became the 34th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points … Named Male Breakthrough Athlete of the Year at the 2024 Goldspys ... Scored the sixth-most points in a single campaign in program history with 570 … Posted back-to-back 30 point games for the first time since former Pirate and NBA player Theodore “Blue” Edwards did so in 1989 … Made the 10th-most field goals in a single season with 201 … Tied for the fourth-most steals in one campaign with 59 and his 1.8 steals per game are tied for the sixth-best by a Pirate in a season … Tabbed to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on Nov. 13, Dec. 26 and Jan. 29 … Was named Preseason All-AAC Second Team.

2022-23: Scored a career-high 27 points on a career-high 10 made field goals at SMU (Feb. 19) … Named to AAC Honor Roll on Dec. 19 and Jan. 30 … Played a career-high 40 minutes twice against SMU (Feb. 4) and South Florida (Mar. 9) … Made a 10 shots from the floor in route to a 23-point performance versus Tulsa (Jan. 24) … Scored 23 points, including 20 second half points against Presbyterian (Nov. 12) …Tallied 16 points and 13 rebounds against UT Arlington (Nov. 23) to earn the first double-double of his career ... Made Honor Roll for the spring semester.

2021-22: Averaged 5.1 points and 1.6 rebounds per game in 25 games played … Scored a season-high 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting against UCF on Jan. 18 … Started in four of the Pirates' last five regular season contests against Tulane (Feb. 5), Tulsa (Feb. 8), SMU (Feb. 12) and South Florida (Feb. 17) … Played a season-high 27 minutes against Tulane on Feb. 5.

High School: Two-year letterman at Aiken (S.C.) High School for coach Darris Jackson after playing his freshman and sophomore seasons at North Augusta High School … Averaged 23 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists per game as a senior … Three-time Aiken Standard Player-of-the-Year … Three-time Region 5 AAA Player-of-the-Year … Three-time all-state selection … Earned all-rookie team honors as a freshman at North Augusta High School … Named to the 2021 Carolina Classic All-Star Team … Earned MVP honors in four tournaments … Finished his career with 1,750 points … Led his team to regional championships in 2019 and 2021 … Played defensive end and outside linebacker as a freshman at North Augusta

Personal: Full name is Russell O’Neal Felton, Jr … Son of Russell and Latravea Felton … Has four brothers: Mark, Raequan, Abdual, LaDontae and one sister, Olivia … Member of the Titans of Omega … Member of North Augusta Church, Youth Choir and Praise Team