David DeJulius

David DeJulius (born August 9, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for BG Göttingen of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).

He previously played college basketball for the Cincinnati Bearcats, where he was a two-time Third-team All-AAC performer, as well as for the Michigan Wolverines.

DeJulius was born August 9, 1999, in Detroit, Michigan to Latrice Halthon and Ladell DeJulius.

He has a brother, Terrell Thornton, and three sisters, Aaliyah DeJulius, Cerisse DeJulius and Latriece DeJulius.

DeJulius attended Edison Public School Academy for his freshman and sophomore seasons.

As a freshman, he was selected to the 2015 Class C All-State team (2nd team, The Detroit News; 4th team Detroit Free Press).

As a sophomore, he was again selected to the 2016 Class C All-State team (2nd team, The Detroit News; 3rd team Detroit Free Press; honorable mention Associated Press).

DeJulius transferred to East English Village Preparatory Academy for his junior and senior seasons.

As a junior, he visited the University of Michigan a few times (including September 17, 2016, and October 25, 2016).

He scored 46 points with 7 rebounds and 5 assists against Dakota High School and Michigan State Spartans men's basketball signee Thomas Kithier in front of head coach John Beilein and the entire coaching staff on December 17, 2016.

DeJulius got an offer and gave a verbal commitment on December 22.

DeJulius was a 2017 Class A All-state honoree (1st team Associated Press).

On November 10, 2017, DeJulius tendered his National Letter of Intent as part of a five-man recruiting class that included Ignas Brazdeikis, Colin Castleton, Brandon Johns, and Adrien Nunez.

DeJulius also had offers from Michigan State and DePaul.

Orr was the defending 2017 Illinois High School Association Class 2A state champion and would repeat in 2018.

Then, DeJulius had 25 points in the second half, including 17 in the fourth quarter, against the defending 2017 Michigan High School Athletic Association Class A state champions, who would repeat in 2018.

The 2017–18 Michigan team was the national runner-up in the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

He attended Edison Public School Academy for two years before transferring to East English Village Preparatory Academy, where he finished 3rd in the 2018 Mr. Basketball of Michigan and was 2018 Mr. PSL for his play in the Detroit Public School League.

At the time, he was the 172nd ranked player in the national class of 2018 and the 32nd ranked point guard.

DeJulius earned 2018 Mr. PSL for his play in the Detroit Public School League.

In January 2018, DeJulius scored 49 points in a 92–82 victory against Chicago's Orr Academy High School with 13-of-19 shooting from the field, including 9-of-11 3-point shooting.

With 2,542 points, DeJulius finished 3rd behind Michigan State signee Foster Loyer (3,691) and Michigan signee Brandon Johns (2,792) in the 2018 Mr. Basketball of Michigan voting.

In his only head-to-head meeting with Loyer, DeJulius scored 42 points in an 80–71 comeback to give Clarkston High School its only regular season loss against 21 points, 12 assists, and eight rebounds from Loyer.

East English had trailed in the battle of the state's two best point guards 49–31 at halftime and 63–53 after three quarters.

DeJulius was an 2018 All-class first team All-state selection by The Detroit News.

The 2018–19 team was expected to be ranked by ESPN (17) and CBS Sports (21).

Of the incoming class, Brazdeikis had the highest expectations from Yahoo! Sports and ESPN.

USA Today expected Johns to be the brightest newcomer.

DeJulius played 25 games as a freshman for the 2018–19 Wolverines.

By the end of the season, DeJulius was behind Zavier Simpson and his backup Eli Brooks on the depth chart for head coach John Beilein.

The team lost the last game of the regular season to Loyer's Michigan State Spartans, finishing one game behind the Spartans and Purdue for the Big Ten regular season championship.

The team was unable to defend its Big Ten Tournament championship in the championship game of the 2019 Big Ten men's basketball tournament against Michigan State, who swept three rivalry games from Michigan that season.

The Wolverines finished the season with a 30–7 record, for its second consecutive 30-win season, losing in the Sweet Sixteen round of the 2019 NCAA tournament to (#9/#10) Texas Tech.

On May 22, 2019, Juwan Howard signed a five-year contract as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team.

Brazdeikis, Charles Matthews and Jordan Poole declared for the 2019 NBA draft.

During the Michigan Wolverines' 2019–20 season, DeJulius played as a sophomore alongside starting guards Simpson and Brooks as well as Franz Wagner.

Serving in a sixth man role, he averaged 7.0 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.5 assists in 20.9 minutes per game coming off the bench.

On November 15, Michigan defeated Elon 70–50 DeJulius added 10 points and eight assists, which were both career highs at the time.

On November 27, Michigan defeated Iowa State 83–76 in the quarterfinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.

DeJulius added a career-high 14 points.