Last Updated on September 12, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake

Here’s a detailed profile of Ed O’Bannon:

  • Full Name: Edward Charles O’Bannon Jr.
  • Nationality: American
  • Age: Born August 14, 1972
  • Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Height: 6’8″ (2.03 m)
  • Weight: 222 lbs (101 kg)
  • Wingspan: 6’9″
  • Shoe Size: Size 16 (US)
  • Jersey Number: #31 (primarily)
  • Position: Small Forward / Power Forward
  • High School: Artesia High School (Lakewood, California)
  • College: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (1991–1995)
  • NBA Draft: Selected 9th overall in the 1995 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets
  • Teams Played For:
    • New Jersey Nets (1995–1997)
    • Dallas Mavericks (1997)
    • Played internationally in Italy, Spain, Poland, and Greece after leaving the NBA
  • Championship Rings: None in the NBA, but he won the NCAA Championship with UCLA in 1995 and was named NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player.
  • Kids: He has two children, Edward III and Jasmine.
  • Siblings: Ed has a younger brother, Charles O’Bannon, who also played in the NBA and overseas.

Ed O’Bannon is best known for his outstanding college basketball career at UCLA and his role in the landmark lawsuit against the NCAA regarding the use of athletes’ likenesses in video games, which helped reshape the landscape of amateur athletics.