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Rubin Jackson is an American former basketball player, best known for his college career at Oklahoma City University, where in the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season he was named the Midwestern City Conference (now the Horizon League) Co-Player of the Year.

Rubin Jackson

Personal information
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school	Melrose (Memphis, Tennessee)
College	Rogers State (1978–1979) Oklahoma City (1979–1982)
NBA draft	1982 / Round: 5 / Pick: 99th overall
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Position	Shooting guard
Career highlights and awards
MCC co-Player of the Year (1981) 3× First-team All-MCC (1980–1982)

Jackson, a 6'4" shooting guard from Melrose High School in Memphis, Tennessee, played collegiately at Claremore Junior College (now Rogers State University) and at Oklahoma City when the school was a member of the NCAA Division I. Along with Evansville's Brad Leaf, Jackson was the first three-time All-Conference pick in conference history (1980, 1981 and 1982).[1]

His best year was his junior year of 1980–81, when Jackson averaged 24.8 points per game (ranking him sixth in the country in scoring).[2] Jackson teamed with future NBA player Carl Henry to lead the Chiefs to a Midwestern City Conference tournament title. At the close of the season, Jackson was named the conference co-Player of the Year with Loyola's Darius Clemons.[1]

After his college career, Jackson was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1982 NBA draft (fifth round, 99th pick overall).[3] However, Jackson injured his ankle prior to the start of training camp and did not make the team.[4]

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