Under Armour’s Elite 24 event is the last shoe company extravaganza of the summer before the start of school, and rising senior Josh Jackson wanted to make the most of it. Jackson, one of the top three recruits in the class of 2016, won Friday night’s dunk contest with an impressive display that included a windmill off the backboard, a dunk where he leaped over two people and a nasty off-the-backcourt-under-the-legs flush as the grand finale.
5-star recruit Josh Jackson wins dunk contest with off-the-backboard-under-the-legs slam
The Detroit native has no problem getting up.
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
From winning a gold medal in Greece with USA Basketball to capping August with a dunk contest title, it’s been a good summer for Jackson.
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