Courtesy of Mike Cawood
5 Star JJ Andrews Signs with Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE – The consensus top player in Arkansas and top-15 player in the country, JJ Andrews signed with the Razorbacks on Wednesday.
JJ Andrews
6-6, 215, W
Little Rock, Ark. / Little Rock Christian Academy
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Outlet |
Overall Rank |
Position Rank |
State Rank |
Stars |
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247Sports |
#11 |
#4 SF |
#1 ARK |
5 Star |
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ESPN |
#12 |
#5 SF |
#1 ARK |
5 Star |
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247Compostie |
#14 |
#5 SF |
#1 ARK |
5 Star |
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On3 Industry |
#14 |
#5 SF |
#1 ARK |
5 Star |
|
Rivaks |
#28 |
#8 SG |
#1 ARK |
4 Star |
• Tabbed third team 2025-26 MaxPreps preseason All-America and listed by the website as the #3 small forward in the country
• 2024-25 Gatorade Arkansas Boys Basketball Player of the Year
• 2025 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette All-Arkansas Preps Boys Player of the Year
• Three-time All-State pick
• Led the Warriors (24-8) to the Class 5A state quarterfinals in 2024-25 … Averaged 28.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists and two blocks
• Has scored 2,201 points through his junior season
• MVP of the 2024 state tournament and was named the top junior at the 2024 Nike Thanksgiving Hoopfest
• Led Little Rock Christian to state championships both his freshman and sophomore seasons
• Two-time champion of the Peach Jam tournament in the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) … Earned EYBL MVP honors after the 2025 season, where he led team Bradley Beal Elite to a 75–55 win in the championship
Personal:
First name is JaShawn, combining his mother’s name (Janetta) and his father’s name (Shawn) … His father, Shawn, is a Camden (Fairview HS) native and is one of the most decorated Razorbacks, playing offensive line for Arkansas from 2001-03 … He won the SEC’s Jacobs Blocking Trophy twice (2002 and 2003) and was a finalist for both the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy in 2003 … He was a unanimous first team All-America in 2003 and consensus first team All-America in 2002 … He was inducted into the University of Arkansas Sports Hall of Honor in 2009 and the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2018 … He had a seven-year career in the NFL. He earned first team All-Pro in 2006 and was a two-time Pro Bowl selection (2006 and 2007) … He is on the Philadelphia Eagles 75th Anniversary Team … His mother, the former Janetta Heggins, played basketball at Western Carolina.
