NIL OPPORTUNITIES
ARRIVAL/ELIGIBILITY
- Eligible with two years remaining heading into the 2024-25 season.
- Three-star transfer from VMI ahead of the 2022-23 season... forced to sit out 2022-23 season due to in-conference transfer rules.
Chattanooga (2024-25)
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Student-Athlete Engagement Group (SoCon Representative)
Chattanooga (2023-24)
All-Southern Conference Second Team
NABC Division I All-District Team
Southern Conference Player of the Week (February 19)
Southern Conference Preseason All-Conference Team
Named "Mr. Chattanooga" at 2024 UTC Scrappy Awards
- Appeared in and started all 33 games... only Moc to play and start all 33... averaged a team-high 34.4 minutes per game.
- Finished with one of the best scoring seasons in program history... totaled 575 points (17.4), 89 rebounds (2.7), 87 assists (2.6), 55 steals (1.7) and a 2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio... shot 43.4% FG (180-415), 38.0% 3PT (109-287) and 82.8% FT (106-128).
- Career numbers following the season sit at 894 points (13.8), 143 rebounds (2.2), 161 assists (2.5) and 78 assists (1.2) in 65 games... 161 total 3PTM (161-425).
- Became just the 22nd different Moc to record 500 or more points in a single season... finished with 575... the total is tied for 13th most in a single season in UTC program history... most since Malachi Smith's 696 in 2021-22.
- Became just the fourth-ever Moc to surpass 100 3PTM in a single season... his 109 3PTM is third-most ever in UTC single season history... sophomore program record... ranked among NCAA DI's top five 3PT leaders for majority of the season.
- Tied a school record with nine 3PTM during win over ETSU on February 14... helped notch a career-high 31 points in the process... the performance was the first leg of five-straight games with 20 or more points... longest such streak since Malachi Smith's six in 2021-22.
- Scored 25 points on 9-of-19 FG (7-of-13 3PT) shooting during win at ACC-member Louisville on November 10... game started a nine-straight game streak of scoring in double figures... scored in double digits in all but two games this season... last 22 games all in double figures.
Chattanooga (2022-23)
- Forced to sit out the season due to Southern Conference intra-conference transfer rules... only NCAA Division I league to keep rule in place ahead of 2022-23 season.Â
VMI (2021-22)
Southern Conference All-Freshman Team (Coaches & Media)
- Appeared in all 32 games while making 18 starts for the Keydets... averaged 27.6 minutes of floor time with 882 total minutes played.
- Finished the season third on the team and second among all freshman in the Southern Conference with a 10.0 points per game average.
- Shot a highly-efficient 44.0% (109-of-248) from the floor in addition to a 37.7% (52-of-138) mark from three... knocked down 87.5% (49-of-56) from the line.
- Scored in double figures in 13 games including 11 of the final 15 games of the season... season and career high of 23 points (8-of-12 FG) came against Chattanooga at home on January 22, 2022... scored 22 points (8-of-15 FG) against the Mocs on the road on February 19, 2022.
- Four 20-point scoring games in total... other two came against Samford at home on January 2020, 2022 (21 points on 8-of-11 FG) and Wofford at home on February 23, 2022 (20 points on 5-of-10 FG).
- Finished the season averaging 15.6 points, 2.3 assists and 1.7 rebounds per game... added 23 total steals... 15 games with three or more assists... career-high of five assists came in the Southern Conference Quarterfinals against Wofford on March 5, 2022.
- VSAID Rookie of the Year.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.
- First Team All-Mercury League as a junior averaging 15 points per game.
- Averaged over 22.5 points, 4.7 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game as a senior and helped Perkiomen to a No. 25 national ranking.
- Averaged 15.0 points, 3.2 assists and 1.7 rebounds per game during junior season at Perkiomen.
- Transferred to Perkiomen from Louis E. Dieruff High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he attended for three years.
- Averaged 23 points, 3.4 assists and 1.9 rebounds per game during third season at Dieruff.
- Team MVP during his junior season and earned First Team All-EPC honors averaging 23 points per game.
- Holds Dieruff school records for most threes in a season, most threes in a game and the most career made three-pointers.
- Played AAU ball for the Running Rebels on the Adidas Circuit.
- Father, Carlton Huff, played basketball for LIU in the Northeast Conference.
PERSONAL
- Born May 26, 2002.
- Communications Major... Psychology minor.
- Born and raised in New York before moving to Pennsylvania at age of 15.
- Father Carlton Huff played hoops at Long Island University in the Northeast Conference... mother Abigail Liddell... sister Omotayo Benjamin (10)... brother Manasseh Benjamin (13).
FUN FACTS
- Can windmill dunk standing at just 5'10... yes, there's video proof.
- Believes Kyrie Irving is the best point guard of all-time.
