P.J. Haggerty

(Photo: Gabriella Whisler/K-State Sports)

Photo by: Gabriella Whisler/K-State Sports

Position:
Guard
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 195
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Crosby, Texas
High School:
Crosby
Prev School:
TCU/Tulsa/Memphis

HONORS

2025 Chris Paul Elite Guard Camp
2024-25 Consensus Second Team All-American
2024-25 First Team All-American (Andy Katz)
2024-25 Second Team All-American (AP, USBWA, The Sporting News)
2024-25 Third Team All-American (NABC, College Hoops Today)
2024-25 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year finalist
2024-25 Wooden Award finalist
2024-25 Riley Wallace Award finalist (most impactful transfer)
2024-25 AAC Player of the Year
2024-25 All-AAC First Team (unanimous)
2024-25 AAC Tournament MVP
2024-25 Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List
2024-25 Naismith Trophy Midseason Watch List
2024-25 Wooden Award Midseason Watch List
2023-24 Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year
2023-24 AAC Freshman of the Year
2023-24 All-AAC Third Team
2023-24 AAC All-Freshman Team (unanimous)
4-time AAC Player of the Week (Nov. 11, Dec. 23, Jan. 6, Jan. 27)
Conference-record 14-time AAC Freshman of the Week (Nov. 20, Nov. 27, Dec. 18, Dec. 26, Jan. 8, Jan. 15, Jan. 22, Jan. 29, Feb. 5, Feb. 12, Feb. 19, Feb. 26, March 4, March 11)

CAREER OVERVIEW

Declared for the 2025 NBA Draft and was among 75 players invited to the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago… Averaged 17 points in 2 scrimmages… Withdrew on May 26, 2025.
Transferred to K-State after 1 season at Memphis (2024-25) along with 1 season at Tulsa (2023-24) and 1 season at TCU (2022-23)… Has been a part of 67 wins in his college career, including two AAC Championships (regular season and tournament in 2024-25) and two NCAA Tournament appearances (2023, 2025).
Has seen action in 72 games with 66 starts in his college career.
Has scored more than 1,400 points (1,433) in his college career, connecting on 48.4 percent (452-of-934) from the field, including 33.2 percent (61-of-184) from 3-point range, and 79.1 percent (468-of-592) from the free throw line… Has also totaled 380 rebounds (5.3 rpg.), 255 assists (3.5 apg.) and 126 steals (1.8 spg.) in 2,381 minutes played.
Eclipsed 1,000 career points with 27 points vs. North Texas (1/5/25).
Has averaged nearly 20 points per game in his college career, including better than 21 points per game in each of the past 2 seasons at Tulsa and Memphis.
Has scored in double figures in 64 of 72 career games with 25 games of 25 or more points, including two 30-point games and one 40-point game in his career… Scored a career-high and AAC Championship-tying 42 points vs. Wichita State (3/14/25) in the quarterfinals of the AAC Championship on 16-of-25 field goals and 10-of-11 free throws.
Had a pair of double-doubles as a redshirt freshman at Tulsa in 2023-24 with 30 points and 10 rebounds vs. Rice (2/17/24) and 29 points and 10 rebounds at UTSA (2/28/24).
Coming off a career year in 2024-25, becoming the first Memphis Tiger since 2008 to be named an AP All-American while earning consensus Second Team All-America honors… Just the second Tiger to be named the AAC Player of the Year while also earning Most Outstanding Player honors at the AAC Championship.
Ranked third nationally in both scoring (21.7 ppg.) and total points (759) in 2024-25… His 759 points were an AAC single-season record and the most since Dajuan Wagner (762) set the school single-season record in 2001-02.
Only Division I player to average at least 21 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game in each of the last 2 seasons.
First Division I player to average at least 21.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game to go with 6.5 free throws per game since Ja Morant in 2018-19.
Ranked in the top-3 nationally in both free throws made and attempted in the past 2 seasons, including second in attempts (309) and third in makes (237) in 2023-24 and second in both makes (224) and attempts (274) in 2024-25.
Has made 461 free throws on 583 attempts in the past 2 seasons, averaging nearly 7 makes (6.9) on nearly 9 attempts (8.8) in his last 66 games played.
Transferred to Memphis after earning Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year and unanimous AAC Freshman of the Year honors at Tulsa in 2023-24.
Started his college career at TCU in 2022-23 playing in 6 games before redshirting.

Career-High Points: 42 vs. Wichita State (3/14/25) while at Memphis
Career-High Rebounds: 10, twice

vs. Rice (2/17/24) while at Memphis
vs. UTSA (2/28/24) while at Memphis

Career-High Assists: 9, twice

vs. East Carolina (3/14/24) while at Memphis
vs. UAB (1/26/25) while at Memphis

Career-High Steals: 7 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/4/24) while at Memphis
Career-High Blocks: 1, 4 times

Top Career Scoring Games
42 vs. Wichita State (3/14/25)
32 vs. South Florida (3/9/24)
30 vs. Rice (2/17/24)
29 at UTSA (2/28/24)
29 vs. East Carolina (3/14/24)
29 vs. Arkansas State (12/8/24)
29 at UNLV (11/9/24)
28 vs. South Carolina State (11/20/23)
28 at Charlotte (1/10/24)
27 vs. Memphis (1/4/24)
27 vs. Auburn (11/27/24)
27 at Virginia (12/18/24)
27 vs. North Texas (1/5/25)

AS A SOPHOMORE AT MEMPHIS (2024-25) | 21.7 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 3.7 APG | Game-by-Game Stats (.pdf)

Helped guide the Tigers to a 29-6 overall record, including both the regular-season and tournament American (AAC) championships… Lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Colorado State, 78-70.
Selected as a consensus Second Team All-American… Named a Second Team All-American by AP, USBWA and The Sporting News and a Third Team All-American by the NABC… Became the first Memphis Tiger since 2008 to be named an AP All-American.
Named a top-5 finalist for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award and a top-15 finalist for the John R. Wooden Award.
Honored as The American (AAC) Player of the Year as well as a unanimous All-AAC First Team selection by the league coaches.
Named the Most Outstanding Player of the AAC Tournament after averaging 27.6 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists in guiding the Tigers to wins over Wichita State, Tulane and UAB… Tied the AAC Tournament record with a career-high 42 points in the AAC quarterfinal win over Wichita State (3/14/25) on 16-of-25 field goals and 10-of-11 free throws… It was the fifth-highest scoring game in school history.
Selected the AAC Player of the Week on 4 occasions (Nov. 11, Dec. 23, Jan. 6, Jan. 27).
Started all 35 games… Played a team-high 1,281 total minutes, averaging a team-best 36.6 minutes per game… Played a career-high 44 minutes at Clemson (12/14/24).
Averaged 21.7 points on 47.6 percent (248-of-521) shooting, including 36.4 percent (39-of-107) from 3-point range, with 5.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game… Connected on 81.8 percent (224-of-274) from the free throw line.
Totaled 759 points on the season, which are the second-most scored in a single season in Memphis school history and the most since Dajuan Wagner in 2001-02… Became just the fifth player in AAC history to reach 700 points in a season.
Ranked in top-5 nationally in 4 categories, including second in free throw made (224) and attempted (274) and third in both total points (759) and scoring (21.7 ppg.)… Also ranked 13^th in field goals made (248) and 16^th in minutes/game (36.38).
Led the AAC in 5 categories, including scoring (21.7 ppg.), field goals made (248) and attempted (521) and free throws made (224) and attempted (274)… Also ranked in the top-20 in 6 other categories, including second in minutes played (36.6) and steals (1.83), eighth in free throw percentage (81.8), ninth in assists (3.74), 10^th in defensive rebounds (4.63) and 19^th in rebounding (5.8 rpg.).
Led the team in scoring (21.7 ppg.), double-digit scoring games (34), 20-point games (23), field goals made (248) and attempted (521), free throws made (224) and attempted (274), defensive rebounds (162), assists (131), steals (64) and minutes played (1,281).
Scored in double figures in 34 games with one 40-point game and 22 20-point games… Led the team in scoring in 22 games… Posted a career-high 42 points in the AAC quarterfinal win over Wichita State (3/14/25) on 16-of-25 field goals and 10-of-11 free throws… Tied for the most points ever scored in an AAC Tournament game (Louisville’s Russ Smith in 2014), while it was fifth-highest scoring game in program history… The 16 made field goals tied for the fifth-most in a single game in school history and the most in game since 1973.
Posted 25-point efforts vs. Missouri (25 points, 11/4/24), at UNLV (29 points, 11/9/24), vs. Auburn (27 points, 11/27/24), vs. Arkansas State (29 points, 12/8/24), at Virginia (27 points, 12/18/24), vs. North Texas (27 points, 1/5/25), vs. East Carolina (25 points, 1/11/25), at Rice (26 points, 2/2/25) and at UAB (25 points, 3/2/25).
Hit on 39 made 3-point field goals, connecting on 36.4 percent (39-of-107) of his attempts… Went a season-high 4-of-5 from beyond the arc vs. Ohio (11/15/24).
Connected on 81.8 percent from the line with 224 makes on 274 attempts… Went perfect from the line in 6 games, including 10-of-10 vs. East Carolina (1/11/25) and 14-of-14 vs. Tulane (3/15/25) in the AAC Tournament… Made 27-straight free throws at one point.
Was second with 202 rebounds, averaging 5.8 per game… Had a team-high 162 defensive rebounds… Grabbed 5 or more boards in 25 games, including a season-high 9 in 4 games.
Dished out a team-high 131 assists… Dished out 5 or more assists in 14 games, including a season-high 9 vs. UAB (1/26/25)… Led the team in assists in 17 games.
Paced the team with 64 steals… Had 2 or more steals in 17 games, including a season-high 7 vs. Louisiana Tech (12/4/24).
Started all 18 games in AAC play… Averaged 20.6 points on 50.2 percent (131-of-261) shooting in league-only games with 5.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.7 steals in 35.8 minutes per game… Connected on 76.5 percent (88-of-115) from the free throw line.
Led the AAC in 3 categories, including scoring (20.6 ppg.), field goals made (131), free throws attempted (115)… Also ranked in the top-10 in 5 other categories, including second in free throws made (88), third in field goals attempted (288) and minutes/game (35.8), sixth in steals (1.7) and seventh in assists (3.9).
Led the team in scoring (20.6 ppg.), field goals made (131) and attempted (261), free throws made (88) and attempted (115), assists (71) and steals (30) in league-only games.
Scored in double figures in 17 AAC games, including a high of 27 points vs. North Texas (1/5/25) on 11-of-14 field goals.
Coached by Penny Hardaway.

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT TULSA (2023-24) | 21.2 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 3.8 APG | Game-by-Game Stats (.pdf)

Led the Golden Hurricane to a 16-15 overall record, including a 7-11 mark in AAC play.
Selected as the Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year, while was the unanimous AAC Freshman of the Year.
Named Third All-AAC by league coaches.
Set the AAC's league record with 14 Freshman of the Week honors.
Started all 31 games, averaging 33.6 minutes per game… Played 30 or more minutes in 24 games, including a season-high 43 vs. Tulane (1/14/24).
Averaged 21.2 points on 49.3 percent (199-of-404) shooting, including 28.9 percent (22-of-76) from 3-point range, with 5.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game… Connected on 76.7 percent (237-of-309) from the free throw line.
Became only the second freshman in Division I over the last 30-plus years to average at least 21.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals in a season.
Ranked in the top-15 nationally in 3 categories, including second in free throws attempted (309), third in free throws (237) and 15^th in scoring (21.2 ppg.).
Ranked among the top-20 in eight categories in the AAC, including first in free throws made (237) and attempted (309), second in scoring (21.2 ppg.), third in field goal percentage (49.3), fifth in steals (1.9 apg.), sixth in field goals made (199) and steals (60) and 11^th in minutes (33.6 mpg.).
Led the team in nearly every statistical category, including scoring (21.2 ppg.), field goals made (199) and attempted (404), free throws made (237) and attempted (309) and assists (119)… Was second in steals (60).
Scored in double figures in 30 of 31 games played with two 30-point games and 17 20-point games… Led the AAC with 20 points in 19 of the Golden Hurricanes’ 31 games… Had a league-high 32 points in an upset of AAC regular-season champion South Florida (3/9/24) in the season finale, hitting on 11-of-17 field goals and 10-of-14 free throws.
Posted 25-point efforts vs. Memphis (27 points, 1/4/24), at Charlotte (28 points, 1/10/24), vs. Tulane (25 points, 1/14/24), vs. UTSA (25 points, 1/17/24), at FAU (25 points, 2/3/24), vs. Rice (30 points, 2/17/24) and at UTSA (29 points, 2/28/24).
Collected a pair of double-doubles vs. Rice (2/17/24) with 30 points and 10 rebounds and at UTSA (2/28/24) with 29 points and 10 rebounds.
Knocked down 22 3-pointers, connecting on 28.9 percent from beyond the arc… Had at least 2 treys in 3 games, including a season-best 4 triples vs. UTSA (1/17/24).
Ranked second on the team with 169 total rebounds, including 5.5 per game… Was also second in defensive rebounds (137)… Posted double-digit rebounds twice, including 10 vs. Rice (2/17/24) and at UTSA (2/28/24).
One of the best in the nation in getting to the free throw line, drawing 7.9 fouls per 40 minutes, which ranked third in the nation… Finished behind only unanimous National Player of the Year Zach Edey with 309 free throw attempts, while his 237 free throws makes were the third-most in the country.
Made nearly 77 percent from the free throw line (237-of-309), going perfect from the line in six games… Went a season-best 14-of-14 from the charity stripe vs. Wichita State (1/31/24).
Dished out a team-high 119 assists with at least 5 in 10 games… Had a season-best 9 assists vs. East Carolina (3/14/24).
Was second on the team with 60 steals… Secured 2 or more steals in 16 games, including a season-best 5 vs. Jackson State (11/16/23).
Started all 18 games in AAC play… Averaged 23.4 points on 51.3 percent (134-of-261) shooting, including 29.8 percent (14-of-47) from 3-point range, in league-only games with 6.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.7 steals in 35.2 minutes per game… Connected on 75.3 percent (140-of-186) from the free throw line.
Led the AAC in scoring (23.4 ppg.) in league-only games as well as free throws made (140) and attempted (186)… Also ranked in the top-15 in field goals made (second), field goals attempted (fourth), assists (sixth), minutes (eighth), steals (ninth) and rebounding (14^th).
Led the team in nearly every statistical category in conference-only games, including scoring (23.4 ppg.), field goals made (134) and attempts (261), free throws made (140) and attempted (186), rebounding (6.3 rpg.) and assists (4.0 apg.).
Scored in double figures in all 18 league games, including 14 games of 20 or more points.

Coached by Eric Konkol.

AS A FRESHMAN AT TCU (2022-23) | 2.8 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 0.8 APG | Game-by-Game Stats (.pdf)

Led the Horned Frogs to a 22-13 overall record, including a 9-9 mark in Big 12, and a trip to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Gonzaga in the second round.
Played in 6 games before redshirting the season, averaging 9.0 minutes per game… Played a season-high 21 minutes vs. ULM (11/17/22).
Averaged 2.8 points on 55.6 percent (5-of-9) shooting from the field to go with 1.5 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.3 steals per game… Connected on 77.8 percent (7-of-9) from the free throw line.
Scored in 3 games, including a season-high 8 points vs. ULM (11/17/22).
Did not see any action in Big 12 play.
Coached by Jamie Dixon.

HIGH SCHOOL

Was a four-star recruit out of high school, ranking No. 66 by On3 and No. 121 by 247Sports… Rated among the top-20 combo guard, including No. 10 by On3 and No. 16 by 247Sports… Also ranked as the 14th-best player in the state of Texas in the class of 2022.
Played at Crosby High School in Crosby, Texas, leading the Cougars to a 21-12 record, including an 11-2 mark in district play, and their first regional final in 43 years as a senior in 2021-22… Lost to eventual state champion Beaumont United in the regional final.
Selected as the 2021-22 Dave Campbell’s Mr. Texas Basketball Player of the Year as well as the All-Greater Houston Player of the Year by the Houston Chronicle.
Named the Guy V. Lewis Award winner as the best player in the greater Houston area.
Averaged 28 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.7 steals as a senior, connecting on 49 percent on 2-point attempts and 41 percent from 3-point range.
Scored a season-high 59 points vs. Terry (11/23/21) as a senior.
Scored 43 points in the win over Paetow in the Class 5A Region III Final and a game-high 26 points against Beaumont United in the regional final.
Averaged 33 points per game as a junior.
Coached by Edwin Egans at Crosby.