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Bowling Green State University Athletics
2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 2
Javontae Campbell
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Muskogee, Okla.
- High School:
- Muskogee
- Prev School:
- Northern Oklahoma
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Bowling Green |
Career Highlights
- 2025-26 MAC Defensive Player of the Year
- 2025-26 Lefty Driesell Award Finalist
- 2025-26 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Late-Season Team
- 2025-26 All-MAC First Team
- 2025-26 All-MAC Defensive Team
- 2024-25 All-MAC Third Team
- 2024-25 MAC All-Defensive Team
- Five-Time MAC Player of the Week (Dec. 30, 2024; March 3, 2025; Nov. 10, 2025; Dec. 8, 2025; Jan. 5, 2026)
- Two-Time MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 12, 2025; Dec. 11, 2025)
- 2025-26 CSC Academic All-District
- 2024-25 NABC Honors Court
- Broke the program record for steals in a single-season twice with 90 in 2024-25 and 97 in 2025-26
- Finished third in the MAC all-time for single-season steals with 97 in 2025-26
- Concluded his BGSU career with 187 steals, fifth in program history
- Became the 50th player in program history to tally 1,000 career points in the Orange and Brown, finishing with 1,075 for 42nd all-time
- Averaging 16.8 points per game during his time as a Falcon, finishing 12th in program history for career scoring averageÂ
- Totaled 163 assists in 2025-26 to lead the team and tie for eighth in program history for single-season assists
- Tallied 47 points for BGSU against UMass on Jan. 3, 2026, tying for the fifth-most points in a single-game in program history, the most since 1964 and the most ever by a Falcon in a road game
- Registered 27 free throw attempts against UMass on Jan. 3, 2026, tying the program record
- Swiped eight steals against Le Moyne on Nov. 9, 2025 to tie the program’s single-game record
- Named to the 2025-26 NABC All-District Second Team, the first BGSU player to receive the recognition since Justin Turner was named First Team in 2020-21
2025-26 | Senior
- One of five Falcons to appear in all 32 games and one of two to start all 32, averaging 34.0 minutes per gameÂ
- Broke the program’s single-season record for steals in a season for the second-straight year with 97, finishing third all-time in the Mid-American Conference and leading the nation for the season
- Led the nation in steals per game with 3.0, getting a steal in 28 out of 32 games for the Orange and BrownÂ
- Snatched eight steals versus Le Moyne (Nov. 9), a career-high and tying the program’s single-game steals recordÂ
- Averaged 18.7 points per game, first on the team and third in the MAC, while totaling 598 points for the year, two shy of BGSU’s top 10 in program history
- Tallied 47 points for BGSU against UMass on Jan. 3, 2026, tying for the fifth-most points in a single-game in program history, the most since 1964 and the most ever by a Falcon in a road game
- Recorded a team-high 14 20-point games over the course of the season
- Shot 50.0-percent from the field (207-of-414), ranking ninth in the MACÂ
- Led the team in free throws made and attempted going 163-of-215 (.758)Â
- Recorded a team-high 163 assists on the season, averaging 5.1 per game good for fourth in the MAC while tying for eighth in program history for single-season assists
- Registered 27 free throw attempts against UMass on Jan. 3, 2026, tying the program record
- Led Bowling Green in assists 23 times, points 16 times and rebounds three times
2024-25 | Junior
- One of four Falcons to appear in all 32 games, making 31 starts and averaging 30.6 minutes per game
- Broke the program’s single-season record for steals in a season with 90, finishing tied for fifth in Mid-American Conference history and fourth in the nation for the season
- Swiped five steals in a game on four different occasions while recording at least one steal in 31 of BGSU’s 32 games
- Posted the program’s first triple-double since the 2006-07 campaign, finishing with 11 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against Aquinas on Dec. 23, one of 22 players in the nation with a triple-double
- Added a double-double against Kent State (Feb. 18) with 26 points and 10 rebounds
- Averaged 14.9 points per game, second on the team and 12th in the MAC
- Recorded eight 20-point games for the Falcons, including a season-high 30 on Nov. 8 against Davidson
- Led the Falcons in scoring 11 times, tied for the team-lead, while leading the team in assists a team-high nine times
- Posted 26 games with double-digit points, tying for the team-lead
- Shot a team-best 49.5-percent from the field (158-of-319), ranking 13th in the MAC
- Led the team in both free throws attempted and made, going 149-of-195 at the line (.764)
- Finished the season tied for 46th in the nation for free throws made with 149
- Tallied a team-high 98 assists, averaging 3.06 per game to rank 15th in the conference
- Registered two games with double-digit rebounds
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Northern Oklahoma |
Tonkawa, Okla. |
- Named Honorable Mention NJCAA All-American
- Rated No. 67 JUCO prospect in the nation by JUCORecruiting.com
- Appeared in 51 games with 50 starts over two seasons with the Mavericks
- Started all 24 games he played in during the 2023-24 season, averaging 26.5 points per game
- Shot 49.9-percent from the field and 31.8-percent from three during the 2023-24 campaign
- In 2023-24, logged 18 games with 20+ points, 11 games with 30+ and two with 40+, including three double-doubles
- Averaged 16.1 points per game in 2022-23, shooting 50.5-percent from the field.Â
- Tallied double-digit points in 24 of his 27 games in 2022-23, including eight 20-point games
BG MBB : Postgame Interviews 2.28
Saturday, February 28
BG MBB : Postgame Interviews 2.24
Wednesday, February 25
BG MBB : Postgame Interviews 2.17
Wednesday, February 18
BG MBB : Toledo Orange Wave Recap 2.14
Monday, February 16
