(94 Feet With Coach JT) Former Alabama A & M / Miami Heat Mickell Gladness joins me!

<p>In his first and only season playing basketball for <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawson_State_Community_College'>Lawson State Community College</a>, Gladness averaged modest numbers with 3.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game.<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickell_Gladness#cite_note-REVIEW-1'>[1]</a> He transferred to <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_A%26M_Bulldogs_basketball'>Alabama A&M</a> in 2005 where he played out the remaining three years of his college eligibility. At Alabama A&M, Gladness majored in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_management'>business management</a>.<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickell_Gladness#cite_note-bio-2'>[2]</a></p> <p> Mickell Gladness, appeared in 26 games and blocked 77 shots. It was in his <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_(education)'>junior</a> season, however, that Gladness made a name for himself in college basketball. Playing in 30 games, Gladness <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_season_blocks_leaders'>led the nation in blocked shots per game</a> at 6.3, with an adjusted-per-40 minutes rate of 7.9 bpg. He set an NCAA Division I <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_players_with_13_or_more_blocks_in_a_game'>single game record</a> with 16 blocks against <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Southern_Tigers_men%27s_basketball'>Texas Southern</a> on February 24, 2007. No other player in Division I history has even recorded 15 blocks in a single game. Although he did not repeat as the NCAA season shots blocked leader, he did graduate having blocked 396 shots in only three seasons of Division I basketball, which was good enough to be in the all-time top 25 when he graduated.In his final two seasons, Gladness was a first-team All-<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference'>Southwestern Athletic Conference</a> selection. We talk NBA and taking his first over seas job. MG