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Walter Clayton Jr., Florida’s top scorer and the main driving force behind the Gators in Monday night’s national championship game, found every offensive possession to be a pointless exercise as Houston ran with him step for step, chasing him around the perimeter, dogging him down the baseline.
The senior guard entered the NCAA Tournament with a goose egg (zero points on zero makes in four 3-point tries and two turnovers) after becoming the first player since Larry Bird in 1979 to score at least 30 points in the Elite Eight and national semifinals.
Who is Florida basketball player Walter Clayton Jr, bio, age, height, weight, parents, girlfriend, daughter, high school, college and net worth
Walter Clayton Jr. is a 6-3, 185-pound Athlete from Lake Wales, FL, High School Bartow; City Bartow, FL;
Clayton transferred to Bartow High School after his sophomore year. He was initially a standout football recruit in high school but opted to focus on basketball instead and he began his college journey at Iona under the guidance of coach Rick Pitino, before transferring to Florida.
22-year-old Walter Clayton Jr. was born in Sebring, Florida on March 6, 2003 and is 6ft 3in tall. In December 2023, Clayton Jr. and his longtime girlfriend, Tatiyana Burney, welcomed their first child, a daughter named Leilani Leigh Clayton. The parents of Clayton Jr. are Walter Clayton Sr. and Cherie Quarg.
Clayton Jr. also enjoys the support of his two sisters named Asia and Giselle but not much is known about them except that Asia studies at the University of Kansas. His father, Clayton Sr., often took the basketball talent to their local court and taught him the fundamentals he needed to exceed in high school and also showed him how to play football too.
Walter Clayton Jr. relocated to Lake Wales, Florida, at the age of ten. He played basketball and football at Lake Wales High School, where he first attended. As a sophomore, he averaged 17.5 points, five rebounds, and 3.2 assists. Following his sophomore year, Clayton switched to Bartow High School. In his debut season at Bartow, he averaged 15.4 points, 4.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.3 steals per game, helping the Yellow Jackets win the Florida Class 6A state championship.
At the encouragement of his friend, Gervon Dexter, Clayton started playing football as a freshman in high school since he was thought to be a better college candidate. West Virginia, Tennessee, Nebraska, Notre Dame, and Florida all offered him football positions.
Walter Clayton Jr. career
Walter Clayton Jr. spent his first season at Iona with 7.3 points per game on average. In his sophomore year, he averaged 16.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game during the regular season, earning him the title of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Player of the Year. Clayton used the NCAA transfer portal following the season.
In the end, Clayton moved to Florida. Additionally, he had thought about moving to St. John’s to play for Rick Pitino, the former head coach at Iona.
Clayton was added to the Second Team All-SEC after his first season at Florida, when he averaged 17.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 2.6 assists. He was crucial in helping the Gators qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in three years and the SEC Tournament Championship for the first time in ten years.
Additionally, he assisted in guiding Florida to its best SEC and overall records in eleven years. Clayton received a great deal of recognition for his work in spearheading the revival of Florida basketball, which hadn’t seen such success in over ten years. Clayton received recognition as a member of the First-Team All-SEC following the regular season. Clayton was selected as a first team All American on March 18, 2025.
His current net worth stands at $1.4 million.