Jack McVeigh
McVeigh with Heidelberg in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 9 – Cairns Taipans | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBL | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 1996 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | |||||||||||||||
| College | Nebraska (2015–2018) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2019: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | BA Centre of Excellence | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Gold Coast Rollers | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Adelaide 36ers | ||||||||||||||
| 2019; 2021 | North Adelaide Rockets | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Tasmania JackJumpers | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | North Gold Coast Seahawks | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | MLP Academics Heidelberg | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | →Rio Grande Valley Vipers | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Cairns Taipans | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Jack Edward McVeigh (born 27 June 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Cairns Taipans of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 2015 to 2018. McVeigh started his professional career with the Adelaide 36ers of the NBL in 2018 and spent three seasons with the team. He joined the Tasmania JackJumpers for their inaugural season in 2021 and led them to an NBL championship in 2024, earning the NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award. McVeigh played for the Australian national team at the 2024 Summer Olympics. During the 2024–25 season, he played for the Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association (NBA).