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Five things to know about Pelicans guard Frank Jackson

1)      The 19-year-old played one season at Duke University, starting 16 times out of his 36 games as a freshman. He was officially drafted Thursday by Charlotte with the first pick of the second round (No. 31 overall), but was traded to New Orleans in exchange for the No. 40 pick and cash considerations. He is listed as 6-foot-4, 202 pounds.

2)      A native of Alpine, Utah, Jackson won a state championship in high school. The Beehive State is not a common producer of NBA pros, with just 21 Utah-born players in league history to have ever appeared in an official game (via Basketball-Reference.com). The only current NBA player to be born in Utah is C.J. Wilcox, who played 22 games last season for Orlando. Prior to Wilcox, the last Utah native in the league was Devin Brown, a guard for New Orleans from 2008-10.

3)      Although Jackson’s traditional counting stats at Duke don’t jump off the page (averages of 10.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists), he was a very efficient offensive player and overall. Jackson shot 47.3 percent from the field, to go with 39.2 percent from three-point range, squeezing in valuable production in just 24.9 minutes per game. He was sixth on the Blue Devils in playing time, but tied for fourth in scoring. Two of the three players ahead of him – Luke Kennard and Jayson Tatum – were lottery picks Thursday, to Detroit and Boston, respectively.

4)      Dell Demps noted during Thursday’s post-draft press conference that Jackson will not be available to participate in NBA Summer League (July 7-17 in Las Vegas), but Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical reported recently that Jackson is expected to be fully recovered from right foot surgery at some point in July.

5)      Jackson’s father, Alvin, is a former state senator in Utah. Frank initially committed to remain in-state by attending BYU, but according to ABC-4 Sports in Salt Lake City, Jackson changed his plan in late 2014 when he began getting recruited nationally to a much greater extent. He also altered plans to serve a mission as part of his Mormon faith, instead resulting in his arriving at Duke in 2016.