Jackie Carmichael is an American professional basketball player for Igokea of ABA League. He was a standout college player at Illinois State University before playing professionally in Spain, Israel, Turkey, Russia, and Lebanon.
College career
After a standout high school career at Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Kansas and year of prep school at South Kent School in Connecticut, Carmichael began his college career at Illinois State in 2009–10. As a freshman, Carmichael broke into the starting lineup at mid-season and averaged 6.8 points and 4 rebounds per game and was named to the Missouri Valley Conference all-freshman team. After progressively improving as a sophomore and junior, Carmichael had a breakout senior season. He averaged 17.4 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, and was named first team All-MVC and was named to the Lou Henson mid-major All-American team. At the close of his college career, Carmichael left Illinois State as the school's all-time leading shot blocker, their third leading rebounder and seventh leading scorer.
Professional career
Spain / D-League (2013–2014)
Following the close of his college career, Carmichael was one of 63 players invited to the NBA Draft Combine for the 2013 NBA draft. After going undrafted in the 2013 draft, he joined the Miami Heat for the Orlando Summer League and the Dallas Mavericks for the Las Vegas Summer League. On September 10, 2013, Carmichael signed a one-year deal with Bilbao Basket of Spain. On December 21, 2013, he left Bilbao after just 10 games. On December 31, 2013, he was acquired by the Iowa Energy.
On December 18, 2016, Carmichael signed with Maccabi Ashdod for the 2016–17 season. On April 21, 2017, Carmichael recorded a season-high 18 points, shooting 8-of-11 from the field, along with six rebounds and two assists in an 85–70 win over Maccabi Kiryat Gat.
Return to Turkey (2017–2018)
On July 25, 2017, Carmichael signed with the Turkish club Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece. However, On November 1, 2017, he parted ways with Büyükçekmece before appearing in any game for them and joined Uşak Sportif for the rest of the season. On May 13, 2018, Carmichael recorded a double-double and career-highs of 34 points and 16 rebounds, shooting 13-of-20 from the field, along with three assists and three blocks in a 91–76 win over Trabzonspor. In 23 games played during the 2017–18 season, Carmichael averaged 13.3 points, 7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.1 blocks per game.
Russia, Lebanon and Turkey (2018–2019)
On August 22, 2018, Carmichael signed a one-year deal with the Russian team Avtodor Saratov. However, on October 17, 2018, Carmichael parted ways with Saratov after appearing in three games. Nine days later, Carmichael joined the Lebanese team Al Riyadi Beirut. On November 30, 2018, Carmichael signed a two-month contract with UNICS Kazan with an option to extend it for the rest of the season. However, on March 15, 2019, Carmichael parted ways with Kazan after appearing in 12 games. On March 20, 2019, Carmichael joined Torku Konyaspor of the Turkish Basketball First League, signing for the rest of the season.
