Biography
*2024-25 All-BIG EAST Third Team
2024-25 SEASON: Started all 33 games he played in for the Bulldogs, sitting out the 2025 College Basketball Crown to close the season...earned All-BIG EAST third team honors in a vote of the conference's head coaches...named Tournament MVP, leading Butler to the tournament title at the 2024 Arizona Tip-Off...that performance earned him BIG EAST Player of the Week honors Dec. 2 after scoring 23 points in the semifinals win over Northwestern and 24 points against No. 25 Mississippi State in the championship game...also selected to the five-member BIG EAST weekly honor roll three times during the season...scored the 2,000th point of his collegiate career (including his time at Northeastern) in the Feb. 26 game against St. John's...led the Bulldogs and was ninth in the BIG EAST at 16.0 points per game...also led Butler (and finished 11th in the BIG EAST) with an average of 3.4 assists per game...his 34 steals led the team and his 11 blocked shots were second on the roster...averaged 35.2 minutes per game, which led the team and was fourth in the BIG EAST...scored in double figures in 26 of his 33 games, going over 20 points 11 times...led the team in scoring in 16 games and in rebounding five times...had two double-doubles (16 points and 10 rebounds against Marquette Dec. 18 and 25 points and 10 rebounds against Villanova Jan. 1)...averaged 4.7 rebounds per game, which was third on the team...shot 47 percent from the field, 36 percent from three-point range and 77 percent from the free throw line...his field goal percentage was sixth in the BIG EAST and his free throw percentage was eighth in the conference...scored 29 points in the season-opening win over Missouri State Nov. 4...went 11-for-16 from the free throw line in that game...also had 10-for-10 (vs. Eastern Illinois Dec. 3) and 11-for-11 (vs. Marquette Jan. 28) performances from the free throw line...had a season-best seven assists against UConn Dec. 21, one of 10 games with five or more assists on the season...selected to the 2025 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament following the season.
2023-24 SEASON: Started all 33 games for the Bulldogs, averaging 34.7 minutes per game...finished second on the team in each of the following categories: scoring, rebounding, assists, and free throw shooting; finished third in steals and blocks...averaged 13.9 points per game, scoring in double figures in 24 games...had five games with 20 points or more...scored a season-high 26 points twice (in the overtime win over Texas Tech Nov. 30 and in the road win at Creighton Feb. 2)...netted 25 points in the NIT contest against Minnesota March 19...posted the first double-double of his career with 22 points and a season-best 11 rebounds in the Jan. 27 double-overtime win over Villanova...had five games with eight or more rebounds, pulling down an average of 4.9 boards per game...averaged 3.0 assists per game, including a season-best eight twice and had seven games with five or more assists...his assist/turnover ratio of 1.82 ranked eighth in the BIG EAST...had three blocks at Xavier Jan. 16...in the Dec. 5 win over Buffalo, had a statline of 18 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and a season-high four steals...led the Bulldogs in scoring nine times and in rebounding eight times...shot 44 percent from the field and 85 percent from the free throw line...went 36-for-110 from behind the arc for a 33-percent clip...named to the five-member BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll three times (Dec. 4, Dec. 11 and Feb. 5)...averaged the sixth-most minutes per game in the BIG EAST.
SUMMER, 2023: Played for Canada’s U23 team in July as part of the 2023 GLOBL JAM event in Toronto, helping the Canadians to the silver medal in the four-team event. Telfort posted 12 points, nine rebounds and three blocks in the gold medal game, a loss to the University of Kentucky, which represented the United States in the event. In the four games, Telfort averaged 10 points per game.
Transferred to Butler prior to the 2023-24 season.
*2023 All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Third Team
*2023 NABC All-District Second Team
*2021 CAA Sixth Man of the Year
*2021 CAA All-Rookie Team
*2021 Freshman All-American by CollegeInsider.com
*Finalist for the 2021 Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year Award
2022-23 SEASON (AS A JUNIOR AT NORTHEASTERN): Earned All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) third-team honors and NABC All-District second team accolades…finished fifth in the CAA in scoring (at 16.4 points per game) and sixth in field goal percentage (45 percent)…scored 20 or more points in 11 of the team’s games, including a season-high 31 points vs. North Carolina A&T Dec. 29…led the team in scoring 17 times…eclipsed 1,000 career points in the Feb. 13 game at College of Charleston, becoming just the 20th Northeastern player to reach the plateau in just three seasons…ended the season 30th on Northeastern’s all-time scoring list with 1,095 career points…started all 30 games, playing an average of 33.9 minutes per game…was the team’s leading scorer…averaged 4.5 rebounds per game…had a season-best nine rebounds in the season-opener at Boston Nov. 7…averaged 2.2 assists per game, including a season-best five at Delaware Jan. 28…had three blocks against Delaware March 4 in the 2023 CAA Tournament…shot 80 percent from the free throw line.
2021-22 SEASON (AS A SOPHOMORE AT NORTHEASTERN): Finished 13th in the CAA in points per game with a 12.6 scoring average, output that also led the team…started 28 of the team’s 31 games…scored in double figures 21 times, including three games scoring 20 or more…his season-high of 22 came at Hofstra Feb. 19…also scored 21 at William & Mary on New Year’s Eve and 20 points at UNC-Wilmington Jan. 27…shot 41.6 percent from the field…added 2.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game…had a season-best seven rebounds twice…handed out a season-high six assists in the win over William & Mary Feb. 24…his 57 total assists were second-best on the team and 24th in the CAA…had two games with three blocks and two games with three steals.
2020-21 SEASON (AS A FRESHMAN AT NORTHEASTERN): Named CAA Sixth Man of the Year (coming off the bench in 14 of the 18 games he played) and earned a spot on the CAA All-Rookie Team…selected as a Freshman All-American by CollegeInsider.com and a finalist for the Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year Award…named the CAA Rookie of the Week four times throughout the season…averaged 11.8 points per game to go along with 3.8 rebounds per game…was the team’s second-leading scorer and he ranked second among freshmen in the CAA in scoring…finished 12th in the CAA in three-point percentage (.366) and 13th in free throw percentage (.780)…scored in double figures in 11 games, which included 30 points against Drexel March 8 in the CAA Tournament, 23 points (all in the second half) vs. James Madison Jan. 23 and 20 points against Elon Jan. 2…scored 15 points, including four three-pointers, against Georgia Dec. 22…grabbed a season-best nine rebounds in the Jan. 9 win over Hofstra…handed out a season-high five assists against UMass Dec. 13 in his second collegiate game…shot 42 percent from the field and 78 percent from the free throw line…the CAA played a condensed schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic with Northeastern going 8-2 in conference play to earn the regular season championship.
PRIOR TO NORTHEASTERN:Â Played his final season at the New Hampton School in New Hampshire...led the Huskies to the NEPSAC AAA championship with 14.1 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game...ranked No. 10 in New Hampshire and No. 21 in all of New England...All-NEPSAC AAA second team...earned varsity letters in basketball at Thornlea and De Mortagne Secondary Schools...helped lead team to consecutive Provincial championships in 2015 and 2016...played with the Parc Ex Knights in Montreal Basketball League from 2015-18, earning MVP honors and was a two-time RSEQ first team selection...competed in AAU for Brookwood Elite.
PERSONAL:Â Son of Jacobson Telfort and Kerline Desir...has eight brothers and sisters: Josue, Jonathan, Jordyson, Jadeline, Jacob, twin sister Jael, Jordan, and Josh.
