Cedric Rudolph Bozeman (born March 7, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player.
Early life Born in Los Angeles, California, Bozeman attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana alongside Jamal Sampson and USC Heisman Trophy winner, Matt Leinart. He was a member of the high school's top-ranked Mater Dei Monarchs basketball team. Bozeman later played college basketball with the UCLA Bruins.
During his freshman year, he played in 26 games (21 starts) and was an Honorable-Mention Pac-10 All-Freshman Team Selection after averaging 3.5 assists per game (8th In Pac-10). At the UCLA Basketball Banquet Awards he won the Seymour Armond Memorial Award as the most valuable freshman. As a junior, he started all 28 games, and led the Pac-10 in assists per game (5.5) and assists (155). At the end of the year banquet, he was given the Bruin Hoopsters JD Morgan memorial award for outstanding team play.
Professional career Bozeman was not drafted in the NBA, but found his way into the league through the Atlanta Hawks where he averaged 1.1 points in 23 games with five starts before being waived in January 2007.Hawks waive Bozeman Soon thereafter he was quickly picked up by the Albuquerque Thunderbirds of the NBA D-League.Thunderbirds Defeat D-Fenders in First Ever Meeting Bozeman went overseas to play for the Belgium-based Telindus Oostende basketball club and averaged 4.6 points per game over ten games.Scouting4u.com The former Bruin went on to play another season in Europe, this time with the Polish Czarni Słupsk club during the 2007–08 season.ENERGA CZARNI SLUPSK basketball team
In 2010, he signed with Belgacom Liège in Belgium.
For the 2011–12 season, Bozeman joined the Reno Bighorns of the NBDL. At the end of December 2011, the Bighorns waived Bozeman due to injury. However, he later rejoined the team. In 2012, he joined the Barangay Ginebra Kings of Philippine Basketball Association as their import for the Governors Cup. Later in 2012, he signed with the Westports Malaysia Dragons.
From 2013 to 2015, Bozeman played with the Toshiba Brave Thunders Kanagawa of the Japanese NBL where he won a championship in the 2013–14 season.
Career statistics
NBA
| align="left" | 2006–07 | align="left" | Atlanta | 23 || 5 || 8.7 || .282 || .154 || .333 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 1.1
College
| align="left" | 2001–02 | align="left" | UCLA | 26 || 21 || 23.4 || .413 || .280 || .286 || 2.5 || 3.5 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 4.0 |- | align="left" | 2002–03 | align="left" | UCLA | 21 || 17 || 26.0 || .408 || .313 || .514 || 3.0 || 3.2 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 7.3 |- | align="left" | 2003–04 | align="left" | UCLA | 28 || 28 || 33.7 || .413 || .222 || .554 || 3.8 || 5.5 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 7.5 |- | align="left" | 2005–06 | align="left" | UCLA | 31 || 30 || 27.4 || .500 || .393 || .776 || 3.3 || 2.3 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 7.6 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 106 || 96 || 27.8 || .435 || .321 || .584 || 3.2 || 3.6 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 6.6
References
External links
UCLA Bruins bio Toshiba Brave Thunders Article in Japan Times Highlights video