Basketball prospect Bryce James, son of LeBron James, committed to be part of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s 2025-26 basketball team last week. He’ll join a parade of former UA athletes who had famous fathers. Such as:
Luke Walton, son of Bill Walton; football’s Trey Griffey, son of Ken Griffey Jr.; basketball’s Shana Robertson, daughter of basketball immortal Oscar Robertson; and three-time NCAA champion distance runner Martin Keino, son of Olympic legend Kip Keino.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ forward Luke Walton celebrates being named most outstanding player as his team celebrates its Pac-10 championship win over USC in 2002.
There are others you might have forgotten: 1980s baseball player Lance Lincoln is the son of Keith Lincoln, a five-time NFL Pro Bowl running back; 1980s fullback Chuck Knox Jr., is the son of former Rams and Seahawks NFL head coach Chuck Knox; and 1980s all-conference first baseman J.T. Snow is the son of 1960s NFL Pro Bowl receiver Jack Snow.
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The most famous non-athlete whose son became a UA athlete (football player Guy Collins in the mid-1980s) was Gary Collins, one of America’s most popular TV talk show hosts and actors, host of the Miss America Pageant for a dozen years.
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