UCF Men’s Basketball All-Quarter-Century Team

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To celebrate the quarter-century mark, we picked the UCF Knights All-Century Basketball Roster, covering the best players since 2000. We have put together a 15-player roster as voted on by a group of people

that have covered UCF Men’s Basketball this century:

First Team

Jermaine Taylor — 2005-2009

UCF’s all-time leading scorer in the Division I era with 1,979 points
Trails only Bo Clark in the all-time total career scoring category

2009 Conference USA Player of the Year
2009 AP All-America Honorable Mention
All-CUSA First Team, NABC All-District First Team, and the USBWA All-District Team
Averaged 26.2 points (third-best in the nation, sixth-best in program history) in 2009
Set a Conference USA single-season record with 466 total points and a 29.1 ppg average against conference opponents
Selected with the 32nd overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards and shortly after was traded to the Houston Rockets.
Inducted into the UCF Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021

B.J. Taylor — 2014-2019

Seventh all-time at UCF with 1,618 career points, the fourth-most in UCF’s D-I history
Tied for the school record in career free throws with Bo Clark (456)
Ranks tied for sixth all-time in three-pointers made (180)
Sixth in career assists (324)
First Knight in the D-I era to average 15+ points in three straight seasons
Made Second-Team All-AAC in 2017 and first-team All-AAC in 2019
One of only five UCF players all-time to be NABC All-District (Keith Clanton, Isaiah Sykes, Keith Clanton, Jermaine Taylor)
Led UCF to its first-ever NCAA Tournament win in 2019 over VCU

Keith Clanton — 2009-2013

UCF’s all-time leader in rebounds (1,000) and games played (129).
Second in program history in career blocks (227)
Fifth in free throws (399), sixth in points (1,718) and sixth in field goals (622).
Led UCF to two postseason appearances in the 2011 CBI and the 2012 NIT
Was only the second of three players in CUSA history to record 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.

Tacko Fall — 2015-2019

All-time leader at UCF in career blocks with 280 and in career field goal percentage at 74.0%, which is also second in NCAA Division I history
Ranks third all-time in career rebounds with 887
Finished with 1,160 points, ranking 18th on UCF’s all-time list.
Won AAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2017, leading the Knights to the Final Four of the NIT
Fall also had a memorable run in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, dominating VCU in the Knights’ first NCAA Tournament win in program history, and had a legendary clash with Duke’s Zion Williamson.

Dexter Lyons — 2002-2004

Helped UCF to two consecutive ASUN Championship Game appearances, including the conference title and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2004
Recorded the first triple-double in program history with 14 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists on Jan. 11, 2003 game against Troy
Averaged 18.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.8 steals per game as a senior, all while shooting 54% from the field and 44% from three-point range, the 10th-best in program history.
His 567 points in 2003-04 rank as the 4th-highest scoring season in the program’s Division I era.
First-Team All-ASUN selection, ASUN Defensive Player of the Year, and the ASUN Tournament MVP.
Inducted Into UCF Athletic Hall of Fame in 2025

Second Team

Taylor Hendricks — 2022-2023

Scored ninth-most points in a single season in UCF’s Division I era (515)
Tied for the seventh-most blocks in a season (59)
Led UCF to NIT
Baha Mar Tournament MVP in 2022
Selected with the ninth overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz, becoming the first Knight to ever be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft
Led the Knights in multiple categories in his only season, including scoring (15.1 points per game), rebounds (7.0 rebounds per game), shooting (47.8% from the field), and blocks (1.7 per game).
Hit 39.4% from the 3-point line (second on the team)

Isaiah Sykes — 2010-2014

Only Knight to rank in the program’s all-time top ten in points (1,545, 8th), rebounds (764, 5th), assists (336, 5th) and steals (183, 3rd).
Two-time All-Conference selection (CUSA First Team in 2013 and AAC Second Team in 2014)
All-district selection in 2013
CUSA All-Defensive Team in 2013
AAC All-Tournament Team in 2014
Helped the Knights to NIT in 2012
Ranks 2nd in program history with 126 games played
He also ranks 7th in program history in career field goals (588) and career free throws (335).
Only UCF player with multiple triple-doubles

Darius Johnson — 2021-2025

Finished his career as UCF’s eighth all-time leading scorer with 1,586 points, the fifth most in the program’s Division I era
Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention twice (2024, 2025)
Second on UCF’s career steals list with 241 (most in the program’s Division I history)
Third on UCF’s career assists list with 478
One of just three Knights in program history to reach the 400-assist mark
Played the third most games as a Knight in the program’s history with 125 games, starting in 104 of them
Fifth Knight to make 200 or more three-pointers in a UCF career, finishing with 218 to finish fourth on UCF’s career threes list
Fifth in career free throw percentage at UCF at 81.4%
Became the 21st Knight to reach the 1,000-point mark in program history

Matt Williams — 2012-2017

Scored 1,105 career points in four seasons at UCF
Set program records for three-pointers in a career (274), a season (126), and a game (11).
Averaged 15.1 points per game as a senior, leading UCF to the NIT Semifinals at Madison Square Garden.
Played 1,315 minutes as a senior, which was a single-season record.

Roberto Morentin — 2002-2004

Part of UCF’s A-SUN Championship and NCAA Tournament team in 2004
Averaged 13.5 points and a team-high 6.9 rebounds per game as a senior
Led UCF with 16 points and nine rebounds against Pittsburgh in the first round of the NCAA tournament

Third Team

Mike O’Donnell — 2005-2008

Hit 195 career three-pointers, 6th-most in program history
Shot 43% from the 3-point line in 2006-07, leading the Knights to 22 wins and a second-place finish in Conference USA
8th in school history with 394 career assists
10th all-time with 140 steals

Gary Johnson — 2003-2005

Led UCF to back-to-back A-Sun Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances in his only two seasons at UCF (2003-2004, 2004-2005)
Earned All-A-Sun Second Team honors in 2005
A-Sun Tournament MVP in 2005

Josh Peppers — 2003-2007

Scored 1,376 points at UCF
Two-time All-Conference selection (A-Sun-2005, C-USA-2007)
Helped Knights to back-to-back A-Sun titles and NCAA Tournaments in 2004 and 2005
Ranked fifth all-time at UCF with 123 games played

Paul Reed — 1999-2002

Scored 1,182 points at UCF
Ranks 4th all-time at UCF with 685 rebounds
Ranks second in blocked shots (127) all-time at UCF
Earned All-Atlantic Sun Second Team in 2002

Aubrey Dawkins — 2018-2019

Second Team All-AAC in his only season at UCF (2018-2019)
Helped the Knights to the NCAA Tournament in 2019
1,103 minutes played in 2019 ranks as the 7th-most minutes played in a single season in program history
Scored 32 points in the 2nd Round of the NCAA Tournament against Duke, the most by a Knight in an NCAA Tournament game.
Most field goals (12) and steals (3) by a Knight in an NCAA Tournament
5th all-time in career 3-point percentage at UCF (40.3%)