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Randle is a lightning-quick point guard who excels in the transition game ... will contend for starting duties this season after serving as an understudy to four-year starter Ayinde Ubaka last year ... averaged nearly 18 minutes his rookie season and contributed 6.5 ppg and 2.8 apg ... had a nearly 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio ... has great range on his jumpshot and also able to drive well to the basket.
As a Freshman in 2006-07: Randle played in all 33 games his freshman campaign, starting once at Washington ... reached double figures in scoring his first two games away from home with 18 points at San Diego State and 14 points in the first round of the Great Alaska Shootout vs. Marshall ... chipped in 12 points vs. San Diego in the Golden Bear Classic ... totaled a career-best 19 points vs. Stanford Feb. 3 ... dished out a high of seven assists against Furman and matched the total with seven more assists against USC ... also added 12 points against the Trojans in Berkeley ... sank his first 12 free throws of the year and finished 48-for-59 (81.4%).
High School: Randle averaged 25 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 4 apg and 3 spg in earning state Class A Player of the Year honors from the Chicago Sun-Times ... also voted first-team all-state (Class A) by Illinoisprephoops.com and second-team all-state (all divisions) by the Chicago Tribune ... won the three-point shooting contest and was named the game's Co-MVP after scoring 31 points in the Illinois-Missouri Riverwar All-Star Game ... led teams to a pair of championships in 2005 ... guided his high school team to a 27-4 record and the Illinois state title ... later helped his Chicago Ferrari team to the 17-and-under AAU national crown, earning tournament MVP honors.
Personal: Jerome J. Randle ... mother is Zsa-Zsa Miller ... has two brothers and two sisters ... member of the National Honors Society in high school ... the fourth Chicagoarea player to play for the Bears during Ben Braun's tenure, joining senior Eric Vierneisel (Algonquin), Dennis Gates (Chicago) and Sean Lampley (Chicago) ... undeclared major.
Career Highs
Points: 19 vs. Stanford, Feb. 3, 2007
Rebounds: 3 many times, last vs. UCLA, March 8, 2007
Assists: 7 twice, last vs. USC, Jan. 27, 2007
Blocks: 1 vs. Nevada, Dec. 3, 2006
Steals: 2 twice, last vs. UCLA, March 8, 2007
Career Statistics
| Year | G-Gs | Min | Fg-Fga | Pct | 3p-3pa | Pct | Ft-Fta | Pct | Reb | Avg | Pf-D | Ast | To | Blk | St | Tp | Avg |
| 2007 | 33-1 | 587 | 70-180 | .389 | 26-86 | .302 | 48-59 | .814 | 50 | 1.5 | 49-0 | 93 | 57 | 1 | 15 | 214 | 6.5 |
