One of the top players in the New Jersey Athletic Conference, Cameron Downs has captured numerous NJAC honors while scoring 796 points in his first two years at Rutgers-Camden. With 204 more points, he will become the 15th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point milestone.
Downs has started all 48 of his games with the Scarlet Raptors, while averaging 16.6 points and 5.8 rebounds. His scoring average is the eight-highest career mark among all Rutgers-Camden players with a minimum of 35 games.
A stellar shooter from the foul line, Downs is 192-for-250 in his Scarlet Raptor career from the charity stripe for a .768 percentage. With 58 more successful foul shots, he will reach the minimum of 250 to qualify for NCAA career statistics. At his current pace, he would become the program’s all-time leader in free throw percentage.
Academics: Member of the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2023 Spring semester.
Basketball 2023-24: New Jersey Athletic Conference Second Team…NJAC Player of the Week on Dec. 4 and Jan. 29…Four-time Rutgers-Camden Raptor of the Week, honored on Nov. 20, Dec. 4, Jan. 1 and Jan. 29…Appeared in 24 games, starting all of them…Led the team in scoring (17.8 points per game) and finished second in rebounding (5.6 rebounds per game)…Also paced the team in steals (45), tied for the club lead in blocked shot (15) and was tied for sixth in assists (34)…Shot 144-for-264 (.545 from the field, including 26-for-76 (.342) from three-point range…Shot 112-for-146 (.767) from the foul line…Scored 426 points overall, the 22nd-highest single-season mark in program history…His 112 successful free throws were the ninth-highest single-season mark…Collected three double-doubles, with 22 points and 10 rebounds against Montclair State (Dec. 2), 19 points and 10 rebounds against Delaware Valley (Dec. 30) and 23 points and 11 rebounds against William Paterson (Jan. 13)…Scored in double figures in every game, including nine games with 20 or more points…Had a season high of 29 points, tying his career high, against Rutgers-Newark (Jan. 27)…Notched 27 points against Moravian (Nov. 18), when he also had one of his four-steal games to tie his career high…Also had four steals against Baruch (Nov. 14) and Ramapo (Jan. 6)…Tied his career high with three blocked shots against Montclair State (Dec. 2), when he had his first double-double of the season…Shot 12-for-18 from the field on his way to his 27 points against Moravian (Nov. 18) and 11-for-19 against Rutgers-Newark (Jan. 27) on the way to his 29 points…Sank double-digit foul shots in three games, including 11-for-13 against William Paterson (Jan. 13) and 10-for-11 against both Rutgers-Newark (Dec. 9) and Stockton (Jan. 24).
Basketball 2022-23: New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year…NJAC Honorable Mention…Named NJAC Rookie of the Week Nov. 28, Jan. 16 and Feb. 13…Named Rutgers-Camden Raptor of the Week on Nov. 28, Jan. 9 and Jan. 16…Started all 24 of his games…Led the team in scoring (15.4 ppg) and finished second on the Scarlet Raptors in rebounding (5.9 rpg)…Led the club in blocked shots (13) and finished third in both assists (32) and steals (24)…Led the team in foul shooting (80-for-104, .769), field goal percentage (132-for-244, .541) and three-point field goal percentage (26-for-62, .419)…Collected four double-doubles with points and rebounds, coming against Cabrini (Nov. 9, with 12 points and 10 boards in his first collegiate game), FDU-Florham (Nov. 27, 21/12), Montclair State (Jan. 21, 12/11) and William Paterson (Feb. 11, 26/15)…Scored in double figures on 19 occasions, including seven times with 20 or more points…Had his first 20-point game with a 21-point effort at FDU-Florham (Nov. 27)…Exploded for his high of 29 points at Kean (Jan. 4), shooting 11-for-16 from the floor (3-for-4 from three-point range) and 4-for-4 from the foul line…Notched back-to-back games of 21 points against New Jersey City (Jan. 11) and 24 against William Paterson (Jan. 14), with the Paterson game featuring 10-for-14 shooting from the foul line…Collected double-digit rebounds on four occasions, with his high of 15 coming in the Feb. 11 Paterson game…Notched his high of six assists against Rowan (Feb. 1), while also adding 22 points…His high of four steals came against FDU-Florham (Nov. 27) and he notched three of his blocked shots against Ramapo (Feb. 4)…Scored in double-digits in his last six games and 12 of the last 13, with six of his 20-point games coming in that span.
Club Teams: Made Different (AAU) and Aim High Panthers (AAU)
High School: Basketball letterman at Pemberton Township High School for Coach Timothy Collura…Named Player of the Year…All-Conference First Team…1,000-point scorer…Al Carino All-Star…Burlington County Scholastic League All-Star…Graduated in 2022.
Personal: Born March 15, 2004…Nicknamed “Cam”…Hobbies include photography and videography…Business Management major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to start his own business…Cameron is the son of Bailey Downs of Burlington.
