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Position: Forward/Center
Height: 6'10“
Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: September 20, 1956
Died: December 20, 2012
Hometown: Waukegan, IL
High School: Waukegan H.S.
Whitehead made the First-Team All-State while at Waukegan High.
In his only year at Riverside, Whitehead led his team to a 28-6 record and was named MVP of the Mission Conference.
He was the lone freshman named to the All-California Junior College honor team.
Whitehead transferred to Marquette after only one year at Riverside JC.
He averaged 8.9 points per game as a sophomore and 10.5 points per game as a junior. Jerome averaged 14 points per game as a senior and led Marquette in rebounding (8.3 rpg) during the 1977-78 season. He will always be remembered by Charlotte fans for a play they probably felt was offensive goaltending, but was not called, in the closing moments of the National Semifinal game in 1977. Whitehead told The News-Sun in 1977, “I had always wondered what it felt like to score the winning basket in an important game like that, ever since my cousin Rufus Woods (former North Chicago star) scored the winning basket against Waukegan in 1966…I had thought about it for a long time and finally it came true.”
Drafted by the San Diego Clippers in the 2nd round (19th pick) of the 1978 NBA draft.
Whitehead is a financial analyst with Primerica Financial Services in San Diego.