Jordann Dumont Working Back from Surgery | Meet the Wildcats

This is one in a series of stories introducing the Villanova Wildcats’ 2024-25 roster.

Originally hailing from Montreal, Quebec, the Villanova Wildcats recruited redshirt freshman forward Jordann Dumont out of Chattanooga, Tenn., where he spent the last two years of his high school career.

Recruiting sites gave a mixed appraisal of Dumont’s talents while in Tennessee. Although he received offers from schools like Utah, Oklahoma State, Indiana State and, of course, Villanova, Dumont didn’t receive a single star from 247Sports, listed as ‘unranked’ in their national, positional and state rankings.

On3 and Rivals, however, both listed him as a three-star… and head coach Kyle Neptune and his staff thought Dumont deserved an offer, which is what really ended up mattering. Nonetheless, the Wildcats knew they were getting a project when the lanky wing signed just three days after his official campus visit.

Dumont took a redshirt year during the 2023-24 campaign, instead focusing on bulking up his lanky 6-foot-8 frame, and he’ll have four years of eligibility remaining including the ongoing season. Listed at 190 pounds during his senior year of high school, Dumont managed to build up to 220 pounds since then, size that will give him a better defensive anchor and help him drive to the basket with increased physicality.

Dumont underwent an arthroscopic procedure on both his hips back in May, one that kept him out of game action as recently as the team’s Blue and White scrimmage in early October, although he’s worked his way into the Wildcats’ lineup for limited minutes since then. As per usual with college athletics, the Wildcats didn’t give any details beyond the bare minimum regarding why Dumont needed the procedure or what it entailed… but the fact he’s back on the court bodes well.

Jordann Dumont: A Look at the Numbers

While in high school at Chattanooga’s Hamilton Heights Christian Academy, Jordann Dumont averaged 20 points and eight rebounds in roughly 24.5 minutes per game, taking more than a third of his shots from three and converting at a 40 percent clip. Inside the arc, Dumont nailed 60 percent of his shots.

Ahead of his redshirt year with the Wildcats, Dumont suited up for his native Canada in the U19 World Cup, coming off the bench for an average of 14.2 minutes per game and contributing an average of 7.9 points and 3.1 rebounds.

A sharp shooting wing, Dumont also shows excellent effort on defense, something that should only improve as he builds weight. Appearing  off the bench in four contests for the Wildcats this season, Dumont averaged three minutes in those contests with three total shots taken, all of them in Villanova’s Nov. 19 win over Penn, where he made a 3-pointer, the first bucket of his collegiate career. There are only so many opportunities for minutes in the Wildcats’ guard-heavy lineup, especially with small forward Eric Dixon reigning supreme atop the depth chart… but defense, shooting and hustle will play, no matter how sparse the chances.