Career
Spent his freshman season at Auburn (2025-26) … transferred to UCLA in the summer of 2026 … has three years of remaining collegiate eligibility.
2025-26 (at Auburn)
Played in all 37 games, making nine starts as a freshman at Auburn University (Auburn, Ala.) … helped lead Auburn to an overall record of 22-16 and the NIT Championship … averaged 6.3 points and 4.0 rebounds per game at Auburn … logged an average of 18.3 minutes per game (37 games) … shot 64.0 percent from the field (89-for-139) … scored in double figures in eight games, including each of his final four contests in the NIT (National Invitational Tournament) … registered a season-best 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting against South Carolina (Jan. 17, 2026) … twice scored 18 points – against Jackson State (Nov. 19, 2025) and in the NIT versus Nevada (March 25, 2026) … totaled a season-high 10 rebounds in two games … had a 10-point and 10-rebound double-double at Georgia (Jan. 3, 2026) and had a 10-rebound effort in the second game of the season, versus Merrimack (Nov. 6, 2025) … recorded a season-high four assists in the NIT title game victory over Tulsa (April 5, 2026) … averaged 11.4 points and 5.0 rebounds in Auburn’s five NIT contests (March 17 through April 5) … shot 25-for-39 from the field (64.1 percent) in five NIT games … played a season-high 29 minutes in a 71-67 win over South Carolina (Jan. 17, 2026) … played at least 20 minutes in 14 games.
Prior to College
Prior to moving to the United States in the summer of 2025, competed in Serbia’s top basketball league (Adriatic Basketball Association) for KK Mega Basket, which has produced several NBA players, including Nikola Jokic … in 2024-25, averaged 12.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game … shot 57.1 percent from the field … totaled 16 points and seven rebounds against NBA G League United in exhibition play … the 2024-25 KK Mega Basket starting five each played at power conference schools in 2025-26, with Jović at Auburn, Andrija Jelavic at Kentucky, Sergej Macura at Mississippi State (now one of his UCLA teammates), Timotej Malovec at Miami (FL) and Mihailo Petrocvic at Illinois … before competing with Mega, played for OKK Beograd (2022-23) and OKK Spars Ilidza (2021-22) … was a cadet representative of Serbia averaging 12 points and 4.2 rebounds per game at the U17 World Championship in 2022 … also aveaged 14.8 points per game at the U20 European Championship in 2024 … international honors include selection to the Belgrade (NIJT) All-Tournament Team in 2023, while playing for the U18 Next Generation Select Team and Next Generation Team Belgrade.
Personal
Filip Jović is pronounced FILL-ip YO-vich … was born in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is his hometown … is the son of Zoran Jović (father) and Veliborka Jovanovic (mother) … has two brothers, Marko and Ognjen, and one sister, Andjela … fluent in Serbian and English … undeclared major.
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