Leslie Vernard McDonald Jr. (born February 4, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League.

[1] Born in Memphis, Tennessee to Leslie Sr. and Wanda, McDonald attended Briarcrest Christian School in Eads, Tennessee where he played for coach John Harrington, and is a two-time Tennessee Division 2 AA Mr. Basketball and the all-time leading scorer in Memphis private school history with 2,353 points.

As a junior in 2007–08, he averaged 21.5 points per game and led Briarcrest to the state title.

[2] McDonald committed to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on June 9, 2008, after also receiving scholarship offers from Duke, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Memphis, Ohio State, Tennessee, Wake Forest.

[3][4][5] In his four-year career at North Carolina (he redshirted his junior year due to a knee injury), McDonald played 125 games (19 starts) while averaging 6.7 points and 1.9 rebounds in 17.0 minutes per game.