Yoeli Childs

Yoeli Childs (born January 13, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Saga Ballooners of the Japanese B.League.

[1] In the 2016 recruiting class, Childs was ranked by ESPN at 53rd in their Top 100, 2nd in the state of Utah, 6th in the region and 13th among Power Forwards.

[6] Prior to the start of the 2018–19 season, Childs decided to enter his name in the NBA draft pool.

After receiving what Childs called "valuable feedback," he did decide to play at BYU for his junior year.

[12] After the close of his junior year, Childs again decided to enter his name into the NBA draft pool, this time hiring an agent.

[16][17][18] Due to paperwork errors as part of the NBA draft exploration process, Childs did not participate in the first 9 games of the season.

He was assigned to the Erie BayHawks as a flex player when the Go-Go declined to play the NBA G League restart in Orlando, Florida.

[26] After joining the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2021 NBA Summer League, Childs signed with MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg of the easyCredit BBL on September 11.

[30] He was married on August 3, 2018, to the former Megan Boudreaux who was a member of the Utah Valley University volleyball team.