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{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox NBA biography
| name = Brandon Costner
| image = Brandon Costner in a blue jacket.jpg
| caption = In December 2018,Yokohama B-Corsairs
| position = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 235
| league = 
| team = Free agent
| number = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|7|21}}
| birth_place = [[Montclair, New Jersey]], U.S.
| highschool = [[Seton Hall Preparatory School]]<br>([[West Orange, New Jersey]])
| college = [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State]] (2005–2009)
| draft_year = 2009
| career_start = 2009
| career_end = 
| years1 = 2009–2010
| team1 = [[Belfius Mons-Hainaut]]
| years2 = 2010–2011
| team2 = [[Utah Flash]]
| years3 = 2011–2012
| team3 = [[Los Angeles D-Fenders]]
| years4 = 2012
| team4 = [[Limoges CSP]]
| years5 = 2013–2014
| team5 = Los Angeles D-Fenders
| years6 = 2014–2015
| team6 = [[Jiangsu Monkey King]]
| years7 = 2016
| team7 = [[Caciques de Humacao]]
| years8 = 2016
| team8 = [[Guizhou White Tigers]]
| years9 = 2017
| team9 = Caciques de Humacao
| years10 = 2017
| team10 = Hebei Xianglan 
| years11 = 2018
| team11 = [[Champville SC]]
| years12 = 2018
| team12 = Caciques de Humacao
| years13 = 2018–2019
| team13 = [[Yokohama B-Corsairs]]
| years14 = 2019–2020
| team14 = [[Eastern Sports Club (basketball)|Eastern Long Lions]]
| years15 = 2020–2021
| team15 = [[Santeros de Aguada]]
| years16 = [[2021 BAL season|2021]]
| team16 = [[Patriots BBC|Patriots]]
| years17 = 2021
| team17 = [[Gigantes de Carolina (men's basketball)|Gigantes de Carolina]]
| years18 = 2021
| team18 = [[Indios de Mayagüez]]
| years19 = 2021
| team19 = [[Grises de Humacao]]
| highlights = 
* [[Baloncesto Superior Nacional|BSN]] All-Star (2016)
* Third-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams|All-ACC]] (2007)
* [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] All-Freshman team (2007)
* Third-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (2005)
* [[McDonald's All-American Game|McDonald's All-American]] ([[2005 McDonald's All-American Boys Game|2005]])
}}
'''Brandon Jay Costner''' (born July 21, 1987) is an American professional basketball player, currently a free agent. He most recently played for Puerto Rican teams [[Grises de Humacao]] and [[Santeros de Aguada]] of the [[Baloncesto Superior Nacional]]. He played [[college basketball]] for the [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State Wolfpack]].

==College career==
Just five games into the 2005–06 season, Costner sustained a season-ending injury, earning a medical redshirt and making 2006–07 his freshman season. His highest scoring game was in the 2007 ACC Tournament against [[Duke University|Duke]] in which he scored 30 points in the Wolfpack victory.

==Professional career==
In March 2009, Costner announced that he would forgo his senior season at North Carolina State and enter the [[2009 NBA draft]]. After going undrafted, he joined the Chicago Bulls for the 2009 NBA Summer League. Later that year, he signed with [[Belfius Mons-Hainaut]] of Belgium for the 2009–10 season.

In November 2010, he was acquired by the [[Utah Flash]] as they selected him with the 8th pick in the 2010 NBA D-League Draft.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101105030128/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700078142/Utah-Flash-grab-Brandon-Costner-with-first-round-pick-in-D-League-draft.html Utah Flash grab Brandon Costner with first-round pick in D-League draft]</ref>

In November 2011, he was acquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders. Following the conclusion of the 2011–12 D-League season, he joined Limoges CSP Elite of France for the remainder of their season.

In November 2013, he was re-acquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders.<ref>[http://www.nba.com/dleague/losangeles/1314_training_camp_roster.html 2013-14 Training Camp Roster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610060051/http://www.nba.com/dleague/losangeles/1314_training_camp_roster.html |date=2016-06-10 }}</ref>

In July 2016, he signed with the Guizhou White Tigers for the 2016 [[National Basketball League (China)|NBL]] season.<ref>[http://www.latinbasket.com/Puerto%20Rico/news/453059/Guizhou-inks-Brandon-Costner,-ex-Humacao Guizhou inks Brandon Costner, ex Humacao]</ref>

On February 8, 2017, he re-joined the Caciques de Humacao.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1041113739328012 Los Caciques de Humacao firman a su primer refuerzo, el Power Forward Brandon Costner] {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>[http://www.latinbasket.com/Puerto-Rico/news/479103/Humacao-welcomes-back-Costner,-ex-Guizhou Humacao welcomes back Costner, ex Guizhou]</ref>

In May, 2017, he signed with Hebei Xianglan of China for the 2017 [[National Basketball League (China)|NBL]] season.<ref>[http://www.asia-basket.com/China/news/489402/Hebei-Xianglan-signs-Brandon-Costner,-ex-Humacao Hebei Xianglan signs Brandon Costner, ex Humacao]</ref>

In January 2018, Costner signed with [[Champville SC]] of the [[Lebanese Basketball League]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Madwar|first1=Ahmad|title=Brandon Costner (ex Hebei X.) is a newcomer at Champville|url=http://www.asia-basket.com/Lebanon/news/521263/Brandon-Costner-(ex-Hebei-X.)-is-a-newcomer-at-Champville|accessdate=January 31, 2018|work=Asia-basket.com|date=January 31, 2018}}</ref>

In May 2021, he joined the Rwandan team [[Patriots BBC]] to play in the [[2021 BAL season]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Patriots coach confirms rapper J. Cole on club's roster for Basketball Africa League |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/sports/patriots-coach-confirms-rapper-j-cole-clubs-roster-basketball-africa-league |access-date=12 May 2021 |work=The New Times {{!}} Rwanda |date=11 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

===BAL statistics===
{{BAL player statistics start}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[2021 BAL season|2021]]
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Patriots BBC|Patriots]]
| 6 || 5 || 25.5 || .400 || .364 || .667 || 4.5 || 2.7 || .7 || .0 || 11.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 6 || 5 || 25.5 || .400 || .364 || .667 || 4.5 || 2.7 || .7 || .0 || 11.0
{{s-end}}

==Personal life==
Costner is the son of former [[St. Joseph's Hawks men's basketball|St. Joseph's]] and professional player [[Tony Costner]].<ref>{{cite news|title=N.C. State's Brandon Costner on the Pan Am Games trials|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/multimedia/8507752.html|accessdate=March 20, 2018|work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=July 14, 2007}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041825/http://stats.nbadleague.com/playerProfile.html?PlayerID=202556 NBA D-League Profile]
*[http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Brandon-Costner-547/ DraftExpress.com Profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808043635/http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/costner_brandon00.html NC State bio]
*[http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Brandon-Costner/Summary/1666 RealGM.com Profile]

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