Did Marcus or Jeffrey Jordan come close to living up to Michael Jordan’s name in basketball?

With the great Michael Jordan as your father, you can only imagine the hype and expectations around the abilities of his sons Marcus and Jeffrey.

When Marcus and Jeffrey Jordan opted to play the sport their dad became the GOAT in, the ultimate question was, 'Will they live up to MJ's Hall of Fame career?'

Back in 2007, the speculation on the pair's potential in the game was immense, with both Jeffrey and Marcus playing for the number one high school in Illinois.

In Illinois, they played for Loyola Academy, but the team didn't become the number one team until Marcus joined the ranks, leading the school to the conference championships and the team's best-ever season.

Before Marcus arrived there, MJ's oldest son Jeffrey was subject to lots of media attention, with three of his high school games being shown on EPSN because of the national attention.

The 6ft1 guard showed glimpses of MJ in his performances, possessing a vertical that allowed him to dunk over defenders and earning two All-Catholic League honors twice in three seasons.

After graduating from Loyola High School in 2007, Jeffrey Jordan received scholarship offers from Valparaiso University and Loyola University Chicago.

Jeffrey was actively recruited as a walk-on (part of the team without a scholarship) by top universities and chose to walk on for the University of Illinois. He later received a full scholarship in 2009.

Strangely, after being offered a full athletic scholarship, Jeffrey left Illinois and joined the University of Central Florida. In his college career, Jeffrey averaged 1.6 points, 0.8 assists, and 1.2 rebounds per game.

The younger Jordan, Marcus, was a 6ft3 shooting guard who had a pure shooting stroke like his father. After Jeffrey left Loyola, Marcus transferred to Whitney Young High School for his junior and senior years.

Marcus led Whitney to the 4A Illinois state title in his senior year, scoring a game-high 19 points and sinking a pair of clutch free throws to win the contest. He was named tournament MVP.

At the time of his graduation, Marcus was a three-star recruit and ranked the 60th-best shooting guard in the country. He had multiple D1 offers and decided to join UCF.

Marcus averaged eight points per game, making the Conference USA All-Freshmen team.

Marcus had nights like his father, scoring a career-high 28 points on 8-11 field goal shooting against the University of West Florida and scoring 18 in upsetting the number 16 ranked University of Florida.

In his final two seasons at UCF, Marcus averaged 12.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game. He left UCF around the same time as his brother in 2013.

With all the media expectations around them, Marcus and Jeffrey weren't able to build a career in basketball like their dad, but they have built successful business ventures away from the court.