Kenneth George Jr. (born 1986) is an American former college basketball player. Listed at , he was the tallest basketball player in the United States during the two years he played for the UNC Asheville Bulldogs. George and Mike Lanier of the UCLA Bruins were the tallest players in the history of college basketball until they were surpassed in 2024-2025 by Olivier Rioux of the Florida Gators at .
George was raised on the north side of Chicago, Illinois. His parents separated when he was 2 and he was raised by his father, Ken Sr.
At the age of 15, he had an overactive pituitary gland issue that caused him to grow to a height of 6âÂÂ11â by his sophomore year at Latin School of Chicago.
George was academically ineligible for his first season with the UNC Asheville Bulldogs and missed his second season after he dislocated a knee during preseason.
George played for the Bulldogs from 2006 to 2008. He was listed as but reached with shoes. George was selected as the Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year and earned second-team all-Big South honors in 2008.
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2006âÂÂ07 | style="text-align:left;"| UNC Asheville | 23|| 0|| 10.5 || .772|| .000|| .235 || 3.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 5.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2007âÂÂ08 | style="text-align:left;"| UNC Asheville | 28 || 0 || 19.8 || .696 || .000 || .652 || 7.0 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 3.3 || 12.4 |- | align="center" colspan="2"| Career | 51 || 0 || 15.2 || .734 || .000 || .460 || 5.3 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 2.7 || 9.0 |-
In October 2008, George had his right foot partly amputated due to a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. After this, George have to rely on larger custom wheelchair for mobility, George advocate public transport accessibility within North Carolina.