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Andre Keith Langford (born on September 15, 1983 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6'4" (1.93 m) tall shooting guard who played college basketball with the University of Kansas.

High School
Keith Langford played basketball for North Crowley High School in Fort Worth, Texas coached by Tommy Brakel. He was named first-team All-State by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches his senior year, and he was an All-State selection by the Texas Sportswriters Association his junior and senior seasons. Langford earned North Texas Player of the Year honors from the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram in 2001. He was a Texas Basketball Magazine first-team All-State selection as a senior, and he was named a McDonald's High School All-American Top 100 Finalist in 2001. Langford was named honorable mention All-America by Street and Smith's, USA Today and Sporting News his senior year. He averaged 25.7 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game in 2001, while carrying the Panthers to the District 8-4A championship, the Region I Bi-District crown and the Area 4A title. He made 40 points and 20 rebounds against Burleson High on Feb. 13, 2001, and he averaged 18.3 points and 7.2 rebounds per game as a junior. He lead his team to a 29-5 recod his senior year, and posted a school record 1,844 carrer points and 844 rebounds. At that time he was rated the ninth-best prep shooting guard prospect in the nation by ESPN.com.

Freshman Season (2001-2002)
Langford was named to the NCAA Midwest Regional All- Tournament team, and he earned the Clyde Lovellette Most Improved Player Award at the team's annual postseason banquet. He averaged 7.9 points and 3.3 rebounds per game in 20.9 minutes of action, and he made nearly 70% of his free throws. He played in all 37 games, starting once (versus Stanford on March 16) He shot 49.3% from the field, an he made 11 three-point field goals. He dished out 54 assists, rejected 12 shots and tallied 34 steals. Langford was the first player off the bench 23 times, tying for a team-high. He scored in double-figures 11 times and led the Jayhawks in scoring once. He made his KU debut in the Maui Invitational Nov. 19-21, where he scored in double-figures in all three games. Langford enjoyed a breakout game against No. 4 Arizona on Dec. 1, scoring 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting. He scored in double-figures in back-to-back games against South Carolina State (12) and North Dakota (11) on Dec. 15 and 22, respectively. He had a career game versus Oregon on March 24, scoring a then-career-high 20 points to go with a then-career-best eight rebounds against the Ducks in the NCAA Midwest Regional Final in Madison, Wisconsin.

Sophomore Season (2002-2003)
Langford was named to the NCAA All-Final Four Team, and he also earned NCAA Tournament West Region All-Tournament Team honors. He started all 38 games, ranking third on the team with 15.9 points per game. He scored in double-figures 35 times and lead the team in scoring on 10 occasions. He shot 53% from the field, and he was ranked 10th in the Big 12 in scoring and seventh in field goal percentage. Langford played a career-high 32.8 minutes per contest, and dished out 2.0 assists per game. He has a recorded 31 blocks and 34 steals for the year. He earned an honorable mention for the All-Big 12 selection, and he was named to the Big 12 All-Underrated Team. He racked up 24 points on an impressive 10-for-11 shooting against UNC Greensboro on Nov. 22. He helped the Jayhawks scorch Utah State for 22 points in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on March 20, and he poured in 23 points on 11-of-14 shooting against Marquette in the NCAA National Semifinals on April 5.

Junior Season (2003-2004)
Langford played and started in all 33 games. He was ranked second on the team in scoring, rebounding and assists with 15.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. He shot 47.9% from the field and 35.8% from past the three-point line. He tallied 35 steals and 19 blocks while reaching double figures in scoring on 27 occasions. Langford lead the team in scoring 12 times, and he had six 20+ point games, ranking ninth in the Big 12 in scoring. He earned Second Team All-Big 12 Conference honors, and he earned USBWA All-District 6 honors and named Second Team All-Big 12. He was a a member of the NABC All-District 12 Second Team, and he is listed as a Wooden Award Finalist. His assist-to-turnover ratio was second on the team and 10th in the league with a 1.44 stat. He pumped in a season-high 24 points on three occasions including the season-opener versus UT Chattanooga on Nov. 21. He also scored 24 points in the third game of the year on Dec. 1 at TCU with the help of 9-of-10 shooting from the field. He scored 10 points, grabbed 10 boards and dished 4 assists in a win over Missouri on March 12 in the Big 12 Tournament.

Senior Season (2004-2005)
Langford averaged 14.4 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. He missed two games late in the season due to injury. He scored 20+ points six times and led the team in scoring in eight contests. He matched career-high with 27 points vs. Nebraska. He tallied up 24 points, a season-high eight rebounds and four steals vs. Texas Tech. He scored 21 points and dished out a career-high seven assists versus Pacific. He had 24 points on 8-for-11 shooting versus Louisiana-Lafayette. Langford earned Second Team All-Big 12 Conference honors for the second time. He finished his collegiate career as the sixth all-time leading scorer in Kansas history with 1,812 points. He also ranks sixth all-time in minutes played (3,931) and 16th in three-point field goals made (102).

Pro career
Langford played in 71 games in the NBA D-League since 2005, most recently with the Austin Toros. Langford played in two NBA games for the San Antonio Spurs during the 2007-08 NBA season, tallying two points and two rebounds. In the 2007-08 season, he played in the Italian League with Angelico Biella.[1]

In the 2008-09 season, he played with the Italian club Virtus Bologna. With Virtus he won Europe's third-tier basketball clubs competition the EuroChallenge championship and he was named the MVP of the Final Four. In June 2009, Langford signed a two-year, $2.6 million net income contract with Russian Super League team Khimki Moscow Region of the Euroleague.[2][3]

Off the court
Langford didn't begin playing basketball until eighth grade, and hes always been pretty suspicious. He is known for changing his shoes at halftime if he's had a bad first half, and he used to have a pair of lucky socks. He majored in journalism, annd he has maintained a very close relationship with his mother, Charlene Taylor. He earned the nickname "Ke-Freeze" in high school because his fellow players believed that he had ice in his veins.