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On January 3, 2020, Suggs committed to play college basketball for Gonzaga University, choosing the Bulldogs over offers from Florida, Florida State, Iowa State and Minnesota. He became the highest-ranked recruit in school history. Suggs views playing professionally, rather than collegiately, as a "very serious" option and was in talks with several professional teams. He was rated a five-star recruit and ESPN ranked him No. 6 in the 2020 class and the second-best point guard behind Cade Cunningham. In football, Suggs was considered a four-star dual-threat quarterback by ESPN but is not expected to play the sport in college.

In addition to basketball, Suggs played the quarterback position for SMB, a cooperative football team representing Minnehaha Academy and two other schools. He led his team to a Class 4A state championship as a junior in 2018. In his senior season, Suggs helped SMB finish as Class 4A runners-up and was named Minnesota Mr. Football.

Suggs won a gold medal with the United States at the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship in Formosa, Argentina. In four games, he averaged 7.5 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. At the 2018 FIBA Under-17 World Cup in Argentina, Suggs averaged 8.7 points and 3.3 steals per game and won another gold medal. He joined the United States at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Heraklion, Greece, averaging 9.6 points per game and helping his team win the gold medal. Suggs scored 15 points, his best mark in the tournament, in the final versus Mali.

Jalen Rashon Suggs (born June 3, 2001) is an American basketball player for Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best point guards in the 2020 class. Suggs is committed to play college basketball for Gonzaga. At the high school level, he competed for Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was also a highly recruited football player in high school and was named Minnesota Mr. Football in 2019.