# Ljay Gonzales

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Filipino basketball player

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Ljay Gonzales No. 13 – NLEX Road Warriors Position Point guard League PBA Personal information Born (1998-12-19) December 19, 1998 (age 27) San Mateo, Isabela, Philippines Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Career information High school FEU Diliman (Quezon City) College FEU PBA draft 2025: 1st round, 5th overall pick Drafted by NLEX Road Warriors Playing career 2023–present Career history 2023–2025 Quezon Huskers/Titans 2025–present NLEX Road Warriors Career highlights All-MPBL First Team (2025) All-MPBL Second Team (2024) MPBL Rookie of the Year (2024) 2× MPBL All-Star (2024, 2025) PSL champion (2024)

**Louell Jay Gonzales** (born December 19, 1998) is a Filipino professional [basketball](/source/Basketball) player for the [NLEX Road Warriors](/source/NLEX_Road_Warriors) of the [Philippine Basketball Association](/source/Philippine_Basketball_Association) (PBA).

He played his high school and collegiate career with the [FEU Tamaraws](/source/FEU_Tamaraws_basketball), where he would stay until 2023. The following year, he made his professional debut with the [Quezon Huskers franchise](/source/Quezon_Huskers) in both the [Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League](/source/Maharlika_Pilipinas_Basketball_League) (MPBL) and [Pilipinas Super League](/source/Pilipinas_Super_League) (PSL), where he would lead the team to three finals appearances across both leagues, including a championship in the PSL. He also won the [MPBL Rookie of the Year award](/source/MPBL_Rookie_of_the_Year_award), made two all-star appearances, and earned an [All-MPBL Second Team](/source/All-MPBL_Team) selection.

In September 2025, Ljay was selected fifth overall by the [NLEX Road Warriors](/source/NLEX_Road_Warriors) in the [PBA season 50 draft](/source/PBA_season_50_draft).

## High school and college career

In both high school and in college, Ljay played for the [Far Eastern University](/source/Far_Eastern_University) (FEU) [Tamaraws](/source/FEU_Tamaraws_basketball).[1] In 2017, in the juniors' division, he led [Far Eastern University Diliman](/source/Far_Eastern_University_Diliman) (FEU–D) to the [UAAP Season 79 juniors' basketball](/source/UAAP_Season_79_basketball_tournaments#Juniors'_division) title, earning finals MVP honors.[2] The following year, in [Season 80](/source/UAAP_Season_80_basketball_tournaments), he was selected to the Mythical Five.[3]

On March 5, 2018, Gonzales announced his commitment to remain in FEU for the seniors' division.[4] He would play for Far Eastern through the entirety of his college career.[5]

## Professional career

### 2024–2025: Quezon Huskers franchise

Following his collegiate career, Gonzales signed with the [Quezon Huskers franchise](/source/Quezon_Huskers) in November 23, 2023, reuniting him with former FEU assistant coach [Eric Gonzales](/source/Eric_Gonzales).[6] During the [2024 MPBL season](/source/2024_MPBL_season), Ljay averaged 9.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game while leading Quezon to the best record in the [South Division](/source/South_Division_(MPBL)) and later on their [first MPBL finals appearance](/source/2024_MPBL_finals).[7] For his efforts, Ljay became an all-star starter, won the [MPBL Rookie of the Year award](/source/MPBL_Rookie_of_the_Year_award), and was selected to the [All-MPBL Second Team](/source/All-MPBL_Team).[8][9]

On August 15, 2025, Ljay declared for the [PBA season 50 draft](/source/PBA_season_50_draft) as one of the earliest applicants in the draft class.[2] He would go on to be selected fifth overall by the [NLEX Road Warriors](/source/NLEX_Road_Warriors).[10]

### 2025–present: NLEX Road Warriors

On December 23, 2025, Gonzales signed a rookie contract with NLEX.[11]

## Career statistics

### MPBL

Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

#### Season-by-season averages

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 2024 Quezon 35 25 20.3 .381 .221 .681 5.1 3.8 1.3 .3 9.8 2025 Quezon 37 34 21.4 .462 .297 .674 6.0 4.7 1.6 .4 11.3

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Terrado, Reuben (September 6, 2025). ["Gonzales picks up speed to finally catch up with Abarrientos, Torres in PBA"](https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/gonzales-finally-catches-up-with-abarrientos-torres-in-pba-a795-20250906). *SPIN.ph*. Retrieved September 12, 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-declared_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-declared_2-1) Terrado, Reuben (August 15, 2025). ["Former FEU guard Ljay Gonzales among first to apply for PBA draft"](https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/former-feu-guard-ljay-gonzales-applies-for-pba-rookie-draft-a795-20250815). *SPIN.ph*. Retrieved September 12, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (February 12, 2018). ["CJ Cansino is UST's first UAAP Jrs. MVP since Kevin Ferrer"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180212201618/https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2018/02/12/cj-cansino-ust-s-first-uaap-jrs-mvp-since-kevin-ferrer-37582). *ABS-CBN Sports*. Archived from [the original](https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2018/02/12/cj-cansino-ust-s-first-uaap-jrs-mvp-since-kevin-ferrer-37582) on February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Terrado, Reuben (March 5, 2018). ["Baby Tams guard L-Jay Gonzales says he is staying at FEU, already training with Tamaraws"](https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-juniors/l-jay-gonzales-commits-to-stay-with-feu-tamaraws-uaap-juniors). *SPIN.ph*. Retrieved September 12, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Isaga, JR (November 18, 2023). ["L-Jay Gonzales leaves future in air as UAAP career with FEU ends"](https://www.rappler.com/sports/uaap/l-jay-gonzales-leaves-future-air-feu-career-ends/). *Rappler*. Retrieved September 12, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Garcia, John Mark (November 25, 2023). ["LJay Gonzales begins new chapter in MPBL with FEU-laden Quezon Huskers"](https://www.spin.ph/basketball/ljay-gonzales-signs-with-feu-laden-mpbl-side-quezon-huskers-a5172-20231125). *Spin.ph*. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Terrado, Jonas (September 6, 2025). ["L-Jay Gonzales raring to join other FEU stars in PBA"](https://sports.inquirer.net/638631/l-jay-gonzales-raring-to-join-other-feu-stars-in-pba). *INQUIRER.net*. Retrieved September 12, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["MPBL All-Stars tonight"](https://www.philstar.com/sports/2024/09/08/2383650/mpbl-all-stars-tonight). *Philstar.com*. Retrieved September 8, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Justine Baltazar becomes first-ever back-to-back MPBL MVP"](https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/justine-baltazar-becomes-first-ever-back-to-back-mpbl-mvp/322666). *Tiebreaker Times*. December 7, 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Caacbay, Kennedy (September 8, 2025). ["PBA: LJay Gonzales excited to learn from 'Kuya' Robert Bolick in NLEX"](https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/9/8/pba-ljay-gonzales-excited-to-learn-from-kuya-robert-bolick-in-nlex-0900). *ABS-CBN*. Retrieved September 12, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Ramos, Gerry (December 24, 2025). ["NLEX gets backcourt boost entering QFs by signing LJay Gonzales"](https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/nlex-gets-backcourt-boost-entering-qfs-by-signing-ljay-gonzales-a793-20251224). *Spin.ph*. Retrieved December 24, 2025.

## External links

- [Ljay Gonzales' MPBL profile on Genius Sports](https://mpbl.web.geniussports.com/competitions/?WHurl=%2Fcompetition%2Fall%2Fperson%2F2229209)

- [Ljay Gonzales' PSL profile on Genius Sports](https://psl.web.geniussports.com/competitions/?WHurl=%2Fcompetition%2F37518%2Fperson%2F2220820%2Fstatistics%3F)

v t e NLEX Road Warriors current roster 1 Onwubere 2 Miranda 3 Amer 5 Gamboa 6 Valdez 7 Alas 8 Bolick 9 Fajardo 10 Rodger 11 Herndon 12 Nieto 13 Gonzales 14 Winston 15 Ramirez 16 Racal 17 Capulong 18 Bahio 20 Marcelo 33 Semerad 77 Torres – Jones (Import) Head coach: Alapag Assistant coaches: Hermida (1st assistant) Co Escolin Lim Monfort Sison Tierra Villavicencio (consultant)

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