Urbaniak joins Cougars for 2026-27 campaign

PROVO, Utah – Jakub Urbaniak is the newest member of the BYU men’s basketball program, head coach Kevin Young announced on Thursday.

"We’re excited to add Jakub to our team," Young said. "He brings size, skill, athleticism, and experience. All things we were looking to add. He will fit in well with the way we want to play because of his versatility on both ends of the floor. We love his motor and competitiveness. We look forward to getting him on campus."

The 6-foot-9 big man signs and joins the Cougars for the 2026-27 season after spending last season with WKS Slask Wroclaw. In his first season in the Polish Basketball League, Urbaniak averaged 9.4 points and 6.0 rebounds per game while shooting 55.0 percent from the field. He recorded a trio of double-doubles, including a 13-point, 12-rebound performance in a win over Dziki Warszawa, going 6-of-7 from the field.

In 18 EuroCup appearances in 2025-26, Urbaniak averaged 7.7 points and 4.7 rebounds. He scored in double figures four times, highlighted by a 17-point performance in a 92-81 win over Hamburg Towers. He also had a career-high 11 rebounds, six of those coming on the offensive glass against Aris BC.

26 of his 29 appearances for CB Gran Canaria came during the 2023-24 campaign, where he averaged 15.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. He had seven double-doubles for the Granca, including an 18-point, 19-rebound performance, 15 of those boards coming on the defensive glass. He scored a career-high 32 points in a win over Pajarraco CB Santfeliuenc, going 10-of-14 from the field and 3-of-7 from 3-point range.

Urbaniak made his Polish National Team debut earlier this year in an 84-82 win over Latvia on Feb. 27 in the first round of the FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers. Nine days later, he would go 4-of-4 from the field en route to scoring 11 points in a 123-77 victory over Austria.

He represented Biało-czerwoni in the youth ranks, averaging 8.7 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game at the 2023 FIBU U20 European Championships. He recorded back-to-back double-doubles in the knockout rounds, finishing with 19 points and 15 rebounds in a 71-62 win over Estonia.