Any elite recruit who commits to play men’s basketball at Duke University is going to have lofty expectations. For Cameron Boozer, it was all magnified during his lone college season
Not only was Cameron the best player on one of the best teams in the country, he’s also the son of a Blue Devils legend, Carlos Boozer.
But if he felt any pressure, he never showed it. In what will be his only college season, Cameron averaged a double-double (22.5 points, 10.3 rebounds per game) as Duke won the ACC regular season and tournament championships, advancing to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament.
With his dad often in the stands and his brother, Cayden, on the court to support him, Cameron has surpassed every expectation placed on him so far.
As Cameron heads to the pros, where he will be one of the biggest names in a deep rookie class, keep scrolling to meet the entire Boozer family, including his NBA father and the brother whose life he and Cayden saved as newborns.
Carlos Boozer
Before Cameron and Cayden were running through March with Duke, Carlos was adding his name to the long list of Blue Devils legends. A member of Duke’s 2001 National Championship team, Carlos was named first-team all-ACC in 2002 and was a third-team All-American.
Though Carlos was a second-round 2002 NBA Draft pick, he earned a spot on the All-Rookie Team his first season and went on to be named an NBA All-Star twice.
When his twin sons went off to college, Carlos transitioned from the bench to the stands, cheering on Cameron and Cayden as often as possible, knowing it may be the last time they ever play on the same team.
“I ain’t missing no games,” he told Andscape in March 2026. “We have to go to as many games as possible, and we’re not taking it for granted. And the best thing about it is they’re not taking it for granted because they’re aware of it, too.”
Cayden Boozer
Cameron’s twin and college teammate, Cayden, hasn’t gotten quite the same amount of hype as his brother, but has become an integral part of the Blue Devils’ rotation. The consensus five-star recruit averaged 7.4 points per game as a freshman to go along with 2.8 assists.
Cayden announced at the end of the 2025-26 season that he would return to Durham for his sophomore year, hoping to take on an expanded role and perhaps atone for his costly turnover in the final seconds of the Blue Devils’ Elite Eight loss to UConn.
Carmani Boozer
If it weren’t for their older brother, Cameron and Cayden may never have been born. Carmani is a year older than the twins and was born with sickle cell anemia. He required a bone marrow transplant to survive, but neither of his parents were genetic matches. When Carlos and his ex-wife CeCe learned that their son’s best shot was for a sibling to donate, they decided to expand their family.
A year later, Carlos and Cameron were born and blood from their umbilical cord, rich in stem cells, was transplanted to their older brother to cure him.
“I was born for a purpose,” Cameron told ESPN in 2024. “Cayden was born for a purpose. And Carmani still being here because of us, it is kind of like something that ties us together.”
“I mean, they were only born because I was sick,” Carmani joked. “Pretty much. But they saved my life, that’s what their comeback always is … Knowing that they’re the reason I’m alive really makes me want to appreciate them more because they did so much for me. They saved my life.”
Cindy ‘CeCe’ Blackwell
Cameron, Cayden and Carmani’s mother, CeCe, was married to Carlos from 2003 to 2015.
A former Division I volleyball player, CeCe struggled in college helping her grandfather, who was going through dialysis at the time. Years later, she watched her mom struggle to care for her ailing grandmother. The experiences inspired her to create her own assisted living facility.
“It’s something completely different that I’ve never done before,” she explained in a May 2025 interview on “Grown Woman with Shannon Allen.” “Now in my empty nest I will expand and pour more so I can keep myself busy … I feel like this is something that I feel proud of.”
Her advocacy has rubbed off on Cameron, who she said also wants to make an impact on others.
“Cameron is stoic and serious, with the drive of a budding superstar,” she said, according to Blue Devil Voices. “He aims to make an impact on people with special needs and mental health issues before he’s done.”
