Keizer, Oregon · Guard · Based in LA

No scholarship.Thirty countries.

Grayson Scott “The Professor” Boucher walked into an AND1 open run as a fan and walked out on the tour. Twenty years later: 8.62M on YouTube, 5.6M on Instagram, and a film credit opposite Adam Sandler.

  • AND1 Mixtape Tour
  • 7 seasons of Streetball on ESPN
  • Played in 30+ countries
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Read live, not remembered

The numbers that actually check out

Every figure below was read off the platform itself or off his own storefront on 27 August 2026. Where two of his own sources disagree, both are shown and neither is smoothed over.

8.62M
YouTube subscribers
Read live from youtube.com/@Professorlive, alongside 790 videos. Wikipedia still carries 8M from April 2024.
5.6M
Instagram followers
Instagram's own logged-out page for @theprofessor. The same fetch's meta tag rounds it to 6M.
30+
Countries played in
Wikipedia, on his AND1 and Ball Up touring years.
14M
Views in week one
The first Spiderman Basketball episode, within seven days of upload. ESPN picked it up; Shaquille O'Neal tweeted it.
Ways in

Three doors, all of them open

Training you can buy today, merch that ships, and a booking form. Real prices only where he publishes them.

Training · $7

7-Day Ball Handling Challenge

Seven days of progressive drills, no equipment needed. His page states one payment, lifetime access and “no future charges”. The cheapest way to actually train with him.

$7 one time
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Membership

Crossed Up University 2.0

Ten modules built around ten of his signature moves, added to over time. Billed monthly or annually — the annual plan is advertised as saving $81.

$19 / month · $147 / year
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Merch

GlobalHooper

His basketball streetwear label, GlobalHooper LLC. Twenty-two products live right now, including a Ballislife collaboration — tees at $50, hoodies $60–$75.

$50$75
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Grayson Boucher on the court at Venice Beach
How it started

He turned up
as a spectator

Billed at 5′10″ and 155 pounds, Boucher left McNary High School for Salem Academy, made all-state — and was offered no scholarship at all. He went to Chemeketa Community College instead.

When the AND1 Mixtape Tour stopped in Portland, he and his brother went as fans. There was an open-run tryout. He earned a spot, and forfeited his remaining college eligibility to take it.

By 2009 he was on the front of the tour's own website. Seven seasons of Streetball on ESPN, five AND1 mixtape DVDs, four commercials and a video game later, he had played in over thirty countries.

I’ve been blessed to be a global basketball entertainer for 20 years. If you support me on here you’re #LiveFam and I genuinely appreciate you!
His own YouTube channel description, @Professorlive
In frame

Him, on his own courts

Every frame below is published by him or licensed for reuse.

Venice Beach
Venice Beach
With Adam Sandler
With Adam Sandler
Brand work
Brand work
2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0
On the road
On the road
August 2026
August 2026
August 2026
August 2026
August 2026
August 2026
June 2025
June 2025
August 2026
August 2026
Where these came fromNine of these come from his own site, theprofessorlive.com, and from his own Instagram grid at @theprofessor. The portrait is from Wikimedia Commons, shot by Emmillienne in March 2022 and released under CC BY-SA 4.0. No stock photography appears anywhere on this site.