Robert Cheeks is a basketball player from Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...

. He attended St. Bonaventure from 1999 to 2003. He was born in 1980.

He played briefly for the Newark Express

Newark Express

The Jersey Express is a team in the Northeast Division of the Blue Conference of the American Basketball Association based in East Orange, New Jersey. The team was formed in 2005 as the Newark Express. Marsha Blount and Jacqueline Halyard are co-owners of the team...

in 2005 as a forward. He wore number 12 and played forward for the team.
This past season he played in Portugal for Illiabum where he averaged 13 points and 11 rebounds per game.

He is the half-brother of former NBA player and Duke University Tri-Captain Roshown McLeod