Purdue big man and reigning Player of the Year Zach Edey is withdrawing from the NBA Draft and headed back to the Boilermakers for one last run.
Edey announced his decision on Twitter, just hours before the deadline on Wednesday night.
The 7-foot-4 center averaged 22.3 points, 12.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game last season for the Boilermakers, all career-highs. Only Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe averaged more rebounds per game at the Division-I level. He had 27 double-doubles on the season, too, the most in the country.
Edey helped lead Purdue to both a Big Ten regular season title and a conference tournament title last season, which earned the Boilermakers a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. They were knocked out in the first round by No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson.
Along with the Naismith College Player of the Year award, Edey was named The Associated Press’ Player of the Year, the Big Ten Player of the Year and won the Oscar Robertson Trophy.
While Edey dominated at the college level last season, his draft stock this summer wasn't very high. Yahoo Sport's Krysten Peek didn't have him listed in her latest mock draft. ESPN's Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo had him going No. 47 overall to the Los Angeles Lakers.
