NCAA Player of the Year Zach Edey returning to Purdue for senior year instead of entering 2023 NBA Draft

Usually, when a college basketball player wins the Naismith Males’s Faculty Participant of the 12 months Award, Wood Award and the AP Participant of the 12 months Award, the NBA Draft is often the subsequent cease.

Not for Purdue big man Zach Edey.

Edey introduced on Twitter Wednesday night time that he will probably be returning to the Boilermakers’ program for his senior season regardless of having such a strong junior yr.

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Zach Edey of Purdue College is offered with the Naismith Males’s Faculty Participant of the 12 months trophy throughout the 2023 Naismith Corridor of Fame Brunch at The Ballroom at Bayou Place on April 2, 2023, in Houston. (Logan Riely/Getty Photos)

“RUN IT BACK,” Edey captioned his submit with a “Wolf of Wall Avenue” gif.

Edey used all of his 7-foot-4-inch body to steer the Boilermakers with 22.3 factors, 12.9 rebounds and a couple of.1 blocks per recreation within the paint over 34 video games. He additionally shot 60.7% from the sphere. 

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Like each NBA prospect, Edey went by way of the NBA Draft Combine to see what groups had been fascinated with him. However, regardless of his numbers final season, Edey has been projected as a second-round choose.

Whereas his dimension and 7-foot-10.5-inch wingspan have proven he can dominate the school recreation, scouts and evaluators suppose he’ll have some bother coping with extra athletic, smaller facilities within the league.

Zach Edey poses for a portrait throughout the NBA Draft Mix Circuit on Could 16, 2023, in Chicago. (Brian Sevald/NBAE by way of Getty Photos)

Returning for his senior season could lead on Edey to work on spots NBA groups wish to see cleaned up, which may elevate his draft inventory.

Then once more, there’s additionally some redemption for the Boilermakers after they had been on the improper facet of historical past after dropping to No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson College as a No. 1 seed within the NCAA Match in March. It was simply the second time in historical past that occurred. 

Zach Edey of the Purdue Boilermakers dunks towards the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights throughout the first half within the first spherical of the NCAA Males’s Basketball Match at Nationwide Area on March 17, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. (Dylan Buell/Getty Photos)

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With Edey again within the combine for subsequent season, the Boilermakers will as soon as once more be anticipated to be a prime group within the Massive Ten.