Purdue Recruits Land on the Final 2021 SI99 Boys Basketball Rankings

Trey Kaufman-Renn and Caleb Furst highlight the Purdue basketball 2021 recruiting class. Sports Illustrated ranked both incoming Boilermakers among its final SI99 boys basketball rankings on Wednesday.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sports Illustrated released its final 2021 boys basketball individual recruiting rankings on Wednesday. The SI99 was headlined by five-star Gonzaga recruit Chet Holmgren, who cemented himself as the nation's top prospect. 

Purdue solidified its 2021 recruiting class with a pair of SI99 recruits. Trey Kaufman-Renn, a four-star forward from Silver Creek High School in Sellersburg, topped the group, coming in at No. 50. 

Kaufman-Renn ranked higher than 2021 Indiana Mr. Basketball and Player of the Year Caleb Furst from Blackhawk Christian in Fort Wayne. Furst landed at No. 66 on the list. 

Check out the full list below, which includes recruiting profiles and highlights from SI All-American. 

Final 2021 SI99 Boys Basketball Rankings

1. PF/C Chet Holmgren / Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnehaha Academy) – Gonzaga
2. C Paolo Banchero / Seattle, Wash. (O'Dea) – Duke
3. SG Jaden Hardy / Henderson, Nev. (Coronado) – G League Ignite
4. PF Michael Foster / Phoenix, Ariz. (Hillcrest Prep) – G League Ignite
5. SF Patrick Baldwin Jr. / Sussex, Wis. (Hamilton) – UW-Milwaukee
6. PG Kennedy Chandler / Wichita, Kan. (Sunrise Christian Academy) – Tennessee
7. PF Jabari Smith Jr. / Tyrone, Ga. (Sandy Creek) – Auburn
8. SG Caleb Houstan / Montverde, Fla. (Montverde Academy) – Michigan
9. PF Moussa Diabate / Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) – Michigan
10. PG JD Davison / Letohatchee, Ala. (Calhoun) – Alabama
11. C Nathan Bittle / Napa, Calif. (Prolific Prep) – Oregon
12. PG TyTy Washington / Phoenix, Ariz. (Compass Prep) – Kentucky
13. SG Trevor Keels / Fairfax, Va. (Paul VI) – Duke
14. SG Max Christie / Rolling Meadows, Ill. (Rolling Meadows) – Michigan State
15. C Daimion Collins / Atlanta, Texas (Atlanta) – Kentucky
16. SG Hunter Sallis / Omaha, Neb. (Millard North) – Gonzaga
17. SG Aminu Mohamed / Springfield, Mo. (Greenwood Laboratory) - Georgetown
18. SF Kendall Brown / Wichita, Kan. (Sunrise Christian Academy) – Baylor
19. SF Peyton Watson / Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Polytechnic) – UCLA
20. SG Matt Cleveland / Alpharetta, Ga. (Pace Academy) – Florida State
21. PG Nolan Hickman / Mt. Pleasant, Utah (Wasatch Academy) – Gonzaga
22. SF A.J. Griffin / White Plains, N.Y. (Archbishop Stepinac) – Duke
23. C Efton Reid / Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) – LSU
24. Brandon Huntley-Hatfield / Scotland, Penn. (Scotland Prep) – Tennessee
25. SG Langston Love / Montverde, Fla. (Montverde Academy) – Baylor
26. SG Bryce McGowens / Greenville, S.C. (Legacy Early College Charter) – Nebraska
27. PG Daeshun Ruffin / Jackson, Miss. (Callaway) – Ole Miss
28. SF Benny Williams / Bowie, Md. (St. Andrew's Episcopal) – Syracuse
29. SF Jaylon Tyson / Plano, Texas (John Paul II) – Texas
30. SG Tamar Bates / Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) – Texas
31. C Charles Bediako / Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) – Alabama
32. PG Frankie Collins / Henderson, Nev. (Coronado) – Michigan
33. SF Malaki Branham / Akron, Ohio (St. Vincent-St. Mary) – Ohio State
34. PF Bryce Hopkins / Oak Park, Ill. (Fenwick) – Kentucky
35. SF Harrison Ingram / Dallas, Texas (Saint Mark's) – Stanford
36. PF Zach Clemence / Wichita, Kan. (Sunrise Christian Academy) – Kansas
37. SF Josh Minott / Boca Raton, Fla. (St. Andrew's School) – Memphis
38. SG Dallan "Deebo" Coleman / Callahan, Fla. (West Nassau) – Georgia Tech
39. SG Kobe Bufkin / Grand Rapids, Mich. (Grand Rapids Christian) – Michigan
40. C Samson Johnson / Elizabeth, N.J. (The Patrick School) – Connecticut
41. SG D'Marco Dunn / Fayetteville, N.C. (Westover) – North Carolina
42. SG Chance Moore / Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern) – Arkansas
43. SG Manny Obaseki / Plano, Texas (John Paul II) – Texas A&M
44. PF DaRon Holmes / Phoenix, Ariz. (Compass Prep) – Dayton
45. PG Tyrese Hunter / Racine, Wis. (Saint Catherine's) – Iowa State
46. C Jackson Grant / Olympia, Wash. (Olympia) – Washington
47. PF Arthur Kaluma / Glendale, Ariz. (Dream City Christian) – Creighton
48. PF K.J. Adams / Austin, Texas (Westlake) – Kansas
49. SG Trey Alexander / Oklahoma City, Okla. (Heritage Hall) – Creighton
50. PF Trey Kaufman / Sellersburg, Ind. (Silver Creek) – Purdue
51. PG Rahsool Diggins / Warminster, Pa. (Archbishop Wood Catholic) – Connecticut
52. PG Jaden Akins / Bel Aire, Kan. (Sunrise Christian) – Michigan State
53. PG Jalen Warley / West Chester, Pa. (Westtown) – Florida State
54. PF Julian Reese / Owings Mills, Md. (St. Frances Academy) – Maryland
55. SF Ramses Melendez / Kissimmee, Fla. (Central Pointe Christian) – Illinois
56. C Jonas Aidoo / Charlotte, N.C. (Liberty Heights Athletic Institute) – Tennessee
57. SF Dontrez Styles / Kinston, N.C. (Kinston) – North Carolina
58. SF Johnathan Lawson / Memphis, Tenn. (Wooddale) – Oregon
59. PG Isael Silva / Napa, Calif. (Prolific Prep) – Stanford
60. SG Will McClendon / Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman) – UCLA
61. PG Zion Harmon / Benton, Ky. (Marshall County) – Western Kentucky
62. C Jerrell Colbert / Germantown, Tenn. (Houston) – LSU
63. C John Butler / Greenville, S.C. (Christ Church Episcopal) – Florida State
64. C Wilhelm Breidenbach / Santa Ana, Calif. (Mater Dei) – Nebraska
65. SF Quincy Allen / Washington, D.C. (Maret School) – Colorado
66. PF Caleb Furst / Fort Wayne, Ind. (Blackhawk Christian) – Purdue
67. PG Jordan Hawkins / Hyattsville, Md. (DeMatha Catholic) – Connecticut
68. PG Bobby Pettiford / Creedmoor, N.C. (South Granville) – Kansas
69. C Kaden Perry / Battle Ground, Wash. (Battle Ground) – Gonzaga
70. SG Pierre Brooks / Detroit, Mich. (Douglass Academy) – Michigan State
71. Ryan Nembhard / Montverde, Fla. (Montverde Academy) - Creighton
72. SG Shane Nowell / Sammamish, Wash. (Eastside Catholic) – Arizona
73. PF Ernest Ross / Alachua, Fla. (Santa Fe) – N.C. State
74. SG Terquavion Smith / Farmville, N.C. (Farmville Central) – N.C. State
75. SF Reese Dixon-Waters / Los Angeles, Calif. (Saint Bernard Catholic) – USC
76. SG Kowacie Reeves / Macon, Ga. (Westside) – Florida
77. C Ryan Mutombo / Atlanta, Ga. (The Lovett School) – Georgetown
78. PG Jaylen Blakes / Blairstown, N.J. (Blair Academy) – Duke
79. SF Brandon Weston / Phoenix, Ariz. (Hillcrest Prep) – Seton Hall
80. PG Ahamad Bynum / Chicago, Ill. (Simeon) – DePaul
81. C Roosevelt Wheeler / Richmond, Va. (John Marshall) – Louisville
82. SG Shane Dezonie / Wolfeboro, N.H. (Brewster Academy) – Vanderbilt
83. SF Mike James / Orlando, Fla. (Oak Ridge) – Louisville
84. SG Jahmai Mashack / Etiwanda, Calif. (Etiwanda) – Tennessee
85. SG Luke Goode / Fort Wayne, Ind. (Homestead) – Illinois
86. SG Ahamad Bynum / Chicago (Simeon) – DePaul
87. C Lawson Lovering / Cheyenne, Wyo. (Central) – Colorado
88. PG Bensley Joseph / Putnam, Conn. (Putnam Science Academy) – Miami
89. PF Mason Miller / Germantown, Tenn. (Houston) – Creighton
90. SG Malik Thomas / La Verne, Calif. (Damien) – USC
91. SG Jakai Robinson / Fort Washington, Md. (National Christian Academy) – Miami
92. SG Brandin Podziemski / Delafield, Wis. (St. John's Northwestern Academies) – Illinois
93. SG Jordan Longino / Germantown, Pa. (Germantown Academy) – Villanova
94. PF KeShawn Murphy / Birmingham, Ala. (Ramsay) – Mississippi State
95. SG C.J. Noland / Waxahachie, Texas (Waxahachie) – Oklahoma
96. PG Stevie Mitchell / Reading Penn. (Wilson) – Marquette
97. C Nnanna Njoku / Hockessin, Del. (Sanford Academy) – Villanova
98. SG Devin Carter / Wolfeboro, N.H. (Brewster Academy) – South Carolina
99. SG Brandon Murray / Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) – LSU 

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