Zach Edey Announces Return to Purdue for 2022-23 College Basketball Season
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue rising junior center Zach Edey announced Friday on social media that he will forgo the 2022 NBA Draft and return to the program for the 2022-23 season.
Edey, a 7-foot-4 Toronto native, earned second-team All-Big Ten honors and was named an All-American honorable mention by the Associated Press following the 2021-22 season.
He was second on the team averaging 14.4 points and led the Boilermakers with 7.7 rebounds per game. Edey also registered 1.2 assists and 1.2 blocks while posting just 19.0 minutes per contest.
Edey is the only player in the last 30 years to average 14.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 blocks in under 20 minutes per game. He also ended the season shooting 64.8% from the field, which topped the Big Ten and ranked third in the nation.
Over the course of the season, Edey recorded 11 double-doubles and was named to the Hall of Fame Tipoff Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 15.0 points in wins over North Carolina and Villanova in November.
Edey put up a career-high 25 points against Michigan State on Feb. 26 and scored 20 or more points in nine games. He currently boasts a 17-game streak of scoring in double figures heading into next season.
As a sophomore, Edey split time with senior center Trevion Williams, who announced this offseason his intentions to declare for the 2022 NBA Draft. Edey will likely garner more minutes as the team's primary post player next season.
Read More: Williams Declares for the 2022 NBA Draft
Purdue will also welcome incoming freshman 7-foot-1 center William Berg from Sweden in its 2022 recruiting class.
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D.J. Fezler is a staff writer for BoilermakersCountry.com. Hailing from The Region, he is from Cedar Lake in Northwest Indiana and has spent the last two years covering Purdue football and basketball.