Caleb Swanigan, who starred at Purdue before playing three years in the NBA, has died, the Boilermakers announced Tuesday. He was 25 years old.
Swanigan died of natural causes, according to WANE 15-TV. He played at Purdue from 2015 to 2017, starting all 69 games he played in West Lafayette. His best season came as a sophomore in 2016-17 when he averaged 18.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game to help Purdue to a 27-8 overall record, including a 14-4 mark in Big Ten action. Those numbers earned him Big Ten Player of the Year consensus First Team All-American honors.