Late bloomer.
Project.
Legacy recruit.
Under-the-radar.
You can say all that about Brian Waddell. While Purdue has been in some highly publicized battles for top recruits and it is still regularly pulling in top 100 guys, Brian Waddell was none of these. He was officially unrated according to 247 and was a three-star on Rivals. Rivals only lists his other two offers as Wright State and Miami (OH). Purdue didn’t even offer until April of 2021 when he was a senior in high school, and even then, it was under the condition of “if you commit, you will redshirt in year one.