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Purdue Basketball Adds Preferred Walk-On Grady Eifert

The Boilers will have at least one freshman forward from Ft. Wayne next year.

Between the big signing of Johnny Hill, and the Caleb Swanigan saga, Purdue basketball has been garnering a lot of attention in the last few days. And while most fans were refreshing twitter all day waiting for news out of Fort Wayne or West Lafayette, you may just have missed this tidbit.

S/O to DB's Grady Eifert who has accepted a Preferred Walk On opportunity at Purdue University! Brings it everyday! pic.twitter.com/qyIyCgx9k6

— Don Bosco Prep IN (@DonBoscoHoops) May 11, 2015

Eifert is a 6'6" forward from Fort Wayne whose family has connections to 80's era Purdue basketball and the NFL.