The last two weekends have been big for basketball recruiting, as Indianapolis and Fort Wayne have had major EYBL and AAU events of late. That has allowed the coaching staff to watch several 2017 and later targets. With four open scholarships (for now) for 2017 it looks like coach Painter is going big for that class, which would pair very nicely with five seniors during the 2017-18 season. Here is who Purdue seems to be going after the most:
2017
Jaren Jackson - The junior at Park Tudor is having a great spring and is a different type of big man than we're used to.