Big news in Boiler country, 4-star recruit Emmanuel Dowuona, a 6’9” big man from Miami, Florida, has announced he will be Coach Matt Painter’s second commitment to the class of 2018. He joins fellow ESPN100 big man Trevion Williams as freshman to be in 2018 in what has been an impressive string of big man dominance in the B10 for Purdue.
While Trevion Williams has been referred to as Biggie Lite, Emmanuel Dowuona follows more in the mold of more mobile Purdue big men like Jajuan Johnson or Jacquil Taylor. He is not an explosive vertical athlete, but he’s incredibly quick for a big man with long arms created to deter shots at the rim.