For a team that constantly finds itself the younger brother and just out of the national conversation, 2015 5-star recruit Caleb Swanigan’s decision to decommit from Michigan State and come to West Lafayette to play for Coach Matt Painter’s Purdue Boilermakers had the feeling of something monumental. Two years later, Caleb Swanigan is the Big Ten player of the year, finalist for National Player of the Year, and Purdue is the Big Ten regular season champs outright for the first time since 1996.
Caleb Swanigan’s sophomore campaign has garnered him the kind of accolades the Boilers haven’t seen since the Babies were in town.