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St. John’s basketball lands athletic Purdue transfer Aaron Wheeler

St. John's basketball transfer Aaron Wheeler (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

St. John’s basketball has landed athletic Purdue transfer Aaron Wheeler.

After a day of upheaval with the St. John’s basketball roster with the additions to the transfer portal of Greg Williams Jr. and Marcellus Earlington, good news hit the Johnnies on Thursday afternoon.

Head coach Mike Anderson landed a commitment from Purdue transfer Aaron Wheeler.

Wheeler is listed as a 6-foot-9, 205 pound forward who redshirted in his first season with the Boilermakers but then had his best offensive season in 2018-19 with 4.