(1997-04-18)April 18, 1997 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Died
June 20, 2022(2022-06-20) (aged 25) Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight
260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High school
Homestead (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
College
Purdue (2015–2017)
NBA draft
2017: 1st round, 26th overall pick
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career
2017–2020
Position
Power forward / center
Number
50
Career history
2017–2019
Portland Trail Blazers
2017–2018
→Canton Charge
2018–2019
→Texas Legends
2019–2020
Sacramento Kings
2019
→Stockton Kings
2020
Portland Trail Blazers
Career highlights and awards
Consensus first-team All-American (2017)
Pete Newell Big Man Award (2017)
Lute Olson Award (2017)
Big Ten Player of the Year (2017)
First-team All-Big Ten (2017)
Big Ten All-Freshman team (2016)
McDonald's All American (2015)
First-team Parade All-American (2015)
Indiana Mr. Basketball (2015)
Career NBA statistics
Points
169 (2.3 ppg)
Rebounds
218 (2.9 rpg)
Assists
56 (0.7 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
FIBA U19 World Championship
2015 Greece
National team
FIBA U17 World Championship
2014 Dubai
National team
Caleb Sylvester Swanigan (April 18, 1997 – June 20, 2022) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers.[1] He was ranked among the top prep players in the national class of 2015 by Rivals.com, Scout.com and ESPN. He completed his senior season in the 2014–15 academic year for Homestead High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, who went on to win the first state championship in the school's history. Swanigan was named Indiana's Mr. Basketball and a McDonald's All-American.
Swanigan originally committed to Michigan State University, but later decommitted and committed to Purdue University. He was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week three times, a record at Purdue. He was also named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and also received a National Freshman of the Week award. Swanigan finished the season with 10.2 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per game.
During his sophomore year, Swanigan was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and first-team All-Big Ten, and was a unanimous first-team All-American. He was a finalist for the 2017 Karl Malone Award, given to the nation's top power forward. He was selected 26th overall in the first round of the 2017 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.[2] Over his three-year NBA career, Swanigan had two stints with the Trail Blazers; he also played for the Sacramento Kings.
^Organ, Aaron (June 21, 2022). "Caleb Swanigan, former Purdue star and NBA player, dead at 25". Fox 59. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
^Hoffman, Benjamin; Tracy, Marc (June 22, 2017). "N.B.A. Draft: Analysis of Every Pick and Trade in Round 1". The New York Times. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
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