WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Former Purdue star Zach Edey is expected to hear his name called in next week's NBA Draft, held in Brooklyn, N.Y., next week.
 
For the first time, the NBA Draft will be held on two nights, starting with Wednesday's first round at 8 p.m. ET, and concluding with the second round on Thursday. The NBA Draft will be televised by ESPN from the Barclays Center, the home of the Brooklyn Nets.
 
PURDUE / ZACH EDEY PRE-DRAFT NOTES

• Purdue has had 51 players selected in the NBA / ABA Draft, most recently in 2022 when Jaden Ivey was selected No. 5 by the Detroit Pistons.
• There have been nine Boilermakers drafted under head coach Matt Painter as Carl Landry (2007; 31), JaJuan Johnson 2011; 27), E'Twaun Moore (2011; 55), Robbie Hummel (2012; 58), A.J. Hammons (2016; 46), Caleb Swanigan (2017; 26), Vince Edwards (2018; 52), Carsen Edwards (2019; 33) and Jaden Ivey (2022; 5) have all been selected.
• Zach Edey is expected to go in the first round. Should Edey be selected in the first round, he would be the second Boilermaker in the last three years marking the first time since 1982 (Keith Edmonson) and 1983 (Russell Cross) that Purdue has had at least two first-round selections in a three-year span.
• The NBA Draft Lottery started in 1985, and since then, Purdue has had two selections (1 – Glenn Robinson, 1994; 5 – Jaden Ivey, 2022). The Lottery consists of the first 14 selections of this year's Draft.
• The Boilermakers have had seven top-10 selections all time (5 – Jaden Ivey, 2022; 1 – Glenn Robinson, 1994; 6 – Russell Cross, 1983; 10 – Keith Edmonson, 1982; 1 – Joe Barry Carroll, 1980; 8 – Herm Gilliam, 1969; 8 – Terry Dischinger, 1962).
• Since 1977, Purdue is the only Big Ten team and one of eight schools nationally with multiple No. 1 NBA Draft picks (Duke – 4; Kentucky – 3; Purdue, LSU, North Carolina, Georgetown, Kansas, UNLV).
• Since the 2016 NBA Draft, Purdue has had four players drafted that ranked No. 75 or lower in the 247Sports high school recruit rankings (A.J. Hammons, Vince Edwards, Carsen Edwards, Jaden Ivey). Zach Edey was ranked as the No. 436 player in the high school recruiting rankings.
• Purdue's recruiting class of 2020 featured three players in Jaden Ivey, Ethan Morton and Zach Edey. The class will likely produce two first-round NBA Draft picks in Ivey (5^th, 2022) and Edey. The duo would be the first pair from the same recruiting class to be selected since the Class of 2007 when JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore were selected in the 2011 Draft and Robbie Hummel was picked in 2012. It would be the first pair from the same recruiting class to be selected in the first round.
• Should Edey be selected in the first round, he would mark the third first-round selection in the last five picks for the Boilermakers (26 – Caleb Swanigan, 2017; 5 – Jaden Ivey, 2022). Carsen Edwards narrowly missed being a first-round pick in 2019, being selected No. 33 by the Philadelphia 76ers and traded to Boston.
• It would mark Purdue's third first-round pick in the last eight NBA Drafts. Prior to the current stretch, Purdue went a span of 28 years for its last three first-round picks (1983 – Russell Cross; 1994 – Glenn Robinson; 2011 – JaJuan Johnson).
• Zach Edey is the two-time National Player of the Year. Below is where the past multiple-time NPOY winners have been drafted (players that have won at least one NPOY award in multiple years).
  • 2021 – Luka Garza, Iowa (52^nd)
  • 2002 – Jay Williams, Duke (2^nd)
  • 1984 – Michael Jordan, North Carolina (3^rd)
  • 1983 – Ralph Sampson, Virginia (1^st)
  • 1981 – Mark Aguirre, DePaul (1^st)
  • 1975 – David Thompson, North Carolina State (1^st)
  • 1974 – Bill Walton, UCLA (1^st)
  • 1970 – Pete Maravich, LSU (3^rd)
  • 1969 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, UCLA (1^st)
  • 1965 – Bill Bradley, Princeton (1^st)
  • 1962 – Jerry Lucas, Ohio State (2^nd)
  • 1960 – Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati (1^st)
• Since 2016, Purdue has had five NBA Draft picks. Entering this year's Draft, that number ranks fourth in the Big Ten.
  • Michigan – 11
  • Maryland – 7
  • Michigan State – 7
  • Purdue – 5
  • Indiana – 5
  • Iowa – 4
  • Ohio State – 4
  • Nebraska – 3
  • Penn State – 3
  • Illinois – 1
  • Minnesota – 1
  • Wisconsin – 1
  • Northwestern - 0
  • Rutgers – 0