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My Take
Zach Edey is genuinely one of the most fun players to watch college basketball has produced in years — a 7-foot-4 Canadian kid from Toronto who showed up at Purdue and just broke the sport for a while. In 2023 he swept basically every major college player of the year award you can name: Naismith, Wooden, Oscar Robertson Trophy, AP, NABC, Big Ten, the whole cabinet. That doesn't happen by accident. He's not just a body taking up space under the rim; he's got real post craft and he grinds with this quiet, relentless Taurus energy that wears defenders down. Watching Purdue go all the way to the national championship game in his final season felt like the culmination of something special, even if the title slipped away. He's already in Memphis now at 22 — I'm genuinely curious to see how that size and skill translates to the NBA level.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Zach Edey
- Name (Japanese)
- ザック・イディー
- Reading
- ざっく・いでぃー
- Born
- May 14, 2002 (age 24)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Horse
- Origin
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Height
- 224 cm
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- High school
- Leaside High School
- University
- Purdue University
Awards & achievements
- 2023 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
- 2023 Pete Newell Big Man Award
- 2023 Naismith College Player of the Year
- 2023 John R. Wooden Award
- 2023 Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year
- 2023 NABC Player of the Year
- 2023 Oscar Robertson Trophy
- 2023 Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Zach Edey born?
Born May 14, 2002 (age 24).
Where is Zach Edey from?
Zach Edey is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
What does Zach Edey do?
Zach Edey works as basketball player.
How tall is Zach Edey?
Zach Edey is 224 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.