WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Zach Edey has officially announced that he will declare for the 2024 NBA Draft, officially ending one of the greatest careers in college basketball history.
After sweeping the National Player of the Year honors for the second straight year, Edey won the second-most National Player of the Year accolades in history with 12, just behind the 14 honors won by Virginia's Ralph Sampson from 1981 to 1983.
Just take a look at what he accomplished as a senior during the 2023-24 season.
ZACH EDEY CAREER NOTES
• One year after having one of the most statistically-dominating seasons in history as a junior, he improved on it, averaging 25.2 points, 12.2 rebounds. 2.2 blocks and 2.0 assists while shooting 62.3 percent from the field and 71.1 percent from the free throw line. He is the only player in NCAA history to average at least 25.0 points, 12.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 2.0 assists per game.
• Swept all six major National Player of the Year awards for the second straight year, becoming the first player since UCLA's Bill Walton (1972, 1973) to do that. His 12 major NPOY honors combined are the second most in NCAA history (Ralph Sampson - 14).
• Named the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award given to the nation's top center and the Pete Newell Award (USBWA) given to the nation's top post player for the second straight year.
• Became the first player since Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson in 1960 to lead the country in scoring and make a Final Four.
• Is one of just two players in NCAA history to have at least 983 points and 474 rebounds in a single season (Houston's Elvin Hayes -- 1968). His point (behind Glenn Robinson) and rebound (behind Jerry Lucas) totals were the second most in a season in Big Ten history.
• His 177 points in the NCAA Tournament were the third most in March Madness in tournament history.
• Finished career with seven straight NCAA Tournament games of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds, and averaged an astounding 29.5 points and 14.5 rebounds in six NCAA Tournament games this past season.
• Became the first player since 1975 to have at least 30 points, 20 rebounds, two assists and two blocks in an NCAA Tournament game, when he did so against Grambling in the first round.
• Edey's 37 points in the NCAA Championship game were the fourth most in title-game history and the most since 1978.
• Edey's 37 points in the NCAA title game against Connecticut were the seventh most in NCAA history against a No. 1-ranked team and third most against a No. 1-ranked team in the NCAA Tournament.
• Edey set a Big Ten record with 12 career Big Ten Player of the Week accolades.
• Edey's 436 free throw attempts were tied for the second most in NCAA history and the most since Furman's Frank Selvy had 444 attempts in 1954.
• Became the first player to lead the country in points and rebounds in the same season since Hank Gathers in 1989.
• Posted 26 games of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds, the most for a player in at least the last 20 years.
• Posted the second-highest KenPom player efficiency rating of all time behind Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky in 2015.
• Averaged 41.1 combined points, rebounds and assists against high-major competition. No player in the last 15 years had averaged at least 40.0 combined points, rebounds and assists against high-major foes (Blake Griffin, Micheal Beasley -- 39.5).
• Joined Shaquille O'Neal as the only players in NCAA history to have at least two seasons of 22.0 points, 12.0 rebounds. 2.0 blocks and to shoot 60.0 percent from the field.
• Edey is one of four players in NCAA history with two seasons of at least 750 points and 425 rebounds (Elvin Hayes - 3; Rick Barry - 2; Oscar Robertson - 2).
• Edey finished his career surpassing 2,500 career points and 1,300 career rebounds -- one of eight players in NCAA history to reach those marks and the first since La Salle's Lionel Simmons in 1987-90. He ranked third on the Big Ten lists in career points (2,516) and second in career rebounds (1,321).
• Set school records for double-doubles in a season (30 -- 4th in NCAA history) and career double-doubles (69).
• Ended his career scoring in double-figures in his last 90 games.
• Finished career with 18 games of at least 30 points and 10 rebounds. The next closest Big Ten player in the last 15 years was Luka Garza with five.
ZACH EDEY AWARDS
2020-21 – Freshman Season
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2021)
• 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup All-Star 5 Team (2021)
2021-22 – Sophomore Season
• Second-team All-Big Ten (2022)
• Honorable Mention AP All-America (2022)
2022-23 – Junior Season
• Preseason All-Big Ten
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award watch list
• Wooden Award watch list
• Phil Knight Legacy MVP
• Big Ten Player of the Week (11-28-22)
• NCAA.com National Player of the Week (11-28-22)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (12-5-22)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (12-12-22)
• Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 (1-4-23)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (1-9-23)
• The Sporting News Midseason All-America 1st Team (1-19-23)
• Midseason watch list for Oscar Robertson Trophy (1-19-23)
• Watch list for Naismith DPOY Award (1-26-23)
• Wooden Award late-season watch list (1-30-23)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (1-30-23)
• Dick Vitale Star of the Week (1-30-23)
• NCAA March Madness Player of the Week (1-30-23)
• Naismith Award National Player of the Week (1-30-23)
• Wooden Award late-season watch list (1-30-23)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (2-6-23)
• Naismith Trophy Player of Year Midseason Team (2-9-23)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award semifinalist (2-10-23)
• Naismith Def. Player of the Year semifinalist (2-27-23)
• Dick Vitale All-American Team (3-1-23)
• Semifinalist for Big O Trophy (3-2-23)
• College Hoops Today First-Team All-American (3-4-23)
• College Hoops Today National Player of the Year (3-4-23)
• ESPN College Gameday Player of the Year (3-4-23)
• Sporting News First-Team All-American (3-7-23)
• Big Ten Player of the Year; coaches, media, AP (3-7-23)
• First-Team All-Big Ten; coaches, media, AP (3-7-23)
• Big Ten All-Defensive Team (3-7-23)
• Field of 68 First-Team All-American (3-7-23)
• Sporting News National Player of the Year (3-8-23)
• CollegeInsider.com National DPOY Finalist (3-9-23)
• CollegeInsider.com National POY Finalist (3-9-23)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Finalist (3-10-23)
• Naismith Player of the Year semifinalist (3-10-23)
• Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player (3-12-23)
• USBWA District V Player of the Year (3-14-23)
• NABC First-Team All-District (3-14-23)
• AP First-Team All-American (3-14-23)
• NABC First-Team All-American (3-15-23)
• USBWA First-Team All-American (3-15-23)
• Consensus First-Team All-American (2023)
• Naismith Player of the Year Finalist (3-21-23)
• NABC National Player of the Year (3-28-23)
• NABC Pete Newell Big Man of the Year Award (3-28-23)
• Wooden Award All-American (3-30-23)
• AP National Player of the Year (3-31-23)
• USBWA National Player of the Year (4-1-23)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award winner (4-1-23)
• Naismith National Player of the Year (4-2-23)
• Wooden Award National Player of the Year (4-4-23)
• Finalist for Best Male College Athlete ESPY (6-21-23)
• Jesse Owens Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year (6-29-23)
• Purdue Male Athlete of the Year (7-17-23)
• Finalist for AAU James E. Sullivan Award (8-9-23)
2023-24 – Senior Season
• Dickie V. Preseason First-Team All-American (8-3-23)
• Blue Ribbon Yearbook Preseason Player of the Year (9-1-23)
• The Almanac Preseason National Player of the Year (9-20-23)
• Fox Sports Preseason National Player of the Year (9-27-23)
• Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year (10-5-23)
• College Hoops Today Preseason First-Team All-American (10-16-23)
• CBS Sports Preseason First-Team All-American (10-18-23)
• CBS Sports Preseason Player of the Year (10-19-23)
• FOX Sports Preseason First-Team All-American (10-19-23)
• AP Preseason First-Team All-American (10-23-23)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award watch list (10-27-23)
• The Athletic Preseason First-Team All-American (10-30-23)
• CBS Sports Preseason National Player of the Year (11-2-23)
• NABC Preseason Player of the Year watch list (11-2-23)
• Naismith Trophy Player of the Year watch list (11-6-23)
• Sporting News Preseason First-Team All-American (11-13-23)
• Wooden Award Preseason top-50 watch list (11-14-23)
• Allstate Maui Invitational Most Valuable Player (11-26-23)
• Allstate Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team (11-26-23)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (11-27-23)
• AP National Player of the Week (11-28-23)
• Oscar Robertson Trophy National Team of the Week (11-28-23)
• NCAA March Madness Player of the Month - November (12-1-23)
• NCAA March Madness National Player of the Week (12-11-23)
• ESPN National Player of the Week (12-11-23)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (12-11-23)
• Field of 68 Midseason Player of the Year (12-27-23)
• Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List (1-10-24)
• NCAA March Madness National Player of the Week (1-22-24)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (1-22-24)
• The Athletic Midseason Player of the Year (1-22-24)
• Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (1-23-24)
• Wooden Award Late-Season Watch List (1-30-24)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award semifinalist (2-2-24)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (2-5-24)
• Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List (2-7-24)
• Naismith Player of the Year Midseason Watch List (2-15-24)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (2-26-24)
• Oscar Robertson Trophy Player of the Year Watch List (2-27-24)
• ESPN.com National Player of the Year (3-7-24)
• ESPN.com First-Team All-American (3-7-24)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Finalist (3-8-24)
• ESPN.com National Player of the Year (3-9-24)
• ESPN.com First-Team All-American (3-9-24)
• College Hoops Today National Player of the Year (3-10-24)
• Field of 68 National Player of the Year (3-10-24)
• Big Ten Player of the Year; coaches, media, AP (3-12-24)
• All-Big Ten First Team; coaches, media, AP (3-12-24)
• Big Ten All-Defensive Team (3-12-24)
• First-Team Sporting News All-American (3-12-24)
• Sporting News National Player of the Year (3-13-24)
• Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist (3-14-24)
• Naismith Player of the Year Semifinalist (3-15-24)
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team (3-17-24)
• NABC First-Team All-District (3-19-24)
• AP First-Team All-American (3-20-24)
• USBWA First-Team All-American (3-20-24)
• NABC First-Team All-American (3-20-24)
• Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Finalist (3-21-24)
• Naismith Player of the Year Finalist (3-26-24)
• NCAA Tournament Midwest Region MOP (3-31-24)
• NABC National Player of the Year (4-2-24)
• NABC Pete Newell Big Man of the Year (4-2-24)
• AP National Player of the Year (4-5-24)
• USBWA National Player of the Year (4-5-24)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year (4-6-24)
• Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year (4-7-24)
• Final Four All-Tournament Team (4-8-24)
• Wooden Award National Player of the Year (4-10-24)
After sweeping the National Player of the Year honors for the second straight year, Edey won the second-most National Player of the Year accolades in history with 12, just behind the 14 honors won by Virginia's Ralph Sampson from 1981 to 1983.
Just take a look at what he accomplished as a senior during the 2023-24 season.
ZACH EDEY CAREER NOTES
• One year after having one of the most statistically-dominating seasons in history as a junior, he improved on it, averaging 25.2 points, 12.2 rebounds. 2.2 blocks and 2.0 assists while shooting 62.3 percent from the field and 71.1 percent from the free throw line. He is the only player in NCAA history to average at least 25.0 points, 12.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 2.0 assists per game.
• Swept all six major National Player of the Year awards for the second straight year, becoming the first player since UCLA's Bill Walton (1972, 1973) to do that. His 12 major NPOY honors combined are the second most in NCAA history (Ralph Sampson - 14).
• Named the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award given to the nation's top center and the Pete Newell Award (USBWA) given to the nation's top post player for the second straight year.
• Became the first player since Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson in 1960 to lead the country in scoring and make a Final Four.
• Is one of just two players in NCAA history to have at least 983 points and 474 rebounds in a single season (Houston's Elvin Hayes -- 1968). His point (behind Glenn Robinson) and rebound (behind Jerry Lucas) totals were the second most in a season in Big Ten history.
• His 177 points in the NCAA Tournament were the third most in March Madness in tournament history.
• Finished career with seven straight NCAA Tournament games of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds, and averaged an astounding 29.5 points and 14.5 rebounds in six NCAA Tournament games this past season.
• Became the first player since 1975 to have at least 30 points, 20 rebounds, two assists and two blocks in an NCAA Tournament game, when he did so against Grambling in the first round.
• Edey's 37 points in the NCAA Championship game were the fourth most in title-game history and the most since 1978.
• Edey's 37 points in the NCAA title game against Connecticut were the seventh most in NCAA history against a No. 1-ranked team and third most against a No. 1-ranked team in the NCAA Tournament.
• Edey set a Big Ten record with 12 career Big Ten Player of the Week accolades.
• Edey's 436 free throw attempts were tied for the second most in NCAA history and the most since Furman's Frank Selvy had 444 attempts in 1954.
• Became the first player to lead the country in points and rebounds in the same season since Hank Gathers in 1989.
• Posted 26 games of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds, the most for a player in at least the last 20 years.
• Posted the second-highest KenPom player efficiency rating of all time behind Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky in 2015.
• Averaged 41.1 combined points, rebounds and assists against high-major competition. No player in the last 15 years had averaged at least 40.0 combined points, rebounds and assists against high-major foes (Blake Griffin, Micheal Beasley -- 39.5).
• Joined Shaquille O'Neal as the only players in NCAA history to have at least two seasons of 22.0 points, 12.0 rebounds. 2.0 blocks and to shoot 60.0 percent from the field.
• Edey is one of four players in NCAA history with two seasons of at least 750 points and 425 rebounds (Elvin Hayes - 3; Rick Barry - 2; Oscar Robertson - 2).
• Edey finished his career surpassing 2,500 career points and 1,300 career rebounds -- one of eight players in NCAA history to reach those marks and the first since La Salle's Lionel Simmons in 1987-90. He ranked third on the Big Ten lists in career points (2,516) and second in career rebounds (1,321).
• Set school records for double-doubles in a season (30 -- 4th in NCAA history) and career double-doubles (69).
• Ended his career scoring in double-figures in his last 90 games.
• Finished career with 18 games of at least 30 points and 10 rebounds. The next closest Big Ten player in the last 15 years was Luka Garza with five.
ZACH EDEY AWARDS
2020-21 – Freshman Season
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2021)
• 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup All-Star 5 Team (2021)
2021-22 – Sophomore Season
• Second-team All-Big Ten (2022)
• Honorable Mention AP All-America (2022)
2022-23 – Junior Season
• Preseason All-Big Ten
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award watch list
• Wooden Award watch list
• Phil Knight Legacy MVP
• Big Ten Player of the Week (11-28-22)
• NCAA.com National Player of the Week (11-28-22)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (12-5-22)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (12-12-22)
• Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 (1-4-23)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (1-9-23)
• The Sporting News Midseason All-America 1st Team (1-19-23)
• Midseason watch list for Oscar Robertson Trophy (1-19-23)
• Watch list for Naismith DPOY Award (1-26-23)
• Wooden Award late-season watch list (1-30-23)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (1-30-23)
• Dick Vitale Star of the Week (1-30-23)
• NCAA March Madness Player of the Week (1-30-23)
• Naismith Award National Player of the Week (1-30-23)
• Wooden Award late-season watch list (1-30-23)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (2-6-23)
• Naismith Trophy Player of Year Midseason Team (2-9-23)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award semifinalist (2-10-23)
• Naismith Def. Player of the Year semifinalist (2-27-23)
• Dick Vitale All-American Team (3-1-23)
• Semifinalist for Big O Trophy (3-2-23)
• College Hoops Today First-Team All-American (3-4-23)
• College Hoops Today National Player of the Year (3-4-23)
• ESPN College Gameday Player of the Year (3-4-23)
• Sporting News First-Team All-American (3-7-23)
• Big Ten Player of the Year; coaches, media, AP (3-7-23)
• First-Team All-Big Ten; coaches, media, AP (3-7-23)
• Big Ten All-Defensive Team (3-7-23)
• Field of 68 First-Team All-American (3-7-23)
• Sporting News National Player of the Year (3-8-23)
• CollegeInsider.com National DPOY Finalist (3-9-23)
• CollegeInsider.com National POY Finalist (3-9-23)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Finalist (3-10-23)
• Naismith Player of the Year semifinalist (3-10-23)
• Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player (3-12-23)
• USBWA District V Player of the Year (3-14-23)
• NABC First-Team All-District (3-14-23)
• AP First-Team All-American (3-14-23)
• NABC First-Team All-American (3-15-23)
• USBWA First-Team All-American (3-15-23)
• Consensus First-Team All-American (2023)
• Naismith Player of the Year Finalist (3-21-23)
• NABC National Player of the Year (3-28-23)
• NABC Pete Newell Big Man of the Year Award (3-28-23)
• Wooden Award All-American (3-30-23)
• AP National Player of the Year (3-31-23)
• USBWA National Player of the Year (4-1-23)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award winner (4-1-23)
• Naismith National Player of the Year (4-2-23)
• Wooden Award National Player of the Year (4-4-23)
• Finalist for Best Male College Athlete ESPY (6-21-23)
• Jesse Owens Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year (6-29-23)
• Purdue Male Athlete of the Year (7-17-23)
• Finalist for AAU James E. Sullivan Award (8-9-23)
2023-24 – Senior Season
• Dickie V. Preseason First-Team All-American (8-3-23)
• Blue Ribbon Yearbook Preseason Player of the Year (9-1-23)
• The Almanac Preseason National Player of the Year (9-20-23)
• Fox Sports Preseason National Player of the Year (9-27-23)
• Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year (10-5-23)
• College Hoops Today Preseason First-Team All-American (10-16-23)
• CBS Sports Preseason First-Team All-American (10-18-23)
• CBS Sports Preseason Player of the Year (10-19-23)
• FOX Sports Preseason First-Team All-American (10-19-23)
• AP Preseason First-Team All-American (10-23-23)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award watch list (10-27-23)
• The Athletic Preseason First-Team All-American (10-30-23)
• CBS Sports Preseason National Player of the Year (11-2-23)
• NABC Preseason Player of the Year watch list (11-2-23)
• Naismith Trophy Player of the Year watch list (11-6-23)
• Sporting News Preseason First-Team All-American (11-13-23)
• Wooden Award Preseason top-50 watch list (11-14-23)
• Allstate Maui Invitational Most Valuable Player (11-26-23)
• Allstate Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team (11-26-23)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (11-27-23)
• AP National Player of the Week (11-28-23)
• Oscar Robertson Trophy National Team of the Week (11-28-23)
• NCAA March Madness Player of the Month - November (12-1-23)
• NCAA March Madness National Player of the Week (12-11-23)
• ESPN National Player of the Week (12-11-23)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (12-11-23)
• Field of 68 Midseason Player of the Year (12-27-23)
• Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List (1-10-24)
• NCAA March Madness National Player of the Week (1-22-24)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (1-22-24)
• The Athletic Midseason Player of the Year (1-22-24)
• Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (1-23-24)
• Wooden Award Late-Season Watch List (1-30-24)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award semifinalist (2-2-24)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (2-5-24)
• Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List (2-7-24)
• Naismith Player of the Year Midseason Watch List (2-15-24)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (2-26-24)
• Oscar Robertson Trophy Player of the Year Watch List (2-27-24)
• ESPN.com National Player of the Year (3-7-24)
• ESPN.com First-Team All-American (3-7-24)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award Finalist (3-8-24)
• ESPN.com National Player of the Year (3-9-24)
• ESPN.com First-Team All-American (3-9-24)
• College Hoops Today National Player of the Year (3-10-24)
• Field of 68 National Player of the Year (3-10-24)
• Big Ten Player of the Year; coaches, media, AP (3-12-24)
• All-Big Ten First Team; coaches, media, AP (3-12-24)
• Big Ten All-Defensive Team (3-12-24)
• First-Team Sporting News All-American (3-12-24)
• Sporting News National Player of the Year (3-13-24)
• Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist (3-14-24)
• Naismith Player of the Year Semifinalist (3-15-24)
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team (3-17-24)
• NABC First-Team All-District (3-19-24)
• AP First-Team All-American (3-20-24)
• USBWA First-Team All-American (3-20-24)
• NABC First-Team All-American (3-20-24)
• Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Finalist (3-21-24)
• Naismith Player of the Year Finalist (3-26-24)
• NCAA Tournament Midwest Region MOP (3-31-24)
• NABC National Player of the Year (4-2-24)
• NABC Pete Newell Big Man of the Year (4-2-24)
• AP National Player of the Year (4-5-24)
• USBWA National Player of the Year (4-5-24)
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year (4-6-24)
• Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year (4-7-24)
• Final Four All-Tournament Team (4-8-24)
• Wooden Award National Player of the Year (4-10-24)