It’s never an easy thing to deal with death, but it’s especially tough to do so when it just doesn’t feel like it was the person’s time to go.
That’s how everyone seems to feel about former Purdue Boilermaker star Caleb Swanigan. News broke Tuesday that the former Trail Blazers draft pick died at 25 years old.
It’s unclear exactly what happened with Swanigan. Purdue’s Men’s basketball team was the first to announce the on Twitter.
They didn’t announce any further details on what happened. It came out of nowhere. Absolutely no one was expecting this, and just about everyone was devastated because of it.
đź’” Devastated.
Our thoughts and prayers to Caleb Swanigan’s family and friends. The world lost a gentle soul last night.
Love you Biggie. pic.twitter.com/spU2hQtJdi
— Purdue Mens Basketball (@BoilerBall) June 21, 2022
Swanigan was picked by the Trail Blazers in 2017 and had a three-year NBA stint that he split between Portland and the Sacramento Kings. Before that, he played his basketball at Purdue, where he was a consensus All-American and also named Big Ten Player of the Year in 2017.
He was Indiana’s Mr. Basketball in 2015, which is a huge honor only bestowed to some of the best talents we’ve seen come out of the state.
This was simply heartbreaking for a lot of people. So many folks had so many good things to say about Swanigan as both a former teammate and a friend.