A look back at Purdue Basketball: Raleigh Burgess

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Raleigh Burgess made a difficult, somewhat unorthodox decision to redshirt last season after not redshirting his freshman year at Purdue.

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Part of this move was in reaction to Purdue’s national title aspirations. Because of Purdue’s window with its seniors closing, Matt Painter and staff went into the portal to shore up the big man position. Purdue brought in Australian big man, Oscar Cluff, while returning injured freshman Daniel Jacobsen. That made Purdue’s front court crowded, and playing time for a third big seemed improbable.

It probably didn’t hur that Burgess had chosen to not redshirt the season previously when minutes also weren’t guaranteed. He carved out a role as a backup big early in the season, aided by Jacobsen’s early season ending injury, but fell out of the rotation in January after suffering a lower leg injury that he’d attempt to play through. It severely limited his mobility and was similar to the injury he had in high school. It would require off season surgery, so taking the redshirt also allowed Burgess a full year to work on his body and recovering.

Burgess did just that. Burgess looks noticably slimmer, which should be a particularly good sign for his mobility and positional flexibility which we’ll get back to in a minute. Burgess also worked on his jump shot, changing his form to get rid of a hitch like motion and pulling it behind his head on his set shots.

Burgess came out of the state of Ohio as a bit of a tweener big. He had the ability to stretch the floor in high…

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Publish date : 2026-05-19 03:00:00

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