Caleb Grill signs UDFA contract with Chicago Bulls
Missouri Tiger guard Caleb Grill didn’t have to wait long after the end of the NBA Draft to find his new home.
Grill signed a two-way contract with the Chicago Bulls. A two-way contract allows a player to split their time between an NBA team and its G-League affiliate.
The 6-foot-3 guard joined the Tigers through the transfer portal going into the 2023-24 season. But an injury ended his initial season after just nine games.
After suffering through the Tigers’ winless conference season from the bench, he applied for and was granted a medical redshirt.
With the extra year, he chose to return for the 2024-25 season, when he showed what he could do.
In his graduate year, Grill won SEC Sixth Man of the Year. He became just the second player in Mizzou history to claim the award.
The graduate was second on the team at 13.7 points per game. He was even better in SEC play, leading the Tigers at 14.8 points per contest.
The sharpshooter led the Tigers with 78 made 3-pointers and scored 20 points in eight games. He scored 33 points with eight made 3s against Eastern Washington for his career best.
He scored his 1,000th career point against Arkansas on Jan. 18 and was the first Tiger with at least four games of six or more 3-pointers since 2011-12.
Before joining the Tigers, Grill began his college career at Iowa State in 2019-20, went to UNLV for the 2020-21 season, then went back to Iowa State for 2021-22 and 2022-23.
His graduate year was his best by far, with career bests in field goal percentage, 3-point percentage, free-throw percentage and steals per game.
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