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Purdue's Daniel Jacobsen sidelined for months; redshirt season overwhelmingly likely

On3 imageby:Brian Neubert•11/10/24•

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Daniel Jacobsen

Purdue has lost freshman starting center Daniel Jacobsen for the majority of the season and probably the whole season, meaning he’d redshirt this season.

Jacobsen will undergo surgery on Wednesday to repair the broken tibia in his right leg that he suffered vs. Northern Kentucky Friday night.

Jacobsen will undergo surgery Wednesday.

“You don’t want to say yet (it’s the whole year),” Coach Matt Painter said Sunday, “but I’d think so. It’s probably closer to four to six months.”

The 7-foot-4 Jacobsen began his career with a 13-point, seven-rebound, three-block game vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, but was injured a minute into the game Friday night.

He is Purdue’s shot-blocker and a player who likely would have become more and more prominent offensively as the season wore on.

Medical redshirts must be sought at the end of a player’s eligibility, but for all intents and purposes this is a redshirt season for Jacobsen barring anything recovery-wise that would seem beyond improbable right now.

Without Jacobsen, Purdue has options at center, starting with sophomore Will Berg, who was pegged to start for Purdue’s debut this season at Creighton before Jacobsen moved into the spot for the second exhibition. Caleb Furst and Raleigh Burgess also loom large, as does the prospect of Trey Kaufman-Renn sliding inside to carry minutes at center.

Painter has repeatedly made mention of there being minimal “separation” in his frontcourt, but part of Jacobsen’s value wasn’t just his one-of-one size and length on this roster, but also the up-side potential that could have made him a much different player at the end of the season than he is now.

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