Four former Boilermakers will open the 2026-27 college basketball season wearing different colors, with each player now settled in at a new program.
Aaron Fine is the only one of the group who moved on after the 2025-26 season. Will Berg, Myles Colvin and Camden Heide all left Purdue after the 2024-25 campaign, and each has already landed at a new school for the year ahead.
Fine headed to Ball State after two seasons at Purdue. He redshirted in 2024-25 and then appeared in nine games last season, scoring 11 points and handing out three assists in 23 total minutes.
The Noblesville native will also make a quick return to Mackey Arena, with Ball State set to visit Purdue for an exhibition game on Oct. 18.
Berg made the most of his first year away from West Lafayette. At Wichita State, the 7-footer earned American Conference Sixth Man of the Year honors after putting up 8.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game.
He also led the Shockers with seven double-doubles, a strong follow-up to a Purdue career that included 77 points, 55 rebounds, 36 games and three starts from 2022-25. Berg redshirted as a freshman and played sparingly in his next two seasons before choosing to return for his senior year.
Colvin is now at Cincinnati after a productive season at Wake Forest. He averaged 11.6 points and 4.4 rebounds in 35 games for the Demon Deacons, scored in double figures 21 times and had two 30-point outings. Before that, he spent two years at Purdue, where he played in 67 games and grew into a bigger role as a sophomore, finishing that season at 5.4 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.
Heide has also moved again, this time to South Carolina after one season at Texas. His last game with the Longhorns came against Purdue in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, where he fouled out with three points and five rebounds in Texas’ loss.
At Texas, he averaged 5.9 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. His Purdue career stretched over three seasons, though he redshirted in 2022-23, and in 2024-25 he averaged 4.7 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
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