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Posted: 2022-06-21T16:59:14Z | Updated: 2022-06-21T17:02:43Z

Former NBA player Caleb Swanigan died Monday in Fort Wayne, Indiana, just over two years since his last game in the league. He was 25.

Swanigan died of natural causes, the Allen County Coroners Office told WANE-15 without elaborating.

Swanigan, a 2017 first-round pick of the Portland Trail Blazers out of Purdue University, played three years in the league for the Blazers and Sacramento Kings.

The Purdue basketball program mourned his death on Twitter.

Devastated.

Our thoughts and prayers to Caleb Swanigans family and friends. The world lost a gentle soul last night.

Love you Biggie. pic.twitter.com/spU2hQtJdi

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Devastated.

Our thoughts and prayers to Caleb Swanigans 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 Indianas Mr. Basketball in 2015 and stayed in state to play for the Boilermakers, earning first-team All-American honors his sophomore year, ESPN noted. He entered the NBA draft and was chosen 26th overall.

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