The 2025-26 college basketball season just got a shot in the arm as one of the top players in the country announced that he is returning to Purdue.

As a senior, Smith will pilot what is shaping up to be one of the best teams in the country. The Boilermakers project to have ...

In an Instagram post, Smith said he is "running it back one last time" with the Boilermakers. The Westfield grad, last season's Big Ten Player of the Year and Bob Cousy Away winner as the nation's top ...

The Purdue Boilermakers rode the success of Naismith Player of the Year finalist Braden Smith all season. Smith, who was a runner-up for the Naismith Player of the Year, won by Duke's Cooper ...

The Purdue Boilermakers put up a fight in the NCAA Tournament, largely due to the leadership of All-American guard Braden Smith. Smith helped lead Purdue to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament ...

Michael Hickey/Getty Indianapolis Colts offensive lineman Braden ... wife Courtney Smith. “I did not care about playing football. I didn’t care about hanging out with my family, with my ...

Finally, Smith has come forward about his mysterious disappearance from the Colts and it is truly heart wrenching. In an interview he did with the Indianapolis Star, Smith said that he was battling a ...

In the second half of last season, the Indianapolis Colts placed veteran offensive tackle Braden ... and family: “I was physically present, but I was nowhere to be found,” Smith said in ...

Colts' lineman Braden Smith's ... It was a shutdown. Smith later admitted, “I did not care about playing football. I didn’t care about hanging out with my family, with my wife, with my newborn ...

Indianapolis Colts offensive tackle Braden Smith is sharing his remarkable story of recovery outside of the NFL, shedding light on the mental health battle that sidelined him for the final five ...

I didn't care about hanging out with my family, with my wife, with my newborn son. "I was a month away from putting a bullet through my brain." Braden Smith told the Indianapolis Star that he was ...

Braden Smith has been fighting demons well beyond the football field. The Colts right tackle revealed that his obsessive compulsive disorder, combined with religious scrupulosity, forced him to ...