Grizzlies center Zach Edey was charged with reckless driving after police stopped him driving 101 mph in a 55-mph zone in Indiana on May 1, according to multiple reports. 

An Indiana State Trooper pulled Edey over and issued a citation for the infraction, Fox 59 reported.

The 23-year-old Edey told police he was driving so fast because he was trying to pass a vehicle, according to the Journal & Courier.

Edey reportedly has a court date at 10:30 a.m. on Monday for a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving. 

The incident took place in Tippecanoe County, Ind., the home county of Purdue, where Edey starred for four seasons.

The Purdue men’s basketball team posted a photo of Edey and other alumni at the school’s Mackey Arena on May 6.

The Toronto native is coming off an impressive rookie year with Memphis, where he was the primary starting center for a team that finished eighth in the Western Conference. 

Edey averaged 9.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game for the Grizzlies, earning All-Rookie First Team honors. 

He’s most known, though, for his time at Purdue, where he dominated and stacked up an impressive list of accolades. 

He won the Wooden Award as the best player in college basketball in both 2023 and 2024, becoming the first repeat winner in more than 40 years.

He was a back-to-back winner of the Associated Press Player of the Year award and Naismith College Player of the Year award over that same stretch. 

In his final season at Purdue, Edey averaged 25.2 points and 12.2 rebounds per game while shooting 62.3 percent from the field, leading the nation in all three of those categories. 

The Grizzlies selected him ninth overall in the 2024 draft, and he placed fifth in Rookie of the Year voting.