David Roddy

Roddy was born March 27, 2001, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was a three-sport athlete at Breck School in Golden Valley, Minnesota, competing in basketball, football and track and field. As a senior, he averaged 29.7 points and 16.6 rebounds per game. Roddy was an all-state quarterback in football and won a Class A state title in the discus. He committed to play college basketball for Colorado State over offers from Minnesota, Northwestern, and other NCAA Division I programs. Before committing to college basketball, Roddy also received football scholarship offers from multiple Division I programs. As a freshman, Roddy averaged 11.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game for Colorado State. He took a leap during his sophomore campaign, averaging 15.9 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. He was named first-team All-Mountain West. His third year is where he really came on to the scene, averaging 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists a game. Roddy was named the Mountain West Player of the Year, as well as being named first-team All-Mountain West for the second consecutive year. Roddy led the Rams to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2013 before declaring for the 2022 NBA draft on March 30, 2022. He was selected with the 23rd overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers on behalf of the Memphis Grizzlies as part of a trade that sent Roddy and Danny Green to the Grizzlies in exchange for De'Anthony Melton.