Robbie Hummel

Robert John Hummel (born March 8, 1989) is an American professional basketball player and TV commentator. He played college basketball for Purdue University and for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA. In 2019, Hummel was named USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year. He has served as an analyst for the Big Ten Network and Fox Sports, and is a regular contributor for Westwood One Sports and SiriusXM. Robbie Hummel also works as a college basketball and NBA analyst for NBC Sports and CBS Sports.

High school career Hummel attended Valparaiso High School in Valparaiso, Indiana. Playing under coach Bob Punter, he played alongside his future college freshman teammate, Scott Martin (who transferred to the University of Notre Dame after one season at Purdue). Hummel averaged 15.7 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game as a Viking during his senior season.

Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Hummel was listed as the No. 21 small forward and the No. 75 player in the nation in 2007.

College career

2007–2008 Hummel attended Purdue University to play under head coach Matt Painter. He averaged 11.4 points (second on team), 6.1 rebounds (first) and 2.5 assists a game in his freshman year. Hummel led the "Baby Boilers", along with Chris Kramer, JaJuan Johnson, Keaton Grant, and E'Twaun Moore, to a second-place finish in conference play and on to a second-round NCAA tournament appearance, where they lost to a senior-led Xavier team. He broke the school freshman record with a 44.7 three-point field goal percentage, while leading the Big Ten Conference. He also recorded the highest free throw percentage for a freshman in school history with 86.5 percent accuracy, which led the team, and broke Kyle Macy's 33-year-old .859 mark. He was named First Team All-Big Ten, becoming the first true Boilermaker freshman to earn the honor. He finished his freshman season as one of 24 John R. Wooden Award finalists and of 10 finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy. He helped lead the Boilermakers to a 25–9 overall season record. He finished the last five games as a junior perfect from the free throw line, making all 21 of his attempts. In July 2012, he joined the Timberwolves for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On August 8, 2012, Hummel signed a one-year deal with Blu:sens Monbús of Spain. In September 2012, he injured his right meniscus and was sidelined for two months.

In July 2013, Hummel re-joined the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2013 NBA Summer League. On September 26, 2013, he signed with the Timberwolves, and he re-signed with them on July 22, 2014. On January 26, 2015, he was ruled out indefinitely after suffering a non-displaced fracture of the fourth metacarpal in his right hand.

On June 28, 2015, the Timberwolves tendered a qualifying offer to make Hummel a restricted free agent. However, they later withdrew the offer on July 6, thus parting ways with him.

On July 31, 2015, Hummel signed a one-year deal with Italian team EA7 Emporio Armani Milano. On February 5, 2016, he parted ways with Milano, after suffering a serious shoulder injury. He appeared in 11 games and had four starts in the Italian League, averaging 9.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 22.4 minutes per game. He also played in nine games while having one start in Euroleague play, averaging 7.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game.

On September 15, 2016, Hummel signed with the Denver Nuggets, Seven days later, he signed with Russian club Khimki for the rest of the 2016–17 season.

International career With his lower back injury healing daily, Hummel was selected for the USA Men's 2009 World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia under Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan. Along with the likes of fellow Big Ten players Evan Turner and Talor Battle, Hummel helped lead Team USA to the Bronze medal against Israel, finishing with a 6–1 record. Pulling down a team single-game-high ten rebounds, he averaged 7.3 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.

Retirement and 3x3 career On October 4, 2017, Hummel announced he was retiring from professional basketball in order to become a studio analyst and color commentator for ESPN and Big Ten Network. In 2017, Hummel signed a three-year broadcasting contract with multiple networks followed by a two-year deal with the same. Following the Big Ten's signing of a new media deal that included NBC and Fox and left out ESPN, Hummel signed with the two former networks and left the latter.

Hummel is a regular contributor on Westwood One Sports as well as SiriusXM.

3x3 career

Personal life In 2023, Hummel became engaged to actress Logan Andrews after proposing in the Bahamas.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season