 On January 13 , LeVert was one of four Big Ten athletes ( along with Melo Trimble , Jarrod <unk> and Denzel Valentine ) among the 25 players included in the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List . On the eve of LeVert 's sixth missed game , head coach Beilein finally clarified that LeVert 's left leg injury was not related to the two previous left foot stress fractures that LeVert had endured . On February 2 , LeVert was one of two Big Ten athletes ( along with Malcolm Hill ) named one of 10 finalists for the Jerry West Award , despite having missed the last 8 of Michigan 's 22 games . On February 10 , Brendan F. Quinn of <unk> broke the story that LeVert had been cleared to play . On February 13 , Michigan defeated ( # 18 / 16 ) Purdue 61 – 56 with LeVert recording five rebounds and one assist in 11 minutes after missing the previous 11 games . On March 1 , the team announced that the injury would end LeVert 's season and collegiate career . On March 22 , LeVert had a third surgical procedure in 22 months performed on his left foot in New York City by specialist Dr. Martin O 'Malley . By late April , the draft stock of LeVert had slipped to the second round . According to the Michigan Basketball Twitter feed , he attended graduation in crutches at the end of April . He was invited to the May 11 – 15 NBA Draft Combine . While still on crutches at the combine , LeVert clarified that his injury was a Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal and that Kevin Durant who has the same agency and used the same doctor had called to offer him encouragement . 
