Cody Allen Zeller is a freshman basketball

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 player at Indiana University

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. He is also the nephew of former NBA player Al Eberhard

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Al Eberhard is a former NBA basketball player for the Detroit Pistons. Al was drafted with the fifteenth pick in the first round of the 1974 NBA Draft. He played four seasons in the NBA averaging 6.8 points per game and 3.5 rebounds per game in 220 career games...

, brother of North Carolina Tar Heels

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 basketball player Tyler Zeller

Tyler Zeller

Tyler Paul Zeller is an American college basketball player who is currently a Senior at the University of North Carolina...

, and brother of former Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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 player Luke Zeller. Cody committed to Indiana in November 2010. In his senior year of high school, Cody averaged 24.6 points per game, 13.1 rebounds per game and 3.3 assists per game. Following the end of his senior season, Cody was named Indiana Mr. Basketball. He was also a 2011 McDonald's All American player. According to ESPNU

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 Cody is the 13th best overall recruit in 2011 and he is ranked as the 15th best recruit by Rivals.com

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. He has since been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice in as many weeks.