With Sullivan transferring and a new coach in town, I’m interested to see how Walter’s adjusts this new roster.
With basketball wrapping up sooner than we all had hoped, it’s time to look ahead to football. With spring practice starting this week, Walters and his staff get to put their mark on the new era of Purdue football.
We will be doing our homework as well to see what kind of changes we can expect to see this season. As a former defensive coordinator, I expect that Walters will want to make that a statement of his program. With Sullivan transferring there is an open spot for someone to step up. Here is an overlook at the defensive-end position.
Potential Starters:
Kydran Jenkins
Class: Senior
Height: 6’ 1”
Weight: 270 lbs.
Sulaiman Kpaka
Class: Redshirt Senior
Height: 6’ 2”
Weight: 280 lbs.
Reserves:
Joe Strickland
Class: Redshirt Freshman
Height: 6’ 4”
Weight: 260 lbs.
Jayden Scruggs
Class: Redshirt Freshman
Height: 6’ 1”
Weight: 235 lbs.
Joe Anderson
Class: Redshirt Senior
Height: 6’ 4”
Weight: 280 lbs.
New Players for Spring Ball:
Will Heldt
Class Freshman
Height: 6’ 6”
Weight: 235 lbs.
Like I said, I’m excited for this new chapter under Coach Walters. He is the youngest coach in the Big Ten and the first defensive coordinator to get a Purdue head coaching gig since our very own Joe Tiller. I would be remiss to say I wasn’t disappointed in Brohm leaving. He did incredible work in bringing our program back from the dumpster fire that it was. But I’m already really excited at what Walter’s had done thus far (getting Mock on scholarship, landing Hudson Card through the portal) and hoping he can take Purdue to the next level. Maybe we will bring that Ol’ Mackey saying to Ross Ade “Defense Lives Here.”