There has been a lot of movement with this group the last two weeks.
Much like every other position on the team, the Offensive Line will look totally different since last season.
Heck, it will look much different since Spring Football, as the Coaching Staff has snagged five transfers to the group since the Spring Portal opened.
Without a good offensive line, Purdue will struggle, there is no doubt about that, and clearly they were not thrilled with what the group looked like during Spring Practices.
Brace yourself for a lot of names you don’t know (again), they are listed by class.
Grad:
Jalen St. John – UNLV Transfer
Senior:
Bakyne Coly
Giordano Vicarro – Canada
Junior:
Jude McCoskey – Tulane
Joey Tanona
Hayden Timosciek
Drew Woodruff
Sophomore:
Tom Ewing
Tyrell Green – EKU
Bradyn Joiner – Auburn
Marc Nave – UK
Hank Purvis – UNLV
Ethan Trent
Mason Vicari – UNLV
Redshirt Freshman;
Marques Easley – Georgia
Max Parrott
John Randle Jr
Freshman:
Sankeerth Veluri – Carmel HS
Coach Vice has EIGHTEEN! offensive players to work with this summer and fall, with the majority of them coming from the portal, which is OKAY!
Purdue lost all five of their starting offensive linemen from last season, lets not sugar coat it, it was a bad offensive line anyway, aside from Marcus Mbow.
So, I hear you begging, “what will the starting five be?!”.
I am not sure anyone knows, including the coaching staff, as they will have to see the group this summer and into fall camp before making a decision.
I do believe that Jalen St. John is a lock to be somewhere on the offensive line.
I also believe that Joey Tanona will be one of the two tackles.
Aside from that? It is an open competition, in my eyes. Joiner was on the All-SEC Freshman team and is gigantic, Green was a FCS All-American.
So, there are pieces, now the job is for the staff to find the starting five that make Purdue the best version of themselves.