Purdue basketball target Vincent Edwards (2014, Middletown, OH) reportedly picked up an offer from Purdue today. "This is old news, Wadas!" you say, until I tell you that, this time around, Edwards was offered the chance to play football for the Old Gold and Black.

The source for these rumors come from local sports writers Mike Dyer and Rick Cassano. The pertinent tweets are as follows...

Mike Dyer ‏ @MikeDyer

Middletown basketball standout Vince Edwards offered by Purdue football today, says Middies football coach Troy Everhart #enqr#Purdue

Rick Cassano ‏ @rickcassano

Middletown sophomore basketball player Vincent Edwards has been offered a football scholarship by Purdue, says Middie FB coach Troy Everhart

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John Wadas ‏ @johnwadas

@MikeDyer hi, purdue blog contributor here. do you have any edwards football statistics from last season?

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11mMike Dyer ‏ @MikeDyer

@johnwadas he didn't play this past season. http://GMCsports.com is a great site for his hoops stats this winter

Fellow blogger @PURDUE_RANT had the following exchange with the other writer.

Rick Cassano ‏ @rickcassano

Middletown sophomore basketball player Vincent Edwards has been offered a football scholarship by Purdue, says Middie FB coach Troy Everhart

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12:11 PM - 3 May 12 via web · Details

2hPURDUE@RANT_SPORTS ‏ @PURDUE_RANT

@rickcassano does Vincent Edwards even play football? I thought he played bball exclusively but can see how he'd be a great WR

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1hRick Cassano ‏ @rickcassano

@PURDUE_RANT He does not play football at Middletown. May have played when he was younger? But I agree with you about his potential.

So, is Painter fighting an internal recruiting battle across the hallway with Danny Hope? Or is CMP craftily trying to extract as many players from the loaded 2014 class as possible? We shall see, but this development is certainly interesting.