2016 Purdue Football Recruiting: Class Full?

The commitment of Terrance Landers Jr. yesterday was a good one for Purdue, as it was able to hit on a prime target with a big 6'4" receiver that I think can help immediately. It also may have filled the 2015 recruiting class. By my count Purdue is now full with all 85 scholarships spoken for:

Now, onto some more details:

• We are down to the end of the Hope recruited players. Of the 5^th year guys, Garcia, Marshall, Cermin, Posey, Prince, King, Herman, Warburg, Curry, Roos, and Gregory were all brought in by Danny Hope and redshirted in his final season. Some of the 4^th year guys were recruited by hope, but I will give credit to Hazell for hanging on to them since he had to keep that class intact for 2 months until signing day.
• According to GBI, Wegher, Hardy, Larkin, and Jaylen Neal are already signed and on campus. Larkin is the most interesting of the four, as he is a JuCo that got a decent amount of playing time as a walk-on at Notre Dame.
• I still could see Purdue adding a couple of members to the 2016 class. I am shocked that Keyante Green hasn't announced a transfer already. The scholarship status of Langston Newton has never been clear, either since he was a transfer from Kentucky. I assume he is on scholarship.
• This chart also reflects the loss of Austin Appleby, as he opened up a spot as a 5^th year-to-be.
• Purdue has 16 players coming out of redshirt. Given as bad as we have been, all 16 have to look at being immediate contributors.
• Conversely, there is some "dead weight" at the top in guys that have barely played or not played at all despite entering their 4^th or 5^th year on the roster. I don't begrudge these guys getting a free education at all. Still, they haven't done much on the field. Joey Warburg, Jonathan Curry, Keith Byars II, Johnny Daniels, Myles Norwood, and Matt Burke are the main guys here. I hope they can contribute going forward, but it would be a surprise if they did.
• There are currently 7 junior college transfers on the roster, with four of them being in the incoming class. Domonique Young ended up being a nice addition last year, but the four in the incoming class (Parker, Hardy, Larkin, and Jaylen Neal) need to be immediate impact guys.
• Purdue is incredibly thin at quarterback. We have Blough and Sindelar as scholarship guys, but as of right now walk-on sophomore Aaron Banks is the third stringer. He did come in and complete a pass against Indiana, however, technically giving him more experience than Sindelar.
• Speaking of walk-ons, there are a few that should continue to play. Jarrett Burgess got quite a few snaps within the offense. Alex Hilger was a special teams ace. Brian Bravo and Myles Homan are kickers that could compete. Race Johnson, Evan Pulliam, and Evan Feichter also played as reserves or on special teams last year. Hilger, Johnson, Pulliam, and Feichter all played more than the "dead weight" guys above.
• A few players are coming off of serious injuries, too. Ja'Whaun Bentley is the main guy, and Purdue desperately needs him back at 100%. Keiwan Jones also had a torn ACL and had surgery in November.Markus Bailey is also coming off of a torn ACL.
  
• Finally, it is very hard to get excited when this coaching staff has shown very little ability to put these guys in a position to succeed. Yes, we like Marcus Freeman and feel he has done an excellent job with linebackers, but there is very little excitement around the program and the incoming commits aren't exactly raising eyebrows (13th in the B1G according to Rivals). We have to hope multiple players are diamonds in the rough and have breakout seasons, all while new coordinators on both sides of the ball are hopefully major improvements. I want these players to succeed desperately, but I have zero confidence in the coaches above them. 6-30 will do that.