Indiana vs. Purdue: Depth Charts!

A look at the Purdue Depth Chart for Saturday

By kholderf@Coach_H_HHS Nov 20, 2017, 2:04pm EST

Coming off an upset win at Iowa, Purdue has done little to shake up the depth chart - as there is no real reason too. We learned Saturday that Richie Worship is out for the remainder of the season with an undisclosed knee injury. Other than that it has remained the same.

Offense

QB: 1. Elijah Sindelar 2. Jared Sparks

RB: 1. D. J. Knox 2. Markell Jones 3. Brian Lankford-Johnson

WR1: 1. Anthony Mahoungou 2. Jared Sparks

WR2: 1. Jackson Anthrop 2. Terry Wright 3. KeyRon Catlett

WR3: 1. Gregory Phillips 2. Isaac Zico

TE: 1. Cole Herdman 2. Brycen Hopkins 3. Darius Pittman

LT: 1. Eric Swingler 2. Michael Mendez

LG: 1. Shane Evans 2. Michael Mendez 3. Peyton Truitt

C: 1. Kirk Barron 2. Shane Evans 3. Bryce Brown

RG: 1. Matt McCann 2. Bearooz Yacoobi

RT: 1. Dave Steinmetz 2. Ethan Smart

Jeff Brohm on his offensive limitations..

JEFF BROHM: Well, every year is different. I think you have to adjust to what you have, try to figure out what they do best, and find a way to get it done. And I think sometimes it's creating a little trickery and deception, other times it's maybe getting simpler, other times it's maybe just finding a one-on-one match-up and taking it.
I think with us, at times we've been able to run the ball. At times we've not had success passing. We've worked extremely hard on the passing game to at least get efficient at it and to be able to have some threat of throwing the football, and I do think our guys have gotten better. Is there still a ways to go? Yes, but you just need to figure out what you do well, what you can do, how long you can protect, what plays can you make, and you just try to adjust to it every week, and last week fortunately we were able to make some plays one-on-one that got us some big plays.

Do not be surprised to see Bearooz Yacoobi get some more playing time this week. He came in early Saturday and was solid through the rest of the day. It appears as if Swingler and Steinmetz have some issues, at one point McCann was even playing some right tackle.

Defense

DE: 1. Austin Larkin 2. Antoine Miles

DT: 1. Lorenzo Neal or Eddy Wilson

DT: 1. Gelen Robinson 2. Anthony Watts

DE: 1. Danny Ezechukwu 2. Kai Higgins

WLB: 1. T.J. McCollum 2. Derrick Barnes

MLB: 1. Ja’Whaun Bentley 2. Garrett Hudson

SLB: 1. Markus Bailey 2. Rob Simmons

CB1: 1. Josh Okonye 2. Tim Cason

CB2: 1. Da’Wan Hunte 2. Kamal Hardy

FS: 1. Navon Mosley 2. T.J. Jallow

SS: 1. Jacob Thieneman 2. Antonio Blackmon

No real changes here on our top 20 defense. No reason too. It will be fun to watch Hunte lock up Simmie Cobbs.

Specialists

Punter: 1. Joe Schopper 2. Jake Herr

Placekicker: 1. J.D. Dellinger and Spencer Evans

Kickoffs: 1. Spencer Evans 2. Myles Homan

Long Snapper: 1. Ben Makowski 2. Ryan Sadkowski

Holder: 1. David Blough 2. Elijah Sindelar

KR: 1. D.J. Knox 2. Brian Lankford-Johnson

PR: 1. Jackson Anthrop 2. Isaac Zico

Schopper had a 68 yard punt Saturday. #ForTheBrand

Jeff Brohm on a comparison to his first year vs this year...

JEFF BROHM: Well, to a certain degree. I think at that point we were probably the opposite, we were scoring a lot of points and not quite as good on defense and found a way to get better. This year it's the opposite.
But the Big Ten is known for good defense. We've faced some good ones. We're going to face another really good one this week that has been very productive over the last two years in Coach Allen's system. They're an attacking style, and they don't give you easy completions. Really it's about getting better towards the end of the year, and that's what we try to do every year, and I think if you have the right attitude, your guys work hard, if you stick to it and don't allow the losses to get you too frustrated, improvement can be made, so it was great to finally see it on the field this past week. We've got a chance against a team that's a rival but playing very well right now. They're hot, and we can see if we can improve one more time.

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