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It’s official, @JackCravaack is a Boilermaker! #BoilerUp #LetsPlayFootball pic.twitter.com/3ukZRgI72m
— Purdue Football (@BoilerFootball) December 20, 2017
Name: Jack Cravaack
Position/Size: Defensive End OR Tight End, 6’5”, 230 Pounds
Ranking: 3*
Other Offers: Oregon State, Central Michigan, Yale, Bowling Green
Impact: Jack has no position for us right now.
We need help at both spots. To me though, tight end may be the more pressing need, as we have plenty of defensive lineman coming in.
Jack has the size and speed to do either. At 6’5”, 230 Pounds and runs a 4.65 forty yard dash, he would thrive at either.
Jack is coming to us from our border state, Ohio, where he dominated high school football for three straight seasons.
Jack will probably come in and put 20 to 30 more pounds on to work in the trenches in the B1G. He has a great upside, his recruiting was starting to pick up with other offers when he gave us his verbal.
Jack could join a crew of tight ends of Cole Herdman, Brycen Hopkins and Darius Pittman. We are thin outside of those three, so a move to tight end makes sense.
But, on the same hand, we lose Gelen Robinson at Defensive End, and we will need to fill that large void.
I am looking forward to seeing him make an impact for us.
Welcome aboard, Jack. Boiler Up!