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Jeff Brohm is still active on the graduate transfer market. Today he officially picked up his fourth such transfer for immediate help as Dave Steinmetz agreed to come aboard from the University of Rhode Island:
Grad transfer OL Dave Steinmetz is officially bound for #Purdue, https://t.co/mDoTruoyzI has confirmed https://t.co/lq2zzT0XQu
— GoldandBlack.com (@GoldandBlackcom) May 10, 2017
Steinmetz is an experienced starter who played in more than 30 games the past seasons for FCS Rhode Island. They play in the Colonial Athletic Association, one of the better FCS conferences out there, but it is still the FCS level. His team has gone a dismal 4-30 the last three seasons and it was smoked 55-6 last season at Kansas in its only FBS level game. their only wins have come over Brown, Elon, Delaware, and Towson the last four seasons.
Still, Purdue needs offensive linemen in the worst way and bringing in a 6’8”, 300 pound offensive tackle is not a terrible idea. Purdue’s situation is so dire that Steinmetz could be a starter from day one. He has primarily been a right tackle and Purdue looks to be set there with Matt McCann, but one of them could shift to left tackle, which is a gigantic question mark heading into the season.
Steinmetz has one season of eligibility remaining. FTR, that has Purdue five over the scholarship limit going into the summer according to my chart, so there will undoubtedly be attrition soon:
Football Scholarship Grid
Player | Position | ('17-'18) | ('18-'19) | ('19-'20) | ('20-'21) |
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Player | Position | ('17-'18) | ('18-'19) | ('19-'20) | ('20-'21) |
Dave Steinmetz | OL | Grad Transfer | |||
TJ McCollum | LB | Grad Transfer | |||
Josh Okonye | DB | Grad Transfer | |||
Da'Wan Hunte | CB | Senior (5) | |||
Antoine Miles | DE | Senior (5) | |||
Danny Ezechukwu | LB | Senior (5) | |||
David Yancey | RB | Senior (5) | |||
Dezwan Polk-Campbell | LB | Senior (5) | |||
Keyante Green | RB | Senior (5) | |||
Johnny Daniels | OL | Senior (5) | |||
Anthony Mahoungou | WR | Senior | |||
Gelen Robinson | DE | Senior | |||
Gregory Phillips | WR | Senior | |||
Ja'Whaun Bentley | LB | Senior | |||
Christopher Parker | S | Senior | |||
Kamal Hardy | CB | Senior | |||
Austin Larkin | DE | Senior | |||
Jalen Neal | OT | Senior | |||
Malik Kimbrough | WR | Senior | |||
Corey Holmes | WR | Grad Transfer | Grad Transfer | ||
Dexter Knox | RB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Bearooz Yacoobi | OL | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Cole Herdman | TE | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
David Blough | QB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Keiwan Jones | DT | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Kirk Barron | C | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Tim Cason | CB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Will Colmery | DT | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Rob Simmons | DE | Junior | Senior | ||
Ben Makowksi | LS | Junior | Senior | ||
TJ Jallow | S | Junior | Senior | ||
Ethan Smart | OL | Junior | Senior | ||
Joe Schopper | P | Junior | Senior | ||
Markell Jones | RB | Junior | Senior | ||
Eddy Wilson | DT | Junior | Senior | ||
Isaac Zico | WR | Junior | Senior | ||
Ray Ellis | DT | Junior | Senior | ||
Terry Wright | WR | Junior | Senior | ||
Markus Bailey | LB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Tario Fuller | RB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Andy Chelf | S | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Brycen Hopkins | TE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Chazmyn Turner | DE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Elijah Sindelar | QB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Fred Brown | DT | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Jess Trussell | TE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Matt McCann | OT | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Michael Little | CB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Michael Mendez | OL | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Peyton Truitt | OL | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Richard Worship | RB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Sawyer Dawson | LB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Tim Faison | LB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Kai Higgins | DE | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Josh Hayes | CB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Alex Criddle | DT | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Navon Mosley | S | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Jack Wegher | RB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
J.D. Dellinger | K | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Lorenzo Neal | DT | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Terrance Landers | WR | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Brian Lankford-Johnson | RB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Brandon Shuman | CB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Benaiah Franklin | WR | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) |
Anthony Watts | DT | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) |
Jared Sparks | QB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) |
Grant Hermanns | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) |
Simeon Smiley | CB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) |
Tanner Hawthorne | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) |
Semisi Fakasiieiki | LB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) |
Jackson Anthrop | WR | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) |
Griffin Alstott | QB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Darius Pittman | TE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Nicholas Sipe | QB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Tyler Hamilton | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Dedrick Mackey | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Mark Stickford | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Jacob Abrams | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Jalen Jackson | OG | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Giovanni Hightower-Reviere | DE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
D’Jaundrae Edwards | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Viktor Beach | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
DeShon Washington | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Kenneth Major | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Allen Daniels | DT | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Keyron Catlett | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Derrick Barnes | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Robert McWilliams | LB/DE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Cornell Jones | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Tobias Larry | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior |
Total Scholarships Left | -5 | 14 | 33 | 58 | |
Total Scholarships Used | 90 | 71 | 52 | 27 |