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One of the few good recruits that Darrell Hazell gathered in his final years is now gone from the roster. Sophomore wide receiver Terrance Landers is the latest to leave the program:
Add receiver Terrance Landers to the transfer list. Landers is headed to Arizona Western College, according to Matadors head coach Thomas Minnick.
Landers struggled academically during his freshman year, but did appear in eight games and caught three passes last season. The Ohio native missed part of spring practice due to a lack of progress in the classroom.
As a true freshman Hazell burned his redshirt last season, but Landers barely played. He had a catch for 9 yards against Cincinnati and two for 7 yards against Northwestern. It is unfortunate, too, because he showed some promise in the spring game. He was a big outside receiver at 6’4”, 200 pounds and, as we know, receiver is a position of need. He definitely had a shot at getting a lot more playing time this fall, but now that won’t happen.
As for the scholarship situation, this move still has Purdue over the 85 limit by two:
2017 Purdue Football Scholarship Grid
| Player | Position | ('17-'18) | ('18-'19) | ('19-'20) | ('20-'21) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | -2 | 16 | 35 | 58 | |
| Total Scholarships Used | 87 | 69 | 50 | 27 |