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Thanks to Mike Carmin at the Lafayette Journal & Courier we now know of three more departures from the Purdue football program. In his offseason blog posted last night it was announced that C.J. Parker, Andy Chelf, and Sawyer Dawson have left hte program:
C.J. Parker
Here was his announcement:
— CJ Parker (@grindaholic3) January 22, 2018
I had originally thought Parker was already done, but he transferred from Mt. San Jacinto junior college in California to Purdue before the 2016 season and had 3 seasons to use two years of eligibility. In 2016 he played in all 12 games and had 35 tackles plus an interception he returned for 50 yards against Northwestern. He was expected to be a starter this season but tore his ACL in the spring and missed the entire year. As a graduate he can play immediately elsewhere.
Andy Chelf
Chelf has been witht he program for three years, but has yet to see the field. It has mostly been due to bad luck. He tore his ACL and missed the 2016 season as a result. Then this year, after having a decent showing as a reserve linebacker in the spring game, he was shot in the torso during a bizarre off-campus incident. That even occurred the night of the spring game. According to Carmin, he is on track to graduate in May, but may be done with football for good. I don’t blame him.
Sawyer Dawson
Dawson is another player that just finished his third year with the program. As a redshirt freshman he saw action in four games and got one tackle. This season he did not get any stats, as he was passed over by three true freshman linebackers in Cornel Jones, Derrick Barnes, and Tobias Larry. If he drops down to FCS lower he would ahve two years left.
By my count, this now has us exactly at the 85 scholarship limit.
Purdue Football Scholarship Grid January 23
Player | Position | ('18-'19) | ('19-'20) | ('20-'21) | ('21-'22) | ('22-'23) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Position | ('18-'19) | ('19-'20) | ('20-'21) | ('21-'22) | ('22-'23) |
Shane Evans | OG | Grad Transfer | ||||
Spencer Evans | K | Grad Transfer | ||||
Dexter Knox | RB | Senior (5) | ||||
Bearooz Yacoobi | OL | Senior (5) | ||||
Cole Herdman | TE | Senior (5) | ||||
David Blough | QB | Senior (5) | ||||
Keiwan Jones | DT | Senior (5) | ||||
Kirk Barron | C | Senior (5) | ||||
Tim Cason | CB | Senior (5) | ||||
Jacob Theineman | S | Senior (5) | ||||
Eric Swingler | OL | Senior (5) | ||||
Rob Simmons | DE | Senior | ||||
Ben Makowksi | LS | Senior | ||||
TJ Jallow | S | Senior | ||||
Ethan Smart | OL | Senior | ||||
Joe Schopper | P | Senior | ||||
Markell Jones | RB | Senior | ||||
Isaac Zico | WR | Senior | ||||
Ray Ellis | DT | Senior | ||||
Terry Wright | WR | Senior | ||||
Markus Bailey | LB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Tario Fuller | RB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Brycen Hopkins | TE | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Chazmyn Turner | DE | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Elijah Sindelar | QB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Jess Trussell | TE | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Matt McCann | OT | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Michael Little | CB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Michael Mendez | OL | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Peyton Truitt | OL | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Richard Worship | RB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Kai Higgins | DE | Junior | Senior | |||
Alex Criddle | DT | Junior | Senior | |||
Navon Mosley | S | Junior | Senior | |||
J.D. Dellinger | K | Junior | Senior | |||
Lorenzo Neal | DT | Junior | Senior | |||
Brandon Shuman | CB | Junior | Senior | |||
Benaiah Franklin | WR | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Anthony Watts | DT | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Jared Sparks | WR | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Grant Hermanns | OL | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Simeon Smiley | CB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Semisi Fakasiieiki | LB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Jackson Anthrop | WR | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Keyron Catlett | WR | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
Derrick Barnes | LB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
Darius Pittman | TE | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
Cornell Jones | LB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
Tobias Larry | LB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
Griffin Alstott | QB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Robert McWilliams | LB/DE | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Nicholas Sipe | QB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Tyler Hamilton | WR | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Dedrick Mackey | DB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Mark Stickford | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Jacob Abrams | DB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Giovanni Hightower-Reviere | DE | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
D’Jaundrae Edwards | WR | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Viktor Beach | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
DeShon Washington | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Kenneth Major | DB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Allen Daniels | DT | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Jaylan Alexander | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Jack Plummer | QB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Elijah Ball | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Kadin Smith | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Charles Allen | OG | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Jack Cravaack | TE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Byron Perkins | CB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Eric Miller | OT | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Lawrence Johnson | DT | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Will Bramel | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Jimmy McKenna | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Jordan Bonner | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
K.J. Stokes | DE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Branson Deen | DE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Jack Sullivan | DE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Amad Anderson | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Jordan Rucker | CB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Cory Trice | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Jeff Marks | DT | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Kory Taylor | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Evan Anderson | RB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Payne Durham | TE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Rondale Moore | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
George Karlaftis | DE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Total Scholarships Left | 0 | 19 | 36 | 48 | 84 | |
Total Scholarships Used | 85 | 66 | 49 | 37 | 1 |
What’s starting to become more apparent is that Hazell’s final two recruiting classes are getting recruited over and the guys that are not rising on the depth chart by years 3 and 4 are seeing the writing on the wall. The 2016 class, which had only six three-star commitments, has only three of those six players left.
This chart, as you’ll see, includes Rondale Moore, who won’t sign until the more traditional signing day. It does not include JuCo transfer Evander Craft, who is still up in the air. Also, George Karlaftis is on there starting in 2019. Coach Brohm is still actively searching for more grad transfers as it worked out so well for us this past season. That means there will be more attrition, and already the 2018 roster will have more Brohm players than Hazell players.