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As usual, there are not a ton of changes to the depth chart this week. In a strange coincidence David Blough is now 5th all-time in Passing attempts, yards, completions, touchdowns, and total offense. By the end of the season he should at least reach fourth in all of those categories and in a few of them he might make it to No. 3. Assuming Purdue makes a bowl game he has a decent chance at reaching 10,000 career passing yards, joining only Drew Brees and Curtis Painter as Purdue quarterbacks to reach that mark.
Only 113 quarterbacks in major college football history have passed for as many as 10,000 yards.
OFFENSE
QB: 1. David Blough 2. Elijah Sindelar
RB: 1. D.J. Knox 2. Markell Jones. 3. Tario Fuller 4. Alexander Horvath
WR: Jared Sparks OR Terry Wright
WR: 1. Rondale Moore 2. Jackson Anthrop 3. Keyron Catlett
WR: Isaac Zico OR Jarrett Burgess
LT: 1. Grant Hermanns 2. Michael Mendez
LG: 1. Shane Evans 2. Dennis Edwards
C: 1. Kirk Barron 2. Viktor Beach
RG: 1. Dennis Edwards 2. Bearooz Yacoobi
RT: 1. Matt McCann 2. Eric Swingler
TE: 1. Cole Herdman OR Brycen Hopkins 2. Darius Pittman
No changes here, but it was nice to see Anthrop get a big reception in the third quarter for Purdue. He has mostly been Rondale’d in the slot, but seems to be getting more run when Purdue goes four wide. Purdue has a pretty clear top 4 receivers right now with Sparks, Moore, Wright, and Zico. Zico has been red hot of late too.
Among national leaders Moore is 10th with 728 yards, 10th with 7 TDs, and 7th with 57 receptions. Zico is 15th nationally at 20.4 yards per catch, so he has his own big play capability.
On the ground Knox is having a great year. He is 23rd nationally with 668 yards and he is sitting very well at 6.5 yards per carry. He has three games this season over 100 yards, giving him 5 for his career. He is well on pace to have just the 9th 1,000 yard rushing season in school history. Otis Armstrong and Mike Alstott each did it twice, while Scott Dierking, Joey Harris, Leroy Keyes, and Kory Sheets each did it once.
DE: 1. Giovanni Reviere 2. Semisi Fakasiieiki
DT: 1. Lorenzo Neal 2. Ray Ellis OR Alex Criddle
DT: 1. Anthony Watts 2. Jeff Marks
DE: 1. Kai Higgins 2. Robert McWilliams III
LB: 1. Markus Bailey 2. Tobias Larry
LB: Cornel Jones OR Derrick Barnes
LB: 1. Derrick Barnes 2. Jaylan Alexander
CB: 1. Antonio Blackmon OR Kenneth Major 2. Kamal Hardy
FS: 1. Navon Mosley 2. Simeon Smiley or Elijah Ball or Cory Trice
SS: 1. Jacob Thieneman 2. Brennan Thieneman
CB: Tim Cason OR Dedrick Mackey
Bailey is having a monster season now with 58 tackles, 6 for loss, 3.5 sacks, and a pick six. He officially wrecked Ohio State defensively. Jaylan Alexander has now officially passed the redshirt threshold for this season, giving him important experience for next year. The same is true for Jeff Marks. Willie Lane can still play in one more game and Elijah Ball can play in two more.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Punter: 1. Joe Schopper 2. Jake Herr
Kicker: 1. Spencer Evans 2. J.D. Dellinger
Kickoffs: 1. Spencer Evans 2. Myles Homan
Long Snapper: 1. Ben Makowski 2. Ryan Sadkowski
Holder: 1. Joe Schopper 2. Jake Herr
Kick Returns: 1. Rondale Moore 2. D.J. Knox
Punt Returns: 1. Rondale Moore 2. Jackson Anthrop
Not much to note here except to say that Makowski could finish his career now going 50 for 50 in starts. He has not missed a game since starting as a true freshman, and if he starts through the bowl game that would be 50 consecutive starts. I am not sure we have ever had a player do that. Even Travis Dorsch, who was a kicker for four consecutive years, only got to start in 49 straight games because back then we only had 11 game seasons.
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