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We have a second commitment today!
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— khali saunders (@SaundersKhali) June 21, 2018
Khali Saunders is listed as a 6’4”, 210 pound linebacker, but in Purdue’s system I could see him bulking into a defensive end with that size. He is a 3-star prospect according to Rivals and 247. He committed after a visit this past weekend.
Here are his highlights:
This is Purdue’s 17th commitment in the 2019 class, and we’re now up to 16th nationally and 5th in the Big Ten. We’re on a great recruiting run right now and we are still in on a few 4-star guys like David Bell and company. This has the potential to be Purdue’s best recruiting class in decades, if not ever. The 2004 class was ranked 20th according to Rivals and it had four 4-star prospects (two of whom never played a down for us). This class already has three.
We have six open spots according to my chart here too.
Purdue Football Scholarship Grid
| Player | Position | ('21-'22) | ('22-'23) | ('23-'24) | ('24-'25) | ('25-'26) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | ('21-'22) | ('22-'23) | ('23-'24) | ('24-'25) | ('25-'26) |
| Tyler Coyle | S | FREE YEAR | ||||
| Greg Long | OL | FREE YEAR | ||||
| J.D. Dellinger | K | FREE YEAR | ||||
| Anthony Watts | DT | FREE YEAR | ||||
| Simeon Smiley | CB | FREE YEAR | ||||
| Semisi Fakasiieiki | DE | FREE YEAR | ||||
| Jackson Anthrop | WR | FREE YEAR | ||||
| Brennan Thieneman | S | FREE YEAR | ||||
| Tyler Witt | OL | Grad Transfer | Grad Transfer | |||
| Alexander Horvath | RB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Robert McWilliams | LB/DE | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Dedrick Mackey | DB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Mark Stickford | OL | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| DJ Washington | OL | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Aidan O'Connell | QB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Austin Burton | QB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Jaylan Alexander | LB | Junior | Senior | |||
| DaMarcus Mitchell | LB | Junior | Senior | |||
| Jeff Marks | DT | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Jack Plummer | QB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Elijah Ball | DB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Kadin Smith | DB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Jack Cravaack | DE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Eric Miller | OT | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Lawrence Johnson | DT | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Will Bramel | OL | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Jimmy McKenna | OL | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| K.J. Stokes | DE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Branson Deen | DE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Jack Sullivan | DE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Cory Trice | DB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Kory Taylor | WR | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Payne Durham | TE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| DJ Johnson | CB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| George Karlaftis | DE | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
| Brooks Cormier | P | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
| Cam Allen | CB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
| King Doerue | RB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
| Milton Wright | WR | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
| Jalen Graham | DB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
| David Bell | WR | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
| TJ Sheffield | WR | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Marvin Grant | DB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Da'Joun Hewitt | RB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Mershawn Rice | ATH | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Cam Craig | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Paul Piferi | QB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Kyle Bilodeau | TE | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Dave Monnot III | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Spencer Holstege | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Dontay Hunter | DE | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Nyles Beverly | CB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Khali Saunders | LB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Garrett Miller | TE | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Sulaiman Kpaka | DL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Steven Faucheux | DT | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Kyle Jornigan | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Jacob Wahlberg | LB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
| Chase Triplett | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Gus Hartwig | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Jared Bycznski | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Ben Kreul | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Michael Alaimo | QB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Tirek Murphy | RB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Josh Kaltenberger | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Collin Sullivan | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Antonio Stevens | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Kydran Jenkins | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Sanoussi Kane | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Clyde Washington | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Greg Hudgins | DE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Marcellus Moore | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Nalin Fox | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Maliq Carr | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Bryce Austin | DT | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Anthony Romphf | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Ryan Brandt | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Jaelin Alstott-VanDeVanter | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Preston Terrell | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Tristan Cox | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Rickey Smith | ATH | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Brandon Calloway | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Zach Richards | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Khordae Sydnor | DE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Deion Burks | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Mahamane Moussa | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Ja'Quez Cross | ATH | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Drew Biber | TE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Jah'Von Grigsby | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Yanni Karlaftis | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Marcus Mbow | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Brady Allen | QB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Dominack Moon | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
| Yearly Limit Used (25 Max) | ||||||
| Total Scholarships Left | 1 | -1 | 9 | 32 | 83 | |
| Total Scholarships Used | 84 | 86 | 76 | 53 | 2 |