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Once again, we know that David Blough and Elijah Sindelar will “each play significant minutes” this week, but there is not a definite starter. That means there are not really a ton of changes on this week’s depth chart:
OFFENSE
QB: Elijah Sindelar OR David Blough
RB: 1. D.J. Knox 2. Markell Jones. 3. Tario Fuller 4. Alexander Horvath
WR: Jared Sparks OR Terry Wright
WR: 1. Jackson Anthrop 2. Rondale Moore 3. Keyron Catlett
WR: Isaac Zico OR Jarrett Burgess
LT: 1. Grant Hermanns 2. Michael Mendez
LG: 1. Dennis Edwards 2. Shane Evans
C: 1. Kirk Barron 2. Viktor Beach
RG: 1. Matt McCann 2. Bearooz Yacoobi
RT: 1. Eric Swingler 2. Ethan Smart
TE: 1. Cole Herdman OR Brycen Hopkins 2. Darius Pittman
The overall depth chart is the same as last week, but most everyone on it played at least a little. Horvath was in as a blocking fullback on a few plays. Moore led in receiving, while the tight ends had one reception amongst the three of them. Sparks and Wright were the next top two receivers. Out of the backfield Jones and Knox each had 7 carries, with Knox going for 77 yards and a touchdown.
DEFENSE
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
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
SS: 1. Jacob Thieneman 2. Brennan Thieneman
CB: Tim Cason OR Dedrick Mackey
Smiley is still questionable after his nasty facial laceration on Thursday. Aside from that, this depth chart is exactly the same as last week. Purdue is trying to find something, anything up front en terms of a pass rush. It had not sacks last week, but Cornel Jones had three tackles for loss. Jacob Thieneman and Mosley combined for 17 tackles last week. Tim Cason had three pass breakups, giving him a pretty solid week.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Punter: 1. Joe Schopper 2. Jake Herr
Kicker: Spencer Evans OR 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. Jackson Anthrop 2. Rondale Moore
Spencer Evans handled all placekicks last week, meaning that the kicker rotation may be over. He hit on all three extra points and on two of three field goal attempts. That likely means Dellinger, a true junior, will use his redshirt and be the guy at kicker in 2019 and 2020.
In the return game Anthrop did all fair catches and Moore was up and down on kickoffs. He returned five kicks for 125 of his all-purpose yards and had a long of 37.