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Purdue football has another player departing the program into the transfer portal, and it is redshirt sophomore-to-be Willie Lane:
— Willie j lane (@Williejlane1) May 17, 2020
Lane had an interesting path at Purdue. He actually played in three games as a true freshman defensive end in 2018, notching a tackle against Boston College. He also played against Missouri and Michigan State in 2018. He fell out of the rotation this past season and did not see the field.
Lane was originally a 2-star recruit according to Rivals and a 3-star according to 247. After playing in a handful of games and maintaining his redshirt in 2018 it was hoped he was going to become a regular rotation player, but htat did not work out.
The departure does open up some room on the scholarship grid, as Purdue is still slightly over the 85 limit entering the season. With classes officially ending here there will likely be some more movement soon.
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 |