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12/02/22 - Cory Trice, rSr/2023, Purdue + More +

2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Cory Trice,...Trice has been the Boilermakers' lockdown corner all season long, leading the team in pass breakups (9) with a pair of interceptions. The senior picked off a pass at Maryland, but his biggest play of the season may have come against Indiana. With Purdue inching closer to victory, Trice's fourth-quarter pick-six put the game on ice to wrap up the rivalry win and divisional crown. - Purdue Football

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CB Cory Trice, Purdue
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12/02/22 - Kydran Jenkins, rSr/2025, Purdue + More +

2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Kydran Jenkins,...Jenkins leads the Boilermakers with 8.0 tackles-for-loss and seven QB hurries. The junior has made 4.0 sacks as well to go along with one forced fumble. In last week's win at Indiana, Jenkins blocked a field goal for the first time in his career to help Purdue secure the B1G West and the Old Oaken Bucket. - Purdue Football

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DE Kydran Jenkins, Purdue
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12/02/22 - Jalen Graham, rSr/2023, Purdue + More +

2022 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Jalen Graham,...Despite playing in just eight games this season, Graham ranks second on the team in total tackles (48); his 6.0 tackles per game pace Purdue. After missing four games due to injury, he returned to record a team-high nine tackles to go along with one tackle-for-loss and one pass breakup to help the Boilermakers beat Maryland. The senior followed up his return performance with six tackles, including two tackles-for-loss, one sack and a forced fumble in the win over Nebraska, while adding an interception against Northwestern. - Purdue Football

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OLB Jalen Graham, Purdue
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12/02/22 - Hudson Card, rSr/2025, Purdue + More +

Although action doesn't officially start until Monday, among the reported quarterbacks in, or planning to be to enter the transfer portal as of Dec. 1 is Texas' Hudson Card: Card started early in 2021 season as a redshirt freshman, then lost his job to Casey Thompson. Quinn Ewers beat him out this season, but Card did start three games when Ewers was injured. Card has the ability to be a starter – though not a star – at the Power 5 level. He has some running ability that didn't come to the fore at Texas. - NFL Draft Scout and online sources

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QB Hudson Card, Purdue
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11/30/22 - Aidan OConnell, rSr/2023, Purdue + More +

2022 BURLSWORTH TROPHY FINALIST (BEGAN AS A WALK-ON): Aidan O'Connell, Purdue,...Over his career, O'Connell has completed 67 percent of his passes to become the most accurate quarterback in program history. He ranks in the program's Top 10 in several other career categories as well: 500-yard games (T1st - 2), 400-yard games (2nd - 5), 300-yard games (2nd - 13), touchdown passes (5th - 65), passing completions (4th - 786) and passing yards (6th - 8,853). - Purdue Football

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QB Aidan OConnell, Purdue
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11/28/22 - Devin Mockobee, rJr/2026, Purdue + More +

NOV 28 BIG TEN CO-FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Devin Mockobee, Purdue, RB - Boonville, Ind. - Boonville,...Recorded 157 all-purpose yards to help Purdue clinch the Big Ten West Division title with a 30-16 win at Indiana on Nov. 26...Rushed 15 times for 99 yards and a touchdown, averaging 6.6 yards per carry to inch closer to the Purdue freshman rushing record (only 26 yards away with 849 yards)...Caught a team-high five passes for 58 yards...Earns the second Freshman of the Week honor of his career...Last Purdue Freshman of the Week: Devin Mockobee (Oct. 17, 2022). - Big Ten Football

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RB Devin Mockobee, Purdue
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11/26/22 - Aidan OConnell, rSr/2023, Purdue + More +

Aidan O'Connell threw two touchdown passes and Devin Mockobee ran for another to help the Purdue Boilermakers clinch their first Big Ten West Division title with a 30-16 victory Saturday at Indiana. The Boilermakers (8-4, 6-3) face No. 3 Michigan next weekend in Indianapolis with a chance to win their first conference title since 2000. Purdue also won its fourth Old Oaken Bucket in five games and produced its first back-to-back eight-win seasons since 1997-98. Indiana (4-8, 2-7) lost eight of its last nine - and starting quarterback Dexter Williams II with what appeared to be a serious right leg, non-contact injury late in the first quarter Saturday.

With Williams, the Hoosiers had Purdue's defense on its heels. Without him, they struggled and the Boilermakers eventually took control behind O'Connell and Mockobee. O'Connell got things righted with a 15-yard TD pass to Payne Durham for a 10-7 lead. Mockobee fooled Indiana's defense on third-and-1 on the next series and sprinted 27 yards for a score to make it 17-7. O'Connell's 60-yard TD pass to Charlie Jones and Cory Trice's 8-yard interception for a score in the closing minutes sealed it. It was a stark contrast from the first half when Purdue's opening drive stalled with a field goal then the offense couldn't get anything going. Jaylin Lucas broke free down the left sideline for a 71-yard TD run on Indiana's second play to make it 7-3. The Hoosiers were in scoring position again when Williams was injured but two plays later Charles Campbell missed a 44-yard field goal and all the Hoosiers could muster was one more field goal until the final play. - Purdue/AP College Football

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QB Aidan OConnell, Purdue
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11/19/22 - Aidan OConnell, rSr/2023, Purdue + More +

Aidan O'Connell threw two touchdown passes in his final home game and kept the Purdue Boilermakers in contention for the Big Ten West title with a 17-9 victory over Northwestern on Saturday. The former walk-on went 16 of 25 with 159 yards, hooking up with his childhood friend Charlie Jones six times for 46 yards and one score. Purdue (7-4, 5-3 Big Ten) could reach its conference championship game by winning its third straight next week coupled with an Iowa loss. Northwestern (1-10, 1-7) has lost 10 straight since an opening-day win over Nebraska in Ireland, this time in the starting debut of second-year quarterback Cole Freeman. The Wildcats had won the previous five road games in the series.

While the Wildcats kept the score close, they never had a chance to take the lead after O'Connell's throw across the field to Jones, who made an inside cut to evade a defender and took the ball across the goal line for an early 7-0 lead. The Wildcats made it 7-3 on a short field goal early in the second quarter, but O'Connell answered with a 3-yard TD pass to Payne Durham to make it 14-3 at halftime. Northwestern took over at midfield following a partially blocked punt early in the fourth quarter, which set up Evan Hull's 2-yard scoring run. But Freeman's 2-point conversion pass failed to keep it 14-9. Mitchell Fineran's 26-yard field goal with 7:08 left gave Purdue a 17-9 lead and the Boilermakers took the clock down to 22 seconds after its defense forced a late turnover on downs near midfield. Purdue has winning records in consecutive years for the first time since 1997-98 and back-to-back seven-win seasons for the first time since 2006-07. Freeman was 9 of 20 with 78 yards and one interception while losing a fumble. Hull finished with 22 carries for 105 yards. - Purdue/AP College Football

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QB Aidan OConnell, Purdue
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11/12/22 - Aidan OConnell, rSr/2023, Purdue + More +

Aidan O'Connell passed for 237 yards and three scores, two to Payne Durham, and Purdue beat No. 21 Illinois 31-24 on Saturday to turn the Big Ten West race into a muddled mess. The win gives the Boilermakers (6-4, 4-3 Big Ten) a crucial head-to-head tiebreaker over the Illini (7-3, 4-3 Big Ten), who were firmly in control until losing their last two games. The Boilermakers finish the season with favorable matchups against Northwestern and at Indiana. Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota are still alive in the division, too, entering Saturday with 3-3 records. The Badgers and Hawkeyes were playing each other. Purdue scored on three-straight drives to take a 28-21 lead on Durham's 13-yard touchdown reception with 13:13 left, finishing a drive that was aided by three Illinois penalties.

The Boilermakers gave O'Connell plenty of time and excellent protection all day, holding a highly rated Illinois defense zero sacks while getting to DeVito twice, including a costly 17-yard sack that took the wind out of an Illinois drive in the second half. O'Connell completed 25 of 40 attempts and threw one interception. Devin Mockobee added 106 yards and a touchdown on 28 carries. DeVito struggled against pressure and threw his first interception since a Sept. 10 win over Virginia. He completed 18 of 32 passes for 201 yards and a score. Purdue also became the first team to hold Illinois star Chase Brown to fewer than 100 rushing yards this season. The nation's leader in rushing yards also appeared to suffer a leg injury late in the game, when he had to be helped off the field. - Purdue/AP College Football

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QB Aidan OConnell, Purdue
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10/17/22 - Aidan OConnell, rSr/2023, Purdue + More +

OCT 17 BIG TEN CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Aidan O'Connell, Purdue, QB - Sr. - Long Grove, Ill. - Stevenson,...Threw for 391 yards and four touchdowns, the 12th 300-yard game of his career and the fifth four-touchdown game of his career, to lead Purdue to its fourth straight victory...Passed Jim Everett (7,411) and Scott Campbell (7,636) to move into sixth on Purdue's career passing yards chart...Helped the Boilermakers tie a school record for first downs (38) and rack up 608 yards of total offense, the eighth most in program history...The four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree earns his second career Offensive Player of the Week award and his first of the season...Last Purdue Offensive Player of the Week: Aidan O'Connell (Nov. 8, 2021). - Big Ten Football

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QB Aidan OConnell, Purdue
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10/17/22 - Devin Mockobee, rJr/2026, Purdue + More +

OCT 17 BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Devin Mockobee, Purdue, RB - Boonville, Ind. - Boonville,...Set the Purdue freshman rushing record for a single game, tallying a career-high 178 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries to help the Boilermakers win their fourth straight game against Nebraska...Caught two passes for 28 yards to total 206 all-purpose yards, the most by a Boilermaker this season...Helped the Boilermakers tie a school record for first downs (38) and rack up 608 yards of total offense (eighth in program history)...Earns the first Freshman of the Week honor of his career...Last Purdue Freshman of the Week: David Bell (Nov. 25, 2019). - Big Ten Football

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RB Devin Mockobee, Purdue
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10/15/22 - Aidan OConnell, rSr/2023, Purdue + More +

Aidan O'Connell threw four touchdown passes and Devin Mockobee ran for a career-high 178 yards and another score Saturday as Purdue overpowered Nebraska 43-37. The Boilermakers (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) have won four straight and retained a share of the conference's West Division lead with No. 24 Illinois. Nebraska (3-4, 2-2) had its two-game winning streak under interim coach Mickey Joseph snapped. O'Connell has played well this year, but Mockobee's presence gave the Boilermakers struggling ground game a spark. The combination was electric. Mockabee barreled through defenders, eluded tackles and even showed his shiftiness in the open field. He surpassed his previous single-game rushing total before scoring on a 1-yard run with 35 seconds left in the first half.

Purdue finished with its fifth-highest point total in a Big Ten game since Jeff Brohm arrived in 2017. Trey Palmer was equally impressive, almost single-handedly keeping Nebraska close. He caught a 37-yard TD pass on the fifth play of the second half to cut a 14-point halftime deficit in half and set up a field goal with a 60-yard run on his only carry of the game to make it 27-23. And after TJ Sheffield's 28-yard TD catch extended Purdue's margin to 34-23, Palmer answered on the next series with a 72-yard TD reception. Even when it appeared the Boilermakers sealed the victory with a 2-yard TD pass from O'Connell to Jones with 6:55 left, Palmer answered with a 64-yard reception that set up Anthony Grant's 1-yard TD run to make it 43-37 with 5:55 to go. But Nebraska never got the ball back. - Purdue/AP College Football

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QB Aidan OConnell, Purdue
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10/08/22 - Aidan OConnell, rSr/2023, Purdue + More +

Aidan O'Connell threw for 360 yards and two touchdowns, and Purdue held on for a 31-29 victory over Maryland on Saturday when a penalty wiped out the Terrapins' tying 2-point conversion with 35 seconds left. The two teams went scoreless in the second half until a wild finish that included four touchdowns in the final 7:47. Maryland appeared to have tied it when Taulia Tagovailoa found Rakim Jarrett in the corner of the end zone for a 2-point conversion in the final minute, but offensive lineman Delmar Glaze was flagged for an ineligible man downfield penalty, and Tagovailoa threw incomplete on the next attempt. Tagovailoa threw for 315 yards and three touchdowns, but Maryland couldn't produce any points off Purdue's three second-half turnovers.

The Terrapins (4-2, 1-2 Big Ten) broke a 17-all tie on Tagovailoa's 11-yard TD pass to Roman Hemby with 7:47 to play, but Cam Allen blocked the extra point. Then O'Connell, who had fumbled and thrown an interception earlier in the half, calmly guided the Boilermakers 66 yards in 10 plays and threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Payne Durham with 3:19 remaining. After taking the lead, Purdue (4-2, 2-1) forced a Maryland punt with 2:36 left, and although the Terrapins had all three timeouts left, they left Durham all alone over the middle for a 56-yard catch-and-run to the Maryland 2. That set up Devin Mockobee's 1-yard touchdown run with 1:20 left that made it 31-23. Tagovailoa and the Terps responded impressively, pulling within two on an 18-yard scoring pass to Corey Dyches, but Maryland ultimately came up one play short. O'Connell threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Mershawn Rice for a 17-10 lead. That drive was aided by an unnecessary roughness penalty on Maryland's Ahmad McCullough when Purdue would have been facing third-and-long. - Purdue/AP College Football

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QB Aidan OConnell, Purdue
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10/03/22 - Cam Allen, rSr/2024, Purdue + More +

OCT 3 BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Cam Allen, Purdue, S - Sr. - Bluefield, Va. - Graham,...Picked off two passes and recorded four tackles to help Purdue knock off No. 21 Minnesota 20-10...Recorded his second career game with multiple interceptions, both coming against ranked teams, including a key interception in the end zone to keep the Golden Gophers off the board...Led a defense that limited Minnesota, one of the nation's top offenses, to only 10 points and 47 rushing yards (1.8 yards per rush)...Earns the second Defensive Player of the Week accolade of his career...Last Purdue Defensive Player of the Week: Jalen Graham (Nov. 1, 2021). - Big Ten Football

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FS Cam Allen, Purdue
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10/01/22 - Cam Allen, rSr/2024, Purdue + More +

Devin Mockobee rushed for 102 yards and a late touchdown to pad Purdue's lead, and the Boilermakers defense fueled yet another takedown of a ranked opponent in a 20-10 victory over No. 21 Minnesota on Saturday. Cam Allen had two of Purdue's three interceptions of Tanner Morgan, one in the end zone in the second quarter and another in the closing minutes. Quarterback Aidan O'Connell returned from a one-game injury absence for the Boilermakers (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) and bounced back from two first-half interceptions to direct two drives for scores in the final 5 minutes. With star Mohamed Ibrahim held out after what appeared to be a minor ankle injury in Minnesota's previous game, the Gophers (4-1, 1-1) were stifled on the ground for just 47 yards on 26 attempts. After so many shootouts between these teams over the years, the defenses ruled the day and the Boilermakers got the better of it to stop a four-game losing streak to Minnesota.

The Spoilermakers is more like it. They beat No. 2 Iowa and No. 3 Michigan State last season and three ranked teams in 2018. This time, they knocked off a Gophers team that outscored its first four opponents 183-24. The only other teams in the FBS that hadn't trailed entering this week were Georgia and Washington. The Boilermakers had three turnovers and three three-and-outs over seven straight scoreless possessions, until O'Connell found a rhythm on a 70-yard march midway through the fourth quarter that set up Mitchell Fineran's second field goal of the game for a 13-10 lead with 4:57 left. Charlie Jones, who had 41 catches and seven touchdowns over the first four games to lead the FBS, had six receptions for 55 yards. Jones caught a 28-yard pass on the drive to get the Boilermakers in prime position to pull ahead. - Purdue/AP College Football

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