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07/26/20 - *Rondale Moore, rSo/2021, Purdue + More +

2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: WR Rondale Moore, Purdue,...Moore was off to a fast start to the 2019 season, hauling in 29 receptions for 387 yards and two touchdowns, before missing the final eight games due to injury. Moore was electric as a true freshman in 2018, wrapping up the season with 114 receptions for 1,258 yards and 12 touchdown catches. His 14 total scores on the year tied for eighth in school history. Moore broke the single-season (2,215) and individual game (313) school records for all-purpose yards. - Purdue Football

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WR *Rondale Moore, Purdue
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07/25/20 - George Karlaftis, Jr/2022, Purdue + More +

2020 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: DE George Karlaftis, Purdue,...Karlaftis is coming off a true freshman season that saw him lead the Boilermakers with 17.0 tackles for loss and tied for the team lead with 7.5 sacks in 2019. Starting all 12 games, he was fourth on the team with 54 total tackles, including 30 solo stops. A second-team All-Big Ten selection by the media, Karlaftis was named a first-team Associated Press Freshman All-American upon the conclusion of the season. - Purdue Football

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DE George Karlaftis, Purdue
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07/25/20 - *Rondale Moore, rSo/2021, Purdue + More +

2020 PRESEASON PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST: Rondale Moore, Purdue,...Moore is on the watch lists of three major national awards, as well, having been cited as a player to keep tabs on by the Biletnikoff Award last week... Started four games in 2019 before injury...Had 29 receptions for 387 yards and two touchdowns...Returned nine kickoffs for 151 yards...Recorded 11 receptions for 124 yards and a touchdown at Nevada on Aug. 30. - Purdue Football

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WR *Rondale Moore, Purdue
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07/25/20 - Lorenzo Neal, rSr/2021, Purdue + More +

2020 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: DT Lorenzo Neal, Purdue,...Neal, a three-year starter for the Boilermakers, is looking to make his return in 2020 after missing the entire 2019 campaign due to injury...Honorable mention All-Big Ten in 2018...Finished with 30 tackles, including 17 solo stops, with 3.0 tackles for loss and a sack on the season. - Purdue Football

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DT Lorenzo Neal, Purdue
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07/25/20 - Lorenzo Neal, rSr/2021, Purdue + More +

2020 OUTLAND TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: DT Lorenzo Neal, Purdue,...Team co-captain in 2019...Did not play...Honorable mention All-Big Ten in 2018...Finished with 30 tackles, including 17 solo stops, with 3.0 tackles for loss and a sack on the season. - Purdue Football

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DT Lorenzo Neal, Purdue
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07/25/20 - Derrick Barnes, Sr/2021, Purdue + More +

2020 BUTKUS AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST: Derrick Barnes, Purdue,...Barnes started all 12 games in 2019...Finished second on the team with 63 tackles, including 47 solo stops, 11.0 tackles for loss...Tied for the team lead with 7.5 sacks...Broke up a pair of passes, and recovered and forced a fumble. - Purdue Football

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ILB Derrick Barnes, Purdue
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07/22/20 - George Karlaftis, Jr/2022, Purdue + More +

2020 LOTT IMPACT TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST: GEORGE KARLAFTIS, Purdue, DE, 6-4, 265, West Lafayette, IN: Big freshman season last year with 17 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks; Named 2nd team All-Big Ten. - Lott Impact Trophy

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DE George Karlaftis, Purdue
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07/20/20 - *Rondale Moore, rSo/2021, Purdue + More +

2020 PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST: Rondale Moore, Purdue,...Moore was off to a fast start to the 2019 season, hauling in 29 receptions for 387 yards and two touchdowns, before missing the final eight games due to injury. Moore was electric as a true freshman in 2018, wrapping up the season with 114 receptions for 1,258 yards and 12 touchdown catches. His 14 total scores on the year tied for eighth in school history. Moore broke the single-season (2,215) and individual game (313) school records for all-purpose yards.

Moore was named the first true freshman consensus All-American in Big Ten history in 2018, while also winning the Paul Hornung Award as the nation's most versatile player. He was voted the Big Ten Wide Receiver and Freshman of the Year, and first-team All-Big Ten as both a wide receiver and kick returner. - Purdue Football

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WR *Rondale Moore, Purdue
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07/20/20 - George Karlaftis, Jr/2022, Purdue + More +

2020 PRESEASON BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: DE George Karlaftis, Purdue,...Karlaftis is coming off a true freshman season that saw him lead the Boilermakers with 17.0 tackles for loss and tied for the team lead with 7.5 sacks in 2019. Starting all 12 games, he was fourth on the team with 54 total tackles, including 30 solo stops. A second-team All-Big Ten selection by the media, Karlaftis was named a first-team Associated Press Freshman All-American upon the conclusion of the season. - Purdue Football

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DE George Karlaftis, Purdue
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07/20/20 - *David Bell, Jr/2022, Purdue + More +

2020 PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST: David Bell, Purdue,...Bell is coming off a true freshman season that saw him tie for the most receptions (86) in the Big Ten in 2019. He finished the season catching at least one pass in all 12 games, and ended the year with 1,035 yards receiving and seven touchdowns. A first-team Associated Press Freshman All-American, Bell was voted the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. - Purdue Football

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WR *David Bell, Purdue
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07/10/20 - *Rondale Moore, rSo/2021, Purdue + More +

When Rondale Moore injured his hamstring last season against Minnesota, which forced him to miss the final eight games of the season, college football lost one of its most electric players. Not having the first consensus true freshman All-American in Big Ten history was too much for the team to absorb, along with a rash of injuries on offense. Moore's healthy now, and participated in Purdue's spring practices before COVID-19 shut them down. Jack Plummer and Aidan O'Connell manned the QB spot for most of the season after Eljiah Sindelar was hurt. Sindelar graduated and won't return, and Purdue brought in UCLA transfer Austin Burton to compete with Plummer and O'Connell for the starting job. Whomever wins the spot must get Moore back to the explosive, playmaking heights of his freshman season. Moore is projected as one of the top wide receiver prospects in the 2021 NFL draft, so it is likely his last season in West Lafayette. If the quarterback does his job, Moore should make defensive coordinators nervous all season. - Wisconsin State Journal

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WR *Rondale Moore, Purdue
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05/25/20 - *Rondale Moore, rSo/2021, Purdue + More +

From a statistical standpoint, it will be hard to match his freshman season since Purdue has more weapons on offense (David Bell, Milton Wright, etc.) and spread the production around. However, the additional weapons should give Moore some freedom since defenses need to respect the other players on the field. Yes, this should be his last year in college. He's on track to graduate and head to the NFL. - Lafayette Journal & Courier

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WR *Rondale Moore, Purdue
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05/07/20 - *Rondale Moore, rSo/2021, Purdue + More +

Next year's NFL Draft - particularly the first round - is expected to have some local flavor in it. New Albany native and Purdue sophomore Rondale Moore will very likely hear commissioner Roger Goodell call his name next April in Cleveland. The standout wide receiver/kicker returner, who had an All-American freshman season with the Boilermakers before being hampered by a leg injury as a sophomore, is a projected first-round pick. In a recent scan of a handful of mock drafts, all five had Moore among the top 30 selections next year.

Last season Moore played in only four games, after suffering an injury in the team's Big 10 opener, finishing with 29 receptions for 387 yards - an average of 13.3 yards per catch and 96.8 yards per game - and two TDs. He, however, appeared to be fully healthy for Purdue's spring practices, before they were canceled due to the coronavirus. "I feel good. I'm at 100 percent," Moore said in early March. "I've just been trying my best to become better." And he continues to work. Earlier this week Chris Vaughn, the founder and CEO of Aspirations Fitness Institution in Louisville, tweeted a video of Moore bench-pressing 405 pounds. "Are we really going to debate who the top receiver in the country is?" read the tweet, which also challenged every wide receiver in the nation to match the lift. "Prerequisite[,] make sure you led the nation in catches as a true freshman and were a consensus All American." - News and Tribune

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WR *Rondale Moore, Purdue
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05/01/20 - *Rondale Moore, rSo/2021, Purdue + More +

Purdue has promoted Domenic Reno to the director of football strength and conditioning. Reno replaces Justin Lovett, who left the program to become the head strength coach for the Los Angeles Rams. Reno is in his fourth season with the Boilermakers, previously serving as the senior associate director of football strength and conditioning starting in 2017 when coach Jeff Brohm took over the program. Reno has worked with Brohm for seven consecutive seasons. "Dom has earned this role and is the perfect fit to lead our strength and conditioning program," Brohm said in a statement. "He has a wealth of experience and expertise in training and developing elite athletes, both in the professional and collegiate ranks. He has worked within our system for several years now and is very familiar with our program and the players. We know he will do a great job." Reno was named the 2017 National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. The award considers all assistant coaches working across the country in collegiate athletics. - Journal and Courier

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WR *Rondale Moore, Purdue
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04/20/20 - Austin Burton, rSr/2023, Purdue + More +

Purdue's quarterback room doesn't feature the experience it's had in the past with David Blough and Elijah Sindelar. Jeff Brohm has taken a step to add a veteran presence to the group. It comes in the form of Austin Burton, who told the Journal & Courier on Monday he plans to transfer to join Brohm's program after three seasons at UCLA. Burton will graduate in July before coming to West Lafayette where he'll have two years of eligibility. Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports! first reported the news of Burton transferring to Purdue. While the addition of a graduate transfer nearly always points to immediate playing time, Burton said that's not the case.

If Burton plays, he'll have to win the job competing against Jack Plummer and Aidan O'Connell. "Nothing is promised," Burton said from his home in Newton, Massachusetts. "It is just an opportunity to get the chance to be the starter. It's earned. There's going to be a lot of competition, which I love, and that's how it should be. Anywhere you go, no matter who you are, you have to come in, compete and earn it." Plummer and O'Connell appeared in a combined 15 games last season after Sindelar suffered a concussion and shoulder injury during the first month. Plummer made his first start against Texas Christian; O'Connell started his first game at Northwestern in November after Plummer broke his ankle against Nebraska. - Journal and Courier

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