Scouting the Boilermakers

This Season

Purdue is 4-2 and has won four of the last five games. The Boilermakers lost the opener at Notre Dame and lost the fourth game to Toledo. The wins were against Western Illinois, Ball State, Northwestern, and last week against Minnesota.

 

Offense

Purdue has been riddled with injuries, losing starting QB Robert Marve, running back Ralph Bolden, and the main receiver Keith Smith all with torn ACLs. The next best receiver will miss the OSU game and likely a couple more with a sprained foot. Stepping in for QB has been redshirt freshman Rob Henry who has 210 passing yards and 189 rushing yards in two starts. At RB lately has been Dan Dierking with 353 yards on the ground and four touchdowns.

 

Defense

The leader on defense is DL Ryan Kerrigan with 28 tackles. He is second in the NCAA with 14 tackles for loss and leads the Big Ten with 5.5 sacks and three forced fumbles. He will be playing on Sundays next year.