Gophers land OL transfer from Purdue

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I wonder if he has any relation to Jerry Ball
 






Word said:
This guy was an 86, 3-star out of high school with other offers from Duke and Kentucky. Seems solid. Depth at worst.
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Per Ryan Burns’ write up, he also gel offers from OSU and Syracuse via the portal!!
 

Interesting add, I wonder what caused the increased interest compared to when he was in high school.
 



btowngopher said:
Interesting add, I wonder what caused the increased interest compared to when he was in high school.
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Story. Well, I thought maybe got a lot bigger...but that's not it. They do talk about him being an NFL prispect coming out of high school. My guess is he liked our track record for sending OL to the NFL. Why he blew up a bit for interest IDK but I like the pickup and anticipate he'll play for us.
 









Holy Man said:
My Purdue friends say the program is a strip mine and wished us well with our portal additions from their limping program.
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Yeah, has to be rough being a Purdue football fan. Program wasn't great under Tiller but was solid (especially during the Drew Brees years). Brohm looked to kind of have things trending in the right direction before jumping ship, and of course the last 2 years have been brutal.

Can definitely understand why players would want to get out if they have opportunities to go to a more stable program with a better shot of winning.

edit - just looked at Purdue's portal numbers......56 out.....43 in.....wow that is a ton of player movement. Almost Colorado like without the sideshow.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Yeah, has to be rough being a Purdue football fan. Program wasn't great under Tiller but was solid (especially during the Drew Brees years). Brohm looked to kind of have things trending in the right direction before jumping ship, and of course the last 2 years have been brutal.

Can definitely understand why players would want to get out if they have opportunities to go to a more stable program with a better shot of winning.

edit - just looked at Purdue's portal numbers......56 out.....43 in.....wow that is a ton of player movement. Almost Colorado like without the sideshow.
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I thought under Tiller in general they were very good 25 games above 500 in his career there and the Brees years were obviously incredible. That said, I would have enjoyed watching PJ defenses playing against Brees much more than what we fielded back then.
 


Gopherchase said:
I thought under Tiller in general they were very good 25 games above 500 in his career there and the Brees years were obviously incredible. That said, I would have enjoyed watching PJ defenses playing against Brees much more than what we fielded back then.
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I agree that our current defenses might have fared better against Brees but I am not positive of that. I will never forget the 1998 game in West Lafayette. Brees was 31-36 - 522 yards and 6 TD and I can recall many of those passes that day where the coverage was good but the throw was just better.

Far and away the most impressive QB performance I have ever seen in person.
 

MNVCGUY said:
I agree that our current defenses might have fared better against Brees but I am not positive of that. I will never forget the 1998 game in West Lafayette. Brees was 31-36 - 522 yards and 6 TD and I can recall many of those passes that day where the coverage was good but the throw was just better.

Far and away the most impressive QB performance I have ever seen in person.
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Lucky Duck to have gotten to see thst in person!!
 

Just Gopher It!! said:
Lucky Duck to have gotten to see thst in person!!
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Didn't feel real lucky while he was shredding our defense but looking back on it now it was pretty amazing to see one of the greats playing at a really high level before anyone truly knew who he was.

I understood the reservations about his size from some NFL teams but was not shocked at all that he had the career he did. And when he is eligible in 2026 he will be a lock for the HOF.
 

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