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Purdue Football: New Faces to Know – Bisi Owens
Bisi Owens *Click name for official Purdue Bio Bio Position: Wide Receiver Height: 6’4” Weight: 215 Hometown: Cooksville, Maryland High School: Glenelg High School (Glenelg, Maryland) Recruiting Class: 2022 Former Team: Penn Eligibility Remaining: 1 Season – Redshirt Senior High School Recruiting Rankings: Unrated / Unranked Transfer Portal Rankings: 3*(86.5) – National Rank: 789 – Wide Receiver: 114 High School High School […]
Purdue Football: New Faces to Know – Nuku Mafi
Nuku Mafi *Click on name for official Purdue Bio Bio Position: Tackle Height: 6’4” Weight: 330 Hometown: Rose Park, Utah High School: West (Salt Lake City, Utah) Recruiting Class: 2024 Former Team: Oklahoma State Eligibility Remaining: 3 Seasons – Redshirt Sophomore High School Recruiting Rankings: 3*(85.79) – National Rank: 1067 – Interior Offensive Line Rank: 100 Transfer Portal Rankings: 3*(86) – National […]
Purdue Baseball Hosts Indiana for Final Home Series
As I mentioned earlier this week in the bracketology, there is basically one goal going forward for Purdue baseball: Win. For a program that has only reached the NCAA Tournament three times in its 100+ year history, getting to May 8 still in consideration for the postseason is spectacular. That is especially true in a […]
A Look Back at Purdue Basketball: Daniel Jacobsen
2025-2026 Season Stats: 39 games (0 starts)12.9 minutes5.5 points64.6% FG%37.5 3pt% (3/8)3.0 rebounds.3 assists.1 steals1.2 blocks.5 turnovers* Set career highs in sophomore season due to injury in freshman season 2025-2026 Season Awards / Honors: No awards or honors Season Retrospective: After a freshman season that was frustratingly cut short just one game (and 90 seconds) […]
Spring Ball Review: Quarterbacks
For the first time in years, there is a clear-cut number one quarterback going into the summer and months and the fall. Ryan Browne returned to the Boilermakers to lead the offense that struggled mightily during the 2025 season. While Brown had his fair share of struggles leading the offense, he was not surrounded by […]
Purdue Baseball Gains Huge Sweep of Murray State
Just a week afterg oing 0-4 and falling out of the projected NCAA Tournament field Purdue baseball reversed course and had a 4-0 week to get back into contention for a bid. It began with a midweek win over Southern Indiana 5-1. Considering that Purdue’s pitching had been lit up in recent midweek affairs, giving […]
A Look Back (and ahead) Purdue Men’s Basketball: Jack Lusk
As we continue our journey through the Purdue men’s basketball roster for 2026-2027 we come to #9 Jack Lusk. Lusk is a senior walk on and the son of Purdue assistant coach Paul Lusk. Being the sone of one of the coaches has got to be tough. I’m sure Coach Lusk gets on Jack Lusk […]
Boiler Alert Podcast – Purdue Men’s Basketball NBA Draft & Antoine West Jr.
I’m flying solo on this episode of the podcast as Ryan’s computer was updating and told him it would take over 2.5 hours. That’s a no from me on waiting that long. So instead I handled things and chatted with you all updates from the NBA Draft to include NBA Draft Combine invitations as well […]
Ertel Shows He Belongs Among Nation’s Elite at Iverson Classic
In what has become a one of the best concentrations of high school talent over the last decade, the Iverson Classic welcomed some of the best seniors in the country over the last several day. Purdue signee and Indiana Mr. Basketball Luke Ertel joined nineteen other players at the event that honors former Georgetown and […]
Purdue Football: New Faces to Know: Elo Modozie
Elo Modozie (Click on the above link for his official Purdue Bio) Bio Position: Defensive End / Edge Height: 6’4” Weight: 250 Hometown: St. Augustine, Florida High School: Bartram Trail High School (St. Johns, Fl) Recruiting Class: 2023 Former Team(s): Army (2023-2024), Georgia (2025) Eligibility Remaining: 1 under the current system, 2 under the proposed 5-year system High School […]
Purdue Baseball Hosts Murray State
After last weekend’s sweep at the hands of USC Purdue baseball faces a huge weekend if it is going to get back on the good side of the NCAA Tournament bubble. This is the week that Purdue steps outside of the Big Ten since there are 17 baseball playing schools, so each week at least […]
A Look Back (And Ahead) Purdue Men’s Basketball: Sam King
Sam King will return to the Boilermakers for his final season in 2026-2027 after taking the rather unusual step for a walk-on of redshirting. That’s right during the 2025-2026 season Sam King officially redshirted meaning that he has one year of eligibility remaining. Painter and staff clearly think highly of this young man to offer […]
A Look Back at Purdue Basketball: Aaron Fine
Aaron Fine, the lone transfer from the Purdue Basketball Team. He was a standout guard at Noblesville and decided that he first wanted to walk on at Purdue. This past season, he appeared in just 9 games after redshirting the previous season, and decided that a new destination was best for him. Fine would hit […]
Purdue Football: New Faces to Know – Ohifame “Fame” Ijeboi
Ohifame “Fame” Ijeboi (Click on the above link for his official Purdue Bio) Bio Position: Running Back Height: 6’0” Weight: 210 Hometown: Folcroft, Pennsylvania High School: William Penn Charter (Philadelphia, PA) Recruiting Class: 2024 Former Team: Minnesota Eligibility Remaining: 3 Seasons – Redshirt Sophomore High School Recruiting Rankings: 3*(86.8) – National Rank: 842 – Running Back Rank: 67 Transfer Portal […]
A look back at Purdue Basketball: Antione West
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Purdue Baseball Swept by USC
Last week I made a lot out of this weekend’s baseball series with USC. Purdue went on the road needing a good weekend against the best team left on the schedule. Instead, it went 0-3 and is now on a four game losing streak. Here is the quick recap of the weekend: Friday: USC 4, […]
Boiler Alert Podcast: Purdue NFL Draft & CJ Cox Homework
With the NFL Draft over it’s time to take a look at how Purdue football finished up. No one drafted you say? Are you sure? Well, surely there were people with Purdue connections/ties to talk about with this year’s draft…right? Well absolutely there were. On this episode of the podcast we talk about drafted players […]
A Look Back at Purdue Basketball: C.J. Cox
In a season defined by depth and consistency for the Purdue Boilermakers men’s basketball, one of the most important developments was the emergence of sophomore guard C. J. Cox. What began as a promising freshman foundation quickly turned into a true breakout year—one that now positions Cox as a key piece heading into his junior […]
Baseball Faces Critical Series at USC
This weekend is the biggest weekend of not just this season, but for a while for Purdue baseball. The program last made the NCAA Tournament in 2018, when it was a 2 seed in the Chapel Hill regional and went 2-1. The last time Purdue was in position to return to the tournament was in […]
Purdue Football: New Faces to Know – Boaz Stanley
Boaz Stanley Bio Position: OL (Center) Height: 6’4” Weight: 315 Age: 21 Hometown: Bogart, Georgia Recruiting Class: 2023 Former Team(s): Troy, South Carolina Eligibility Remaining: 2 Seasons – Redshirt Junior Transfer Portal Rankings: 3*(88) – National Rank: 313 – Linebacker Rank: 23 High School Stanley played his last two seasons of high school ball right down the road from me at […]
A Look Back at Purdue Basketball: Liam Murphy
I feel like this look back for Liam Murphy is a bit of “Liam Murphy, we hardly knew ye.” Our last profile was on the one year transfer of Oscar Cluff, who undoubtedly had a huge impact on this past season. He was personally responsible for the win at Nebraska and he had a gigantic […]
A Look Back at Purdue Basketball: Oscar Cluff
Oscar Cluff, a man. The big man from Down Under filled an immediate need for Purdue, one that it lacked during the previous season after the broken leg that was sustained by Daniel Jacobsen. Cluff came to Purdue as one of the best rebounders in the country and one of the most efficient rebounders in […]
Boiler Alert Podcast: Purdue Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff Changes
The offseason has been slow so far and it has allowed us to take a bit of a break from the podcast. I know it doesn’t seem like it would take all that much work but when you’re doing it twice a week that’s two nights where you’ve got to work after your kid goes […]
Purdue Baseball Sweeps Ohio State
For the first time in 39 years Purdue has swept Ohio State in a baseball series. It was a virtually perfect weekend at Alexander Field, and the Purdue baseball team stayed red hot in conference play with its second straight sweep and seventh consecutive win against Big Ten opponents. The only team that is hotter […]
Purdue Football: New Faces to Know – Antwon “JoJo” Hayden
Antwon “Jojo” Hayden Bio Position: Linebacker Height: 6’2” Weight: 245 Age: 21 Hometown: East St. Louis, Illinois Recruiting Class: 2023 Former Team: Illinois Eligibility Remaining: 2 Seasons – Redshirt Junior Transfer Portal Rankings: 3*(87) – National Rank: 597 – Linebacker Rank: 53 High School Hayden was considered a mid-3*(86), the 92nd-best linebacker and the 969th overall in the 2023 class, coming out of […]
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