Top 250 Purdue Recruits (since 2001)

[KentuckyBoiler]

We all know that recruiting ranking is just one service's opinion over another one. I saw this on 247Sports, and I thought it was interesting. It looks like it goes back to the class of 2001. It looks like it gives our top 250 ranked Purdue high school/Juco recruits over the last 18 years.

It was interesting to see some of these names on Purdue's All Time Recruits. I had forgotten so many of these names until I saw them again. It is interesting that our current class placed 3 in the top 10, and that our biggest star on our current roster was only 10th, which shows that recruit rankings are definitely not an exact science.

https://247sports.com/college/purdue/Sport/Football/AllTimeRecruits/

The top 10 from 247Sports in case you are not interesting in seeing the whole list:
1. Selywn Lymon - class of 2005
2. Doug Van Dyke - class of 2003
3. George Karlaftis - class of 2019
4. Kyle Orton - class of 2001
5. David Bell - class of 2019
6. J.B. Paxson - class of 2005
7. Ryan Watson - class of 2012
8. Brian Ellis - class of 2007
9. Milton Wright - class of 2019
10. Rondale Moore - class of 2018

 

[izakman]

It doesn't mention our only 5-Star ... Kyle 'Bonecrusher' Williams. Williams left Iowa and only played a part of a season for the Boilermakers.

 

[izakman]

Here is the top 25; according to ... https://247sports.com/college/purdue/Sport/Football/AllTimeRecruits/

1. Selywn Lymon - class of 2005
2. Doug Van Dyke - class of 2003
3. George Karlaftis - class of 2019
4. Kyle Orton - class of 2001
5. David Bell - class of 2019
6. J.B. Paxson - class of 2005
7. Ryan Watson - class of 2012
8. Brian Ellis - class of 2007
9. Milton Wright - class of 2019
10. Rondale Moore - class of 2018
11. Marvin Grant - Class of 2019
12. Ken Plue - Class of 2008
13. Garret Bushong - Class of 2003
14. Anthony Chambers - Class of 2002
15. Bruce Gordon - Class of 2004
16. Brandon Kirsch - Class of 2002
17. Dorien Bryant - Class of 2004
18. Ryan Baker - Class of 2004
19. Jason Kacinko - Class of 2005
20. Danny Etling - Class of 2013
21. O.J. Ross - Class of 2010
22. Robert Gregory - Class of 2012
23. Steven Faucheux - Class of 2019
24. Jeff Lindsay - Class of 2006
25. Mershawn Rice - Class of 2019

Looking back, there were some great players and some busts.
Looking forward, 7 of our all-time top 25 (according to 247) are currently enrolled or are preparing to enroll.

 

[Bullwhip Griffith]

Sad that two of the top ten never showed up and one left a few days after camp started

 

[Chi-Boiler]

So what is that, only 2 of the 6 "former" players in the top 10 even played significant time at Purdue? I don't even remember Ellis.

 

[nat100]

So what is that, only 2 of the 6 "former" players in the top 10 even played significant time at Purdue? I don't even remember Ellis.

Lymon played 2 years
Orton started 4 years
Watson played quite a bit his last 2 years on campus. Unfortunately, he was hazelled. Probably should have been a guard instead of a DT.

Ellis was a LB recruit that never qualified to enroll.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Yeah I was talking Orton and Watson. As far as I remember, Lymon had 1 monster game and that's about it so I wasn't including him.

 

[nat100]

Yeah I was talking Orton and Watson. As far as I remember, Lymon had 1 monster game and that's about it so I wasn't including him.

Ahh, cant disagree.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

So what is that, only 2 of the 6 "former" players in the top 10 even played significant time at Purdue? I don't even remember Ellis.

Lymon had the big game against ND, and got into a paintball incident that night and went downhill from there.

 

[LonestarBoilerFan]

Lymon's career stats. Either did not have the drive and desire or the discipline or all the above to realize his potential. He could have been special.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/selwyn-lymon-1.html

 

[nat100]

Lymon's career stats. Either did not have the drive and desire or the discipline or all the above to realize his potential. He could have been special.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/selwyn-lymon-1.html

Whats funny is, those were bad numbers during the tiller years but would have been team leading under Hazell.

 

[FirstDownB]

7 of our all-time top 25 (according to 247) are currently enrolled or are preparing to enroll.

That is an incredible stat. Has to be some sort of record. Hopefully these seven have different fates than many others on that top 25 list. I have a belief that Purdue in the past has gotten some 5 stars who just want to be the big fish in the small pond, and that hardly ever works out well. I suspect with the culture Brohm has created he will have better results.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

Whats funny is, those were bad numbers during the tiller years but would have been team leading under Hazell.

I am sure there are a lot of stats like that where that is true

 

[Kombtoom1]

It doesn't mention our only 5-Star ... Kyle 'Bonecrusher' Williams. Williams left Iowa and only played a part of a season for the Boilermakers.

Didn’t Boncreusher get released from prison last year?

 

[izakman]

Didn’t Boncreusher get released from prison last year?

I don't think so. He has sentences to serve in two different states. 10 years in Illinois after 37 in Indiana.
http://prev.dailyherald.com/story/?id=156411

 

[JohnnyDoeBoiler]

Lymon's career stats. Either did not have the drive and desire or the discipline or all the above to realize his potential. He could have been special.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/selwyn-lymon-1.html

He was also....stabbed. So there was that.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Here is the top 25; according to ... https://247sports.com/college/purdue/Sport/Football/AllTimeRecruits/

1. Selywn Lymon - class of 2005
2. Doug Van Dyke - class of 2003
3. George Karlaftis - class of 2019
4. Kyle Orton - class of 2001
5. David Bell - class of 2019
6. J.B. Paxson - class of 2005
7. Ryan Watson - class of 2012
8. Brian Ellis - class of 2007
9. Milton Wright - class of 2019
10. Rondale Moore - class of 2018
11. Marvin Grant - Class of 2019
12. Ken Plue - Class of 2008
13. Garret Bushong - Class of 2003
14. Anthony Chambers - Class of 2002
15. Bruce Gordon - Class of 2004
16. Brandon Kirsch - Class of 2002
17. Dorien Bryant - Class of 2004
18. Ryan Baker - Class of 2004
19. Jason Kacinko - Class of 2005
20. Danny Etling - Class of 2013
21. O.J. Ross - Class of 2010
22. Robert Gregory - Class of 2012
23. Steven Faucheux - Class of 2019
24. Jeff Lindsay - Class of 2006
25. Mershawn Rice - Class of 2019

Looking back, there were some great players and some busts.
Looking forward, 7 of our all-time top 25 (according to 247) are currently enrolled or are preparing to enroll.

Surprised Kevin Noel wasn’t on that list. A.T. Simpson was another one, but he was before 2001 I think.

 

[nat100]

Surprised Kevin Noel wasn’t on that list. A.T. Simpson was another one, but he was before 2001 I think.

Both pre rivals

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Both pre rivals

Wasn’t Noel in ortons class?

 

[nat100]

Wasn’t Noel in ortons class?

Yes.

 

[ImRonBurgandy?]

Bonecrusher was a transfer I believe, so not included.

 

[wallyboiler79]

Yes.

Kevin Noel was a student of mine. Geometry. Nice kid.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

Bonecrusher was a transfer I believe, so not included.

He had originally committed to Iowa

 

[Lee3370]

Crazy how many of the 2019 class are in the top 25.

25% to be exact although its only 5% of the 19 year period. Brohm is probably the best recruiter Purdue has ever had, even more than Tiller. This program can really ascend to the top pretty quickly, especially since we play in the West division.

 

[SDBoiler1]

Crazy how many of the 2019 class are in the top 25.

25% to be exact although its only 5% of the 19 year period. Brohm is probably the best recruiter Purdue has ever had, even more than Tiller. This program can really ascend to the top pretty quickly, especially since we play in the West division.

As a HC, he’s probably the best along with Mollenkopf. Fat Jack got a lot of great players to come to Purdue.