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30 Days to Purdue Football: Cody Denton

Related Topics: Walk-on (sports)

West Central High School in the middle of nowhere is rarely a place to look for football talent, but Purdue has found a walk-on cornerback from there.

Francesville, IN (West Central HS)

5'11", 170 pounds

Cornerback

2016 Projection: Reserve at cornerback

Franceville, Indiana is pretty much a dot on a map about 40 miles straight north of West Lafayette, and West Central HS is one of the smallest high schools in the state with a football team. It has less than 300 students, so Denton is a player that had to play both ways out of necessity.