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4 Days to Purdue Football: Ja’Whaun Bentley and Keith Byars II

One of today's players is perhaps the best linebacker we have produced in a decade. He is only a sophomore, too. The other is a legacy still waiting to make a mark.

Glenarden, MD (DeMatha Catholic HS)

6'2", 260 pounds

Linebacker

2015 Projection: Starting middle linebacker

I cannot proper state how excited I am to have Bentley. The freshman has only been a starter from day 1 at a position of grave need. He shifted to middle linebacker midseason when Sean Robinson went down and went on to be named a freshman All-American.