While Purdue did not lose a linebacker to graduation, they did lose Tobias Larry, as he left the program before the bowl game. Larry would have been a back up Outside Linebacker this coming year, so our depth at Linebacker takes another hit.
We were probably one of the luckiest teams last year. We had very little depth at linebacker and we did not sustain a lengthy injury to any starting linebacker. A few plays may have been missed, but nothing major.
We return our three starting linebackers in Markus Bailey, Derrick Barkes and Cornel Jones.