Purdue scored another crucial recruiting win today when Marvin Grant, a composite 4* 6’2, 200 pound safety out of Martin Luther King High School in Detroit, Michigan, announced his verbal commitment to Purdue.
Any 4* commitment is obviously huge for Purdue, but Grant’s commitment is particularly significant because it comes at a position of desperate need. Purdue technically only has 2 scholarship safeties on the roster this season, former walk-on Jacob Thieneman (SR) and Navon Mosley (JR). Thieneman is gone after this year, opening up a starting spot in the secondary, and Grant appears to have his eye on early playing time.