All-in-all, the 2021 recruiting class could have been much, much worse. The Boilermakers finished strong, adding 2 key defensive pieces (Karlaftis and Grigsby...more on them later) and a crucial offensive lineman in Marcus Mbow. This class was always going to be small after a multitude of oversigns in the previous recruiting classes put the staff in a serious numbers crunch, but if you’re going to be in a numbers crunch, 2021 isn’t a bad year to be in one.
Quarterback
This class didn’t need a quarterback after Coach Brohm brought in Austin Burton over the summer, making a packed quarterback room even more crowded, and it’s a good thing, because they didn’t land one.