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Purdue Football Recruiting: The Curious Case of In-State Prospects

Indiana, in recent years, has really picked up in terms of football talent.

On a regular basis, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Iowa have come into this state and stolen these kids.

Jeff Brohm is doing his best to stop that.

The Legend and I were discussing in state recruits last night. How many of times top tier Indiana talent end up on the Ohio State roster, just to fill scholarship numbers. After looking at stats, he really isn’t wrong.

The Legend’s exact quote was “OSU and Michigan play defense in Indiana. They take kids to fill out their roster who would be big time contributors if they went to either IU or Purdue.