Purdue finally released its 2017 roster this weekend and, as expected, there was some official attrition. We have tried to keep track of the comings and goings over the summer, piecing together who has left via Twitter and other rumors. It has made for a patchwork scholarship grid, but we did finally get under the limit for 2017. The 2018 situation is a mess though. Here is the official roster before we look at the scholarship grid:
Purdue Football Scholarship Grid 7/31/2017
| Player | Position | ('17-'18) | ('18-'19) | ('19-'20) | ('20-'21) | ('21-'22) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | ('17-'18) | ('18-'19) | ('19-'20) | ('20-'21) | ('21-'22) |
| Dave Steinmetz | OL | Grad Transfer | ||||
| TJ McCollum | LB | Grad Transfer | ||||
| Josh Okonye | DB | Grad Transfer | ||||
| Da'Wan Hunte | CB | Senior (5) | ||||
| Antoine Miles | DE | Senior (5) | ||||
| Danny Ezechukwu | LB | Senior (5) | ||||
| Anthony Mahoungou | WR | Senior | ||||
| Gelen Robinson | DE | Senior | ||||
| Gregory Phillips | WR | Senior | ||||
| Ja'Whaun Bentley | LB | Senior | ||||
| Christopher Parker | S | Senior | ||||
| Kamal Hardy | CB | Senior | ||||
| Austin Larkin | DE | Senior | ||||
| Corey Holmes | WR | Grad Transfer | Grad Transfer | |||
| Shane Evans | OG | Grad Transfer | Grad Transfer | |||
| Spencer Evans | K | Grad Transfer | Grad Transfer | |||
| Dexter Knox | RB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Bearooz Yacoobi | OL | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Cole Herdman | TE | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| David Blough | QB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Keiwan Jones | DT | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Kirk Barron | C | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Tim Cason | CB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Will Colmery | DT | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
| Rob Simmons | DE | Junior | Senior | |||
| Ben Makowksi | LS | Junior | Senior | |||
| TJ Jallow | S | Junior | Senior | |||
| Ethan Smart | OL | Junior | Senior | |||
| Joe Schopper | P | Junior | Senior | |||
| Markell Jones | RB | Junior | Senior | |||
| Eddy Wilson | DT | Junior | Senior | |||
| Isaac Zico | WR | Junior | Senior | |||
| Ray Ellis | DT | Junior | Senior | |||
| Terry Wright | WR | Junior | Senior | |||
| Markus Bailey | LB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Tario Fuller | RB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Andy Chelf | S | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Brycen Hopkins | TE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Chazmyn Turner | DE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Elijah Sindelar | QB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Jess Trussell | TE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Matt McCann | OT | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Michael Little | CB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Michael Mendez | OL | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Peyton Truitt | OL | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Richard Worship | RB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Sawyer Dawson | LB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
| Kai Higgins | DE | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
| Josh Hayes | CB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
| Alex Criddle | DT | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
| Navon Mosley | S | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
| Jack Wegher | RB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
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