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Purdue Football Team to honor the late Doug Boersma

The Purdue football team has announced their helmets will feature a new sticker this year honoring Doug Boersma, the former Senior Associate Athletic Director for Performance and Sports Medicine.

Our helmets will feature a special sticker during the 2023 season in remembrance of senior associate athletics director for performance and sports medicine Doug Boersma, who passed away in June at the age of 48.

Right there with us for every play. #BoilerUp pic.twitter.com/Vft1xbc7DZ— Purdue Football (@BoilerFootball) August 28, 2023

Boersma who passed away in June at the age of 48 was an avid outdoorsman in his free time and the remembrance sticker features a silhouette of him fishing.