The first LOI is fresh off the fax machine and it is Josh Hayes according to the official Purdue football twitter:
Pleased to announce Josh Hayes is OFFICIALLY a Boilermaker! #BoilerUp - @JoshHayes_8 pic.twitter.com/ENzWrtF4XL
— Purdue Football (@BoilerFootball) February 3, 2016
Hayes is one of the few Indiana commitments from Pike High School in Indianapolis. Pike is usually known as a basketball school (remember David Teague and Rodney Smith?), but in recent seasons their football program has played some pretty meaningful games. This past season they were 4-6, but played in the always difficult Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference with the likes of Ben Davis, Center Grove, Carmel, and Warren Central.