The unofficial kickoff of football season with Big Ten Media Days is just around the corner. That event is in Chicago late next week and today Purdue football announced the three players it would be sending to Media Days.
Markus Bailey - Purdue’s senior linebacker led the team with 115 tackles last season and put the exclamation point on the 49-20 beatdown of No. 2 Ohio State with his 41-yard pick-six in the closing minutes. He added 5.5 sacks and 9 tackles for loss. He is expected to be one of the best linebackers in the conference this season.