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Last season, Purdue's pitch to in-state players helped it land the two highest-rated prospects in Indiana.

Now, it hopes its message resonates again for the 2020 class, with Deontae Craig in particular.

"They keep telling me they want to build success from within, and that's by keeping the best players home," Craig said. "In George Karlaftis and David Bell, they got the top two players in Indiana in 2019 ... and they just want all the best to stay home and make their program special again."

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