GoldandBlack.com's 20-year Purdue player draft: Pick No. 32
To help commemorate the 20-year anniversary of Purdue's magical turnaround 1997 season, GoldandBlack.com's staff will break up the rosters and select the best players to wear a Boilermaker uniform since Coach Joe Tiller's first season on the sidelines.
GoldandBlack.com's 20-year Purdue player draft will have 100 players chosen — two picks each weekday over the next 10 weeks. Boilermakers who were on Purdue rosters between 1997-2017 are eligible for selection. The draft order is Alan Karpick, Stacy Clardie, Kyle Charters and Brian Neubert.
Neubert continues his path to utter domination at No. 32 ...
Draft ticker: No. 1-31
When we began this little endeavor, there were a handful of names I immediately wrote down as must-haves, big-time value guys I figured I could grab in the middle rounds to sucker-punch my esteemed colleagues.
Dennis Kelly was pretty high on that list. And for good reason.
It's a short list of great offensive tackles Purdue's had in this 20-year time frame. Kelly might not have enjoyed the starpower some of his predecessors did or benefit from the sort of quarterback play that made offensive lines better, but he was really, really good, as his sustained NFL stint has backed up.
I like my tackles tall and long and mobile and Kelly was all of these things, without sacrificing size. Remember, this guy was a 215-pound high school tight end when Purdue first took his commitment as a greyshirt. He was a great story.
And, personally, he's fun, and I like fun. Sit down and talk pro wrestling with Kelly sometime.
Love this pick.
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