GoldandBlack.com's 20-year Purdue player draft: Pick No. 41
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 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.continues his path to utter domination at No. 40 ...
Karpick fills an important void with his 11th overall pick.
Draft ticker: Nos. 1-41
There is work to be done on my defense, especially in the back end. That is why I chose what I viewed as the best athlete available in Anthony Brown at one of my corners. Brown gives my defense the speed it needs at the corner and Brown is an up-and-comer. His stock was rising as he left Purdue after the 2015 season when he made his way on to one of the best NFL rosters, the Dallas Cowboys. There he wasted little time making an impact with 55 tackles and had one pick as a rookie.
Brown never got fully untracked as a Boilermaker as the Purdue defense was dysfunctional, to put it mildly. Yet, as his career progressed, he improved and his Boilermaker career peaked in his senior season when he had three picks in a win over Nebraska.
High-end talent and speed have not been in abundance over the past two decades in the secondary, but Brown's ability to have his career steadily improve and possibly reach its pinnacle in the NFL, made him worthy of my selection.
Membership Info: Sign up for GoldandBlack.com now | Why join? | Questions?
Follow GoldandBlack.com: Twitter | Facebook
More: Gold and Black Illustrated/Gold and Black Express | Subscribe to our podcast
Copyright, Boilers, Inc. 2017. All Rights Reserved. Reproducing or using editorial or graphical content, in whole or in part, without permission, is strictly prohibited