Michigan DL target visited Purdue for second time
After an unofficial visit last month for the Wisconsin game, Southfield A&T (Mich.) defensive end Bryce Austin picked up an offer from the Boilermakers. In December, Austin was back in West Lafayette and described what stood out the second time around.
"When I had went up there before it was a game day, so I wasn't able to sit down and talk with the coaches," Austin explained.
"This time when I went down there I got to sit down and talk to Coach (Jeff) Brohm, Coach (Reggie) Johnson, and I was talking to Eron Hodges. It was like a family atmosphere for them to sit down with the recruits and get to know them better."
The 2020 prospect got to take in a bowl practice and was impressed with what he saw from Johnson and the defensive line.
"They do a lot of stunts with their defensive line and really move them around. The drills and everything that they do are like high school drills and progressions."
Afterwards, the players broke into position meetings with the coaching staff where the three-star prospect got to learn even more about Purdue's defense and interact more with the staff.
"We also did position meetings and Coach Johnson was just breaking down basic defensive schemes and he had us draw on the board some of our favorite plays from high school on our team."
Austin, along with the other recruits visiting, also got to learn more about Purdue and being a student-athlete from the football players themselves.
"They had a player panel," he said. "Recruits and parents were asking the players what goes on at Purdue and how the coaching is and they had nothing but good things to say."
After playing linebacker last year, the 6-foot-2, 259-pound prospect transitioned to the defensive line, where he played both tackle and end.
"This was my first year playing defensive line and had a good season. I had 55 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, and eight sacks."
Along with the Boilermakers, Austin also has offers from Missouri, Pitt, Syracuse, Boston College, Iowa State, and others.
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