Purdue gets involved with junior college offensive lineman
As Purdue inevitably looks for immediate help not only for its offensive line for next season, attention will be paid to the junior college market, among other avenues.
One apparent possibility: Max Schumann of the College of DuPage in Chicagoland.
The 6-foot-4, 300-pounder and St. Charles East High School product fielded a verbal scholarship offer from Boilermaker staff members last week, he said.
Schumann plays center, a position Purdue told him it may be in the market for help.
"I was a bit shocked by it, especially it being my first (offer)," Schumann said. "It did come out of the blue."
After playing mostly guard as a freshman at the College of DuPage, Schumann has played seven games this season at center.
"I think of myself as a well-balanced player," Schumann said. "In high school I ran the triple option so I grew fond of being a run-blocker. It’s still the same now. Our offense is top 10 in yards per carry in the country right now. In JUCO, I started to learn more and more about the game and my football IQ has gone up significantly. And it’s helped me adjust myself and others to the defenses we see."
Schumann said Indiana has also come by his school, and that a few smaller schools are also recruiting him.
Purdue offered to host him for a game-day visit in coming weeks, which is yet to be scheduled, and that would seem like the next step in a process between school and player the verbal offer might have just begun.
"I’m ecstatic honestly," Schumann said. "It’s an accumulation of all the hard work and all the people who have helped me get to this point and I can’t thank them more than enough."
Purdue is also expected to be active in the offensive line graduate transfer market when the time comes.
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