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Elijah Sindelar didn't quite want to go there.

After it was all done — after Purdue's junior-to-be QB had played the final three-plus games with a torn ACL and had helped lead the Boilermakers to a bowl and to a victory in that bowl, meaning an above-.500 season — Sindelar had to have taken a moment to just be in awe, in a way, of his performance, right?

Had to have taken a minute to think, "Did I really just do that?"

And then allowed some pleasure and, maybe even, pride to sink in?

Because the numbers Sindelar racked up while playing with an injured left knee were remarkable, even if Purdue fans had seen one of their QBs play at a high level before without an ACL. In the second half against Northwestern — Sindelar tore the ligament in the first half, though it was initially diagnosed as an MCL sprain before an MRI later revealed the more serious result — and then in the final three games of the season, Sindelar completed 95-of-155 (61 percent) of his passes for 1,081 yards and 12 touchdowns. He had only two interceptions.

“I don’t deserve the credit, at all. It’s not me that did this,” Sindelar said Wednesday in his first interview since the extent of the injury was revealed. “I feel like God plays through me and He’s looking out for me. So I don’t think, ‘Man, I can’t believe what I just did.’ No. I’m like, ‘I can’t believe, God, what you just did for me.’ So it’s a little different mindset. And I hate tooting my own horn. I hate getting praise and glory. Any time I do, I try to direct to God because I wouldn’t be able to play without him.”