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Purdue spring football starts late February, game April 7

Markus Bailey will be the leader of Purdue's defense, starting in the spring.
Markus Bailey will be the leader of Purdue's defense, starting in the spring. (Tom Campbell)

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Purdue's second spring football session under Jeff Brohm will begin Feb. 26.

The school revealed the 15-practice schedule Wednesday, and all practices will be open to the public. The spring will be capped by the spring game April 7, though no time was announced. It'll be in Ross-Ade Stadium.

The Boilermakers are coming off their first winning season since 2012, finishing with a 38-35 victory over Arizona in the Foster Farms Bowl in Santa Clara, Calif., in late December.

Purdue returns the bulk of its offense, but the most experienced quarterbacks likely won't participate in spring ball. David Blough wants to be, but Elijah Sindelar is coming off ACL surgery. It'll be an interesting group of practices for Nick Holt's defense, which lost most of its key contributors and starters from one of the country's most-improved units a year ago.

The schedule is as follows: Feb. 26, Feb. 28, March 1, March 5, March 7, March 19, March 21, March 23, March 26, March 28, March 30, March 31, April 2 and April 4. All practices except March 31 are scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. March 31 is the only Saturday non-game practice, and it starts at 10 a.m.

Practices will be held either indoors at Mollenkopf or outdoors at the Bimel complex, depending on weather.

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