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ey and John Strauser, some of the earliest players to commit to Hope this recruiting season and three of the signing class��� higher-regarded inclusion, particularly Etling, considered one of the top quarterback prospects nationally. ���I stayed because I met Coach Hazell, and I realized he was going to put together a great staff and college football is much more than playing football,��� Etling said. ���I wanted to play for a coach and coaches that were going to turn me into a great human being after I graduate and turn me into a great husband, a great brother, and a great friend and that is what Coach Hazell is going to do for me. Also, being an in-state kid, it is great to win, but it means a lot more to be able to win in-state and that���s what I want to do and I can do that at Purdue.��� That���s the plan for Hazell and the seven assistant coaches he currently has in place, with two more to be hired. On signing day, Hazell deferred mostly to his seven sitting coaches to do most of the talking about the individual signees, a group highlighted by four running backs and a slew of defensive signees Tom Campbell who���ll have to factor heavily into a unit Coach Darrell Hazell talks about his first Purdue recruting class during Wednesday���s National Signing Day press conferthat projects to need significant shortecne. The new Boilermaker boss had less than a month to assemble the class after starting at Purdue full time on Jan. 7. and long-term help. Among the most pressing needs was ousted coach Danny Hope. ���That���s where son without having any concerns.��� defensive end, where Purdue added a pair you start to win championships, when Priority No. 1 for Hazell in December of highly regarded prospects in Ohio���s Anyou have guys you can trust and you can was locking down the commitments of toine Miles and Illinois��� Evan Panfil in the count on, guys who you could watch your early enrollees Danny Etling, David Yanc- final month, to go along with Strauser and volume 23, EX 21 ��� feb. 11, 2013 Inside | Hazell meets with fans 8-9 | Football notes 10���12 Boilers fall to MSU 15���16 | Women drop two straight 23-24 Quick Assembly of Hazell���s first class BY BRIAN NEUBERT BNeubert@GoldandBlack.com literThe verbal commitmentsin camestaff���s ally one top of the other January for Purdue, as part of Darrell Hazell and mad scramble to fill out a 2013 recruiting class inherited at about half capacity. Of the 23 players who signed with the Boilermakers on Wednesday, 11 ��� 12 if you count a preferred walk-on not included in the official signing class, Garrett Hudson ��� committed in the final three weeks before signing day. To illustrate the breakneck pace at which Purdue filled its class just before signing day, consider the case of Atlanta wide receiver DeAngelo Yancey. He was first contacted by Purdue on a Tuesday. By Saturday, he was on campus for an official visit. By Saturday night, he was committed. The calendar was restrictive, but Hazell is convinced quality was not compromised. ���We just have so much quality coming into the program,��� said Hazell, who inherited a dozen recruits who committed to GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 21��� ������ 1