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f r o m p u b l i s h e r a l a n ON THE COVER Enthusiasm for Purdue football has been ramped up since the arrival of new coach Darrell Hazell. In early February, he welcomed his first recruiting class, signing 23 members. (Photo by Tom Campbell, design by Gary Hoffman) Gold & Black Illustrated A publication of Boilers, Inc. BOILERS, Inc. 2605 Yeager Road, West Lafayette, IN 47906 765-237-5002 or 1-800-876-GOPU (4678) Fax: 765-497-2110/Twitter.com/GoldandBlackcom President/Publisher Alan Karpick 765-237-5078 AKarpick@GoldandBlack.com Twitter.com/AlanKarpick Editor Brian Neubert BNeubert@GoldandBlack.com Publications Coordinator Kyle Charters KCharters@GoldandBlack.com Staff Writer Stacy Clardie SClardie@GoldandBlack.com P hotography/Cover Photo Tom Campbell Graphic Designer Gary A. 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All letters to Gold & Black Illustrated will be treated as intended for publication and are subject to Gold & Black Illustrated���s right to edit and comment editorially. The Boilers, Inc. officers, shareholders, staff and contributors are not and never have been sanctioned by Purdue University. The views expressed do not represent those of Purdue University or its employees. TABLE OF CONTENTS Leading Off: Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cover Story: 2013 Recruting Class . . . 6 Q&A with Darrell Hazell . . . . . . . . . . . 10 From Brian Neubert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Meet the Class of 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Danny Etling feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Keyante Green feature . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 David Yancey feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 The Great State of Ohio feature . . . . 28 GBIprint.com GoldandBlack.com k a r p i c k Ready To Deliver D arell Hazell has quickly become a man of the come in handy when Purdue faces Purdue people. Whether it be garnering inter- Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Northern est from students, alumni and recruits or capturing Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan State the attention of and Ohio State in his team, the new successive games Boilermaker boss this fall. has a big job ahead It���s a big job to of him. When delivget Purdue consisering Arni���s piztently back to college zas to The Paint football relevance. Crew prior to the But what I have Michigan State seen to date, I don���t game on Feb. 8, think it overwhelms you will notice he Hazell one bit. If it looks relaxed even does, he certainly though he is workisn���t showing it. j ing with both hands to get the job done. In signing 23 members in the 2013 recruiting Tom Campbell class, Hazell was not 2012-13 (Vol. 23) Publishing Schedule only able to hold the Gold and Black Illustrated Print Magazine class of Danny Hope holdovers together for the most Issue Topic Mailing Date part but also add some nice catches in the last couple May/June Spring FB/BB April 30 of weeks. More importantly, he has begun the process July/August FB Preview July 1 of rebuilding Purdue���s base of talent within a 200-300 mile radius of campus, something that wasn���t a focus Gold and Black Express Digital Magazine of the last regime. The little I have been around the We have improved Gold and Black Express with new coach, I can���t help but think he will have his share a more interactive platform. We have included more of success on the recruiting trail. videos and photos to enhance your reading experience. He is relatively soft-spoken, but when talks, he has We still send an e-mail bulletin when we post the an ability to make you want to listen. He exudes discimagazine for easy, one-click access. All you need to do pline and reminds me of a military officer. Nothing is is to make sure we have your updated e-mail address. out place on his person. Confusing his quiet, pleasant ONE IMPORTANT NOTE: For non-John Purdue demeanor with weakness would be selling Hazell woeClub members logging in at GBIPRINT.com, the front fully short. Being concise and succinct in thought isn���t slash (/) in your username has been changed to a a bad thing, especially in today���s world of messages dash (-). For JPC members, your username remains coming at warp speed with off-the-charts frequency. your JPC number. Call us at 1-800-876-4678 if we can Though recruiting never ends, Hazell���s attention help and don���t forget to download our new iPad app has now turned to building the 2013 football team. He available in the App Store. For more information on admits in his interview on pages 10-12 he will find out the iPad app, see page 36. something of his squad���s personality during February conditioning. That will carry over into spring practice. Express posts most Mondays by 6 p.m. ET during Big Looking at the ���13 schedule might cause a lesser Ten basketball season person to panic. After all, with Purdue���s lack of experiDates: ence in several key areas, there will be no gimmies. March 4, 11, 18, 25 Yet, when you are around Hazell, you get this sense April 1*, 15 that all things will come in time, an attitude that might May 23 *Schedule subject to change dependent on postseason Defensive line signees feature . . . . . Inside the Office: Morgan Burke . . . . Q&A with Mitch Daniels . . . . . . . . . . Spring Football Preview . . . . . . . . . . . John Shoop feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Hudson feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . NFL Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Purdue Club Report . . . . . . . . . . Men���s and women���s hoops gallery . . 30 32 34 37 38 40 42 43 46 Terone Johnson feature . . . . . . . . . . . Lafayette Legend: Stephanie White . Men���s basketball recruiting . . . . . . . . Terry Kix feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women���s basketball recruiting . . . . . Baseball preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Softball preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women���s tennis update . . . . . . . . . . . 48 50 52 54 56 57 60 62 How do I find my username and password? USER NAME (no spaces, include hyphen) 1234 23-06 PASSWORD (all lower case) Purdue Pete 567 Victory Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 Gold & Black IllustrateD ��� volume 23, issue 4 ������ 3