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Matt Burke, a 6-foot-6, 220-pounder from Florida, should provide some versatility at tight end with an ability to line up detached from the formation. ing football,��� said Etling, who���s from Terre Haute. ���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 is what I want to do and I can do that at Purdue.��� This class will certainly hope so. It���s a group of 23 signees, three of them already enrolled, that came together quickly, bridging two coaching staffs, split right down the middle. Of the 23 letters-of-intent received Feb. 6, 11 came from players who committed to Hope; 11 came from players who committed to Hazell; and one came from a player, defensive back Leroy Clark, who committed to Purdue when it was between coaches. It���s a class that won���t earn much praise from the experts ��� Rivals.com ranks the group 56th nationally, 10th in the Big Ten ��� but one Hazell would seem more than satisfied with, especially considering the circumstances. It being his first class, Hazell said he was particularly keen of finding character among the players he recruited down the stretch. In a more football-specific sense, the class is rich in versatility, Hazell said. ���I think if you study them, the thing you see is that is it a hybrid class, where there are a lot of guys that can play a lot of positions,��� Hazell said. ���If you look at the secondary, the corners can play safety the safeties can play corner. There are a lot of linebackers that can put their hand in the dirt. I think there are a lot of defensive linemen that can stand up and play on their feet (at linebacker), so that���s one of the GBIprint.com GoldandBlack.com Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Fort Wayne���s TyVel Jemison is one of the 11 who committed in the short period after Hazell became head coach and signing day. PURDUE���S CLASS OF 2013 Signee Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/School Matt Burke TE 6-6 220 West Palm Beach, Fla./Cardinal Newman Keith Byars II RB 5-10 220 Boca Raton, Fla./Milford Academy (N.Y.) Leroy Clark CB 5-10 175 Miami/Archbishop Carroll Johnny Daniels DT 6-5 255 Chicago/Foreman Dalyn Dawkins RB 5-9 175 Louisville, Ky./Trinity Danny Etling QB 6-3 218 Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute South Danny Ezechekwu LB 6-3 240 Lithonia, Ga./Arabia Mountain Keyante Green RB 5-9 205 McDonough, Ga./Eagle���s Landing Christian Ra���Zahn Howard DT 6-4 315 Asbury Park, N.J./Atlanta Sports Academy Da���Wan Hunte CB 5-10 180 Miami/Central TyVel Jemison CB 5-11 175 Fort Wayne, Ind./Bishop Luers Austin Logan S 6-0 190 Tallahassee, Fla./Florida Antoine Miles DE 6-3 250 Canton, Ohio/McKinley Dan Monteroso WR 6-3 185 Saint Clairsville, Ohio/Saint Clairsville Myles Norwood WR 6-0 185 Arlington, Texas/Grace Prep Evan Panfil DE 6-5 240 New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln Way Central Dezwan Polk-Campbell LB 6-4 215 Columbus, Ohio/Whetstone Jake Replogle DE 6-4 240 Centerville, Ohio/Centerville John Strauser DE 6-4 235 Champaign, Ill./St. Thomas More Johnny Thompson LB 6-3 200 Winder, Ga./Apalachee Jason Tretter OL 6-6 300 Richfield, Ohio/Revere David Yancey RB 5-10 205 Saint John, Ind./Lake Central DeAngelo Yancey WR 6-2 200 Atlanta/Mays Gold & Black IllustrateD ��� volume 23, issue 4 ������ 7