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and I'm looking forward that guy. He likes to play to doing that. I envision hard. I like that about myself keeping this spot Jordan. We've got to get for the rest of my four him, now, to take that years here. It's up to me great effort and great to keep it." attitude and combine Tough to say whether it with his assignment Garcia's grasp loosened. and his footwork and Toward the end of execute better. But he's camp, sophomore Armgot the internal stuff." stead Williams worked Oftentimes during some with the firstcamp, Roos would add team defense in Gara little shove after a Tom Campbell cia's place but wore Hazell says the defensive line is the team's most talented drill or fling a defensive a red pinnie basically group. But the members of Purdue's secondary (Taylor Richplayer to the ground afthroughout while being ards, Frankie Williams, Ricardo Allen and Landon Feichter, left ter one-on-one work. what Hazell described to right) have also touted their potential impact on defense. He eagerly awaited as "nicked up." It's posthe portions of practice sible coaches were just working on the two-deep and in which the team ran inside run plays, knowing it giving players an opportunity with the rest of the was going to be intense work that could get "nasty." first-team defense. "I just try to go out every day and be as aggressive There were moments in camp, too, in which Antho- as I can be. That's one of my strong suits, just get ny Brown was with the No. 1 defense at safety when after it every play," Roos said. it's clear that Taylor Richards and Landon Feichter Which is the strength? have those spots locked down. In the last week of training camp, especially, PurThe guard spots, at least on the right side, aren't due's top defensive unit was an active, aggressive, any more certain exiting camp. Jordan Roos and Cody Davis swapped days with the dominant group up front and in the back half. Hazell has talked about the line being the team's first-team offense at right guard over the first four days of camp but, by the fifth, Davis was out, moved strongest unit, bolstered by big but athletic ends to backup center, and Trevor Foy entered the mix at Ryan Russell and Greg Latta and bulk inside with guard. All of Foy's 17 career starts for Purdue — the Bruce Gaston and Ryan Watson. Secondary coach Jon Heacock is especially hard most of any player on the roster on offense — came on his group, saying it still is on the "ground floor" at tackle. Foy couldn't remember if he'd ever played guard and he hasn't looked to the ceiling. But then, "I'm previously but said it's been at least since Pee Wee not sure there is one with this group" that includes Ricardo Allen and Frankie Williams at corner and Fefootball. "I like the transition," he said. "… It's really not ichter and Richards at the safety spots. The first-team defensive line was making it tough bad. I've had fun with it. I have the footwork down well enough and I like (pulling), coming around the on Purdue's O-line in the final days of camp, consisbend and knocking the daylights out of somebody." tently getting pressure and into the backfield, someWhile Roos admittedly needs to work on his pad times aided by blitzes but sometimes not. The secondary consistently was draped on receivlevel and continuing to learn the offense, there are no concerns about his approach to playing up front. ers, forcing quarterbacks to look off first options and "He is a tough guy and a couple words that my oftentimes use check-down throws. When passes mom would be upset with," Bridge said. "Jordan is were released downfield, cornerbacks and safeties 16 IllustrateD volume 24, issue 1 f