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GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 25, EXPRESS 1 • 28 BY BRIAN NEUBERT BNeubert@GoldandBlack.com OFFENSIVE LINEMAN COMMITS As soon as Purdue offered local offensive lineman Peyton Truitt in June — he'd stuck out at the Boilermakers' camp a few weeks earlier — it was pretty apparent how his re- cruitment would play out. But it wasn't quite so simple, as the West Lafayette High School standout had previ- ously committed to Miami (Ohio), which he did not take lightly. In the end, though, af- ter multiple visits to Purdue during training camp, Truitt decided on the Boilermak- ers, committing to Darrell Hazell Sunday afternoon. "Purdue's home," Truitt said. "It's been my home for 18 years. My family is three generations on both sides Purdue grads, so it's been part of my life the entire time. It's nice to be home. "I love the coaches. The coaching staff is great. I love Coach Hazell, Coach (John) Shoop and Coach (Jim Bridge) and am really excited to learn from Coach Bridge specifically. From an offensive line standpoint, he's re - ally going to help me grow as a player. Also, the school is great for what I want to study, supply chain management. Purdue has an excellent program for that. And then there's just the atmosphere in West Lafayette. I've lived here 18 years and love it. It's home." Truitt, 6-foot-5, 297 pounds, will play either tackle or guard for Purdue. "They think I'm nasty, big and tough," Truitt said. "I'm looking forward to showing off those traits on the football field for West Lafayette this year, then in Ross-Ade (Stadium) for the next four or five years." ELITE CAMP REVIEW Purdue's annual men's basketball elite camp drew an- other talent-rich field to West Lafayette on Saturday, a group led by 2016 center targets Bar- ret Benson and Joey Brunk, each of whom hold Boiler- maker offers and have been on campus numerous times each now. Benson, from the Chicago area, has of- fers from Indiana, Kansas State, Penn State Recruiting Roundup P R E S E N T S R E C R U I T I N G N E W S A N D N OT E S 1600 South Creasy Lane Lafayette, IN 47905 1-866-906-6223 www.BobRohrmanSubaru.com Bob Rohrman Subaru Buy a Subaru and Keep Indiana Driving. BRAND NEW 2015 SuBARu FORESTER Brian Neubert West Lafayette High School offensive lineman Peyton Truitt committed to Purdue Sunday. PURDUE 2015 COMMITMENTS Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/School Markus Bailey LB 6-1 205 Hilliard, Ohio/Davidson Andy Chelf S 6-0 185 Southlake, Texas/Carroll Wyatt Cook LB 6-2 225 Owings Mill, Md./McDonough Sawyer Dawson LB 6-2 200 Plant City, Fla./Plant City Robert Ennis RB 5-10 170 Millville, N.J./Millville Tario Fuller RB 6-0 190 Sugar Hill, Ga./Lanier Markell Jones* RB 5-9 205 Columbus, Ind./East Ben Makowski LS 6-2 250 Mishawaka, Ind./Penn Matt McCann OL 6-6 305 Indianapolis/Bishop Chatard Joe Schopper P 6-0 190 Indianapolis/Cathedral Elijah Sindelar QB 6-4 200 Princeton, Ky./Caldwell County Peyton Truitt OL 6-5 297 West Lafayette/ West Lafayette Isaac Warren CB 6-0 190 Tyler, Texas/John Tyler Richard Worship RB 6-1 245 Parma Heights, Ohio/ Valley Forge * Anticipated mid-year signee New commitments in bold