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officially was inducted into the College
Football Hall of Fame this week.
"It's definitely an honor to be here,"
Butz told Bonnie Bernstein at the cer-
emony in New York on Tuesday. "I'll live
forever. That's how important making
this team is. When I was told that I made
the team, I think I stopped breathing for
a while. What an honor."
Bernstein asked Butz why ultimate
-
ly he chose football over basketball —
a spor t he was "great " at, she said.
" There were too many elbows
above the rim, that was quick to see,"
he said. "In junior high, I could back-
hand stuff a ball. I never lost a tip ball
in high school, scored 1,500 points and
missed about 500 from the free -throw
line.
"It 's a lot easier to acquire another
human being than play with a round
ball."
As a senior for the Boilermakers,
Butz was an All-American and was a fi-
nalist for the Lombardi Award.
During his career, he had 108 tack-
les, including 21 for a loss. He was the
fifth overall pick in the 1973 NFL Draft
and played 16 seasons in the league.
M O V I N G O N
Apparently, Purdue is losing at least
one underclassman.
Receiver Cedric Dale posted on
his Twitter, "Last few days up here at
Purdue … ima miss my teammates the
most."
Dale came to Purdue as a defen-
sive back but moved to receiver during
the season, at his request. He was bur-
ied on the depth char t there and likely
would have stayed there, considering
the makeup of the roster at that posi-
tion with a bunch of returning experi-
enced receivers.
M A K I N G T H E G R A D E
Nineteen players were named aca-
demic all-Big Ten for the fall semester.
Players must be letterwinners who are in
at least their second academic year and
have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Purdue's honorees are: Austin Ap-
pleby, Jonathan Curry, Danny Etling,
Griggs, Jimmy Herman, Da' Wan Hunte,
Jordan Jurasevich, Robert Kugler, Aus-
tin Logan, Thomas Meadows, Shane
Mikesky, Dan Monteroso, Dezwan Polk-
Campbell, J.J. Prince, Jake Replogle,
Sean Robinson, Jesse Schmitt, Sinz and
John Strauser.
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