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GOLD & BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 25, ISSUE 4 12 T here are pretty clear common denomina- tors among the majority of the 25 recruits Purdue signed Feb. 4 to make up its 2015 recruiting class. Physicality and tough- ness top the list, a few attributes anyone who's watched the past few sea- sons of Boilermaker foot- ball knows are welcomed in abundance. "You play in the best conference in the coun- try and it's a very physical conference," Coach Darrell Hazell said. "You saw the attrition of teams toward the end of the season. Be- cause it's become such a physical conference, it was very important for our staff to look for guys who would play through injuries, are able to play against guys who lean up against you week in and week out and be able to battle those guys. "That was a (priority) for us." On both sides of the ball. Starting at running back, where Purdue hung its hat last season on raw speed but has recruited to what it hopes in the future PURDUE 2015 SIGNEES Player Position Ht. Wt. Hometown/School Markus Bailey LB 6-1 205 Hilliard, Ohio/Davidson Fred Brown DT 6-2 260 Boutte, La./Hahnville H.S. Andy Chelf S 6-0 185 Southlake, Texas/Carroll Wyatt Cook LB 6-2 225 Owings Mill, Md./McDonough Evyn Cooper ATH 6-2 190 Buford, Ga./Buford Sawyer Dawson LB 6-2 200 Plant City, Fla./Plant City Tim Faison LB/DE 6-2 205 Tallahassee, Fla./Godby Tario Fuller RB 6-0 190 Sugar Hill, Ga./Lanier Shayne Henley DE 6-4 245 Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark C.C. Brycen Hopkins TE 6-5 240 Nashville, Tenn./Ensworth School Markell Jones* RB 5-9 205 Columbus, Ind./East Mike Little CB 6-0 170 Sherman Oaks, Calif./Notre Dame Anthony Mahoungou* WR 6-4 205 La Courneuve, France/West Hills (Calif.) C.C. Ben Makowski* LS 6-2 250 Mishawaka, Ind./Penn Matt McCann OL 6-6 305 Indianapolis/Bishop Chatard Michael Mendez* OL 6-4 285 Los Fresnos, Texas/Los Fresnos David Rose CB 6-0 175 Oxon Hill, Md./Potomac 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, Ind./West Lafayette Jess Trussell TE 6-5 225 Arlington, Texas/Martin Larry Wells OL 6-6 310 Kenton, Ohio/Kenton Eddy Wilson DT 6-4 265 West Bloomfield, Mich./West Bloomfield Richie Worship RB 6-1 245 Parma Heights, Ohio/Valley Forge Domonique Young WR 6-4 200 Los Angeles/Cerritos College * Mid-year signee OVERVIEW OF PURDUE'S 2015 RECRUITING CLASS LATEST CLASS ADDS TOUGHNESS Tom Campbell BY BRIAN NEUBERT BNeubert@GoldandBlack.com