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GOLD & BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 25, ISSUE 4 16 "Purdue liked my versatility and my athleticism at the outside line- backer position," Bailey said. "And my ability to tackle in space and my football IQ." The Rivals.com three-star pros- pect chose Purdue early over Duke and Indiana, after also fielding of- fers from the likes of West Virginia, Pittsburgh and Northwestern. As a senior at Hilliard Davidson High School near Columbus, he made roughly a hundred tackles, forced four fumbles and intercepted two passes, despite playing the back half or so of the season on a fractured metatarsal in his right foot. "It started as a stress fracture, and then it broke completely," Bailey said. "It's pretty much healed and I've been working out, just not sprinting yet." FRED BROWN The last man on board in this class, the Loui- siana defensive tackle visited West Lafayette the weekend before the sign- ing date, com- mitted, then made it official, only about a week-and-a-half after Purdue first made contact with him. The Boilermaker coaching staff needed to restock its defensive front in this class and needed another tack- le at the 11th hour. It filled the need by prying the 6-2, 260-pounder away from an Arkansas State commitment. "They said they like my motor and how I use my hands and that my limbs are long," Brown said. The "motor" part might be the im- portant one. Purdue was drawn more than any- thing to how active Brown has been. As a senior at Hahnville High School in Boutte, La., he made more than 80 tackles, along with 10 sacks. "He's very aggressive, plays with natural leverage, has good quickness and can penetrate," Purdue defensive line coach Rubin Carter said. "He can dip his shoulder, work the edges, get up the field. He uses his hands really well, can play down the line of scrim- mage and make plays between the tackles and hustle and make plays downfield outside the tackles. He has good flexibility in his hips. He's a ball magnet. He's always within that five- yard radius of the football." Brown said Purdue projects him as a 3-technique tackle. He said he expects to redshirt as a freshman. ANDY CHELF Similar to for- mer Purdue safety Landon Feichter, the Texan isn't the biggest or most athletic defen- sive back you'll find, but is thought to bring enough toughness and intelligence to the position to more than make up. At least that was the hope for Pur- due's coaches when they offered Chelf in the summer and accepted an immediate commitment, landing it another recruit from Texas' outstand- ing Southlake Carroll program. "The thing about Andy, he's ex- tremely smart," secondary coach Tav- er Johnson said. "When he was up on his visit, we were talking football and going over Xs and Os, things like that, and he really understood the game. You can tell he does a great job study- ing the game. Mitch Hagy Fotosport Safety Andy Chelf's football smarts impressed Purdue's coaches on his visit.