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GOLD & BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 25, ISSUE 4 18 Cooper listed offers throughout the recruiting process from the likes of Georgia Tech, Arkansas, Virginia, Missouri and North Carolina, among others. Virginia Tech and Illinois pur- sued him after he committed to Pur- due in December. SAWYER DAWSON The opposite of the more interi- o r - o r i e n t e d Cook, Dawson's as much a big safety as he is a fast linebacker at this stage of his career. The 6-2, 210-plus-pound Daw- son — he's listed at 205 but said he's more like 212 currently — even played safety for Plant City High School near Tampa. "You know he can play in space," Freeman said. "You know that he can cover. You know he can make a lot of plays." It was actually more of a "rover" position Dawson manned for his high school, free to drop back in coverage like a defensive back, but also to play around the line of scrimmage when need be. Purdue believes Dawson to be fast and athletic enough to do the former already, and soon to be big and strong enough for the latter. Dawson, who said he's run as fast as a 4.63 40-yard dash, is getting big- ger. "I became more physical this year," he said. "I wasn't as big my junior year and this year I feel I got bigger. I was better at getting off blocks and things like that. "I've been working out a lot and eating right. They want me at 218 pounds when I get there but I can see myself getting bigger than that, just www.MeetYouAtArnis.com LAFAYETTE • INDIANAPOLIS • GREENWOOD Visit one of our 18 Indiana locations Celebrates Purdue's Student-Athletes SERVING BOILER FANS FOR 50 YEARS World Famous Pizza, Salads, Sandwiches Meet You At Arni's TM Austin Appleby Sophomore, Major in Selling and Sales Management Appleby, a quarterback from North Canton, Ohio, was one of 20 football players to be named Academic All-Big Ten on Dec. 10. Seventy-one Purdue student-athletes received Academic recognition eclipsing last fall's total of 64 and 2012's total of 46. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletes must be letterwinners, in at least their second year at their institu- tion and carry a grade-point average of at least 3.0. Women's cross country was second only to football with number of honorees with 19. Women's soccer followed with 16, men's cross country had 11 members recognized and the volleyball team had five. Gwinnett Daily Post Evyn Cooper played running back as a senior but likely will start his Purdue career on defense.