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78 GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED DOMONIQUE YOUNG, WR It's obviously going to be a pretty big ad- justment, from not just from leaving home in southern California but athletically, it'll be a step up from junior college. What do you think the toughest adjustment will be? "To me, the toughest thing is going to be doing things on my own. I'm going to be away from home. Everything is going to be a learning process and ev- erything is going to be new to me. It's a different area. It's not like California at all. (laughs) I grew up in the heart of Los Angeles, so to go to West La- fayette … just on my trip, it was a big difference. So just getting used to everything and being able to get things done by myself probably will be the biggest adjustment that I'll have." Have you been in snow before? "Yeah, on my trip. (laughs) That was the only time I've ever been in snow." What did you think? "Uh, it was cold. (laughs) It was definitely something new. It's something I'm going to have to deal with." Do you still anticipate playing the X position, competing with DeAngelo Yanc- ey and Anthony Mahoungou? "Yeah, I do. That's what they're bringing me in for. So that's what I want to do, just be able to compete for the spot. Whether I get it or not, just make sure that the competition is up and everyone is getting better. Wheth- er it be me, Anthony or DeAngelo who plays the position, we just want to make sure we have the best guy there." Daryl Paterson Domonique Young expects to compete at Purdue's X receiver position. TIM FAISON, LB Purdue needs somebody to be able to rush the passer. You feel like that is something you can do, regardless of where they line you up because you have been an edge rusher? "Yeah, I feel like I will be pretty good in that area, helping them out." Why? What is it about you? "I don't like talking about myself. But I feel like just now, I'm very explosive coming off the ball, coming off the line, really just coming off pe- riod. I feel like that's just making an impact, just my explosiveness, and I know when I get there, they're going to help me work out more moves, even though I already know some, they're going to help me with that." What are your goals for your freshman season? You said you're still rehabbing the shoulder (a separated AC joint in October), so do you expect to redshirt? "Yeah, that's what I'm thinking because I don't really want to risk my shoulder. I need my shoulder in football. But that's all up to the coach, though." SHAYNE HENLEY, DE You're coming from far away, obviously. What are you going to miss about home? Are you from California originally or is that just where you went to junior college? "I'm from California, born and raised. My family, in general, was born in Chicago and Michigan. It's not foreign territory. But I'm probably just going to miss the weather, the beaches. Obviously my family. They're not go- ing to be very close to me. But I think it's going to be very healthy and beneficial to my life to be able to go somewhere across the country and be on my own and basically become my own person and have no help and to make my own path. That's what I'm really excited about. So that's why I kind of made that deci- sion. A lot of people questioned, 'Why are you going so far away?' But I think for my life, it's really going to be a healthy thing for me." You're flying, so your packing is going to be relatively limited. Is there one thing you have to bring with you? Anything sen- timental maybe? "I would just bring maybe, as lame as it sounds, I'd just bring my Xbox. (laughs) Relax and play some video games when I have my spare time. Maybe bring a good book. I guess one thing I'd want to bring is an instrument, like a guitar. But other than that, nothing real- ly that's sentimental to me. With limited pack- ing, all I'm going to need is the necessities." When you look at that depth chart at defensive end right now, it's going to be a first-year starter whoever it is. When you look at that opportunity, are you thinking, "I have a legitimate chance to start?" "Absolutely. That should be anybody's out- look. You don't want to settle for anything less than starting. I love all my teammates, but at the end of the day, only two guys are going to fill that defensive end position, and if I'm go- ing to be in that position, so it may be. If not, I'm totally fine with that. I just want to help team as much as I can. If I start, I start. I'm just going to give it my 100 percent effort. That's all I really can do." DAVID ROSE, CB What are you going to miss most about home? "There's not too much that I'm going to miss. It's not very pleasant where I'm from. But of course I'm going to miss my family and friends that I grew up with, but they're going to college too. I'll miss my family." So it's not very pleasant? Describe that. "There's a lot of ways to go down the wrong path where I'm from ( Temple Hills, Md.). It's not one of the best places to live. That's why I'm getting myself out of this situation now with college football." Too easy to fall into bad habits around there? "Oh yeah, a lot of people who went to my middle school and elementary school, they're in jail, stuff like that. It's tough around here." So football has been the escape? "Without football, I don't know where I'd be. Football, that's what keeps you on a good path, because without grades … You need grades, all of that, to play, so football kept me on the right path." That's got to make coming to Purdue, and experiencing something different, pretty big. "Yeah, it's big. I'm excited." Are you the first member of your family to attend college? "Yeah."