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surprising considering that Beckman inherited some talented players from Zook's regime — particularly on its blitz- happy defense — such as linebacker Jonathan Brown (though he's out with a shoulder injury), defensive end Michael Buchanan, defensive tackle Akeem Spen- ce and defensive back Terry Hawthorne, each of whom were key players for a de- fense that was pretty good last season. "They're definitely a talented PURDUE BOILERMAKERS ROSTER No. Name ............ Pos. 1 Normondo Harris . . . . . . CB 2 Frankie Williams....... CB 2 Jonathan Curry........ FB 3 Carlos Carvajal ........ TE 4 O.J. Ross............. WR 4 Taylor Richards ......... S 5 Antwon Higgs......... LB 6 Gary Bush ........... WR 7 E.J. Johnson ........... S 7 Robert Gregory........ RB 8 Raheem Mostert ..... WR 9 Anthony Brown ....... CB 9 Robert Marve . . . . . . . . . QB 10 Sean Robinson ........ LB 11 Akeem Hunt .......... RB 12 Austin Appleby........ QB 12 Tommie Thomas...... WR 13 Antavian Edison ...... WR 14 Bilal Marshall ......... QB 15 Rob Henry............ QB 16 Dolapo Macarthy . . . . . WR 17 Charles Torwudzo..... WR 17 Austin Parker ......... QB 18 Nnamdi Ezenwa....... LB 18 Cameron Posey....... WR 19 Caleb TerBush ......... QB 19 Aloyis Gray .......... WR 20 Gavin Roberts......... RB 21 Ricardo Allen ......... CB 22 Ishmael Aristide....... RB 23 Ralph Bolden ......... RB 24 Akeem Shavers........ RB 25 Brandon Cottom....... RB 26 Antoine Lewis......... CB 27 Evan Feichter .......... S 28 Josh Johnson ......... CB 29 Chris Quinn ............ S 29 Jimmy Herman........ LB 30 Thomas Meadows ...... K 31 Armstead Williams..... LB 32 Evan Pulliam.......... LB 33 Danny Anthrop....... WR 34 Max Charlot ........... S 35 Stephen Yang ......... CB 36 Zack Heiniger ......... LB 37 Paul Griggs ............ K 38 Landau Lang.......... CB 39 Joe Gilliam ........... LB 40 Collin Link ............ LB 40 Derek Jackson......... FB 41 Tylor Foster ........... RB 42 Andy Garcia........... LB 42 Cody Webster .......... P 43 Sam McCartney ........ K 44 Landon Feichter ........ S 45 Will Lucas ............ LB 46 Kurt Freytag .......... FB 47 Ruben Ibarra.......... LB 48 Jules Williams......... LB 50 Jesse Schmitt ......... LS 51 Justin Kitchens ........ OT 52 Henry Lorenzen ........ C 53 John Bednar .......... LS 54 Jack DeBoef ..........OG 55 Brandon Taylor ........ DT 56 Eric McDaniel ......OG/DT 57 Robert Kugler ....... C/OG 58 Robert Maci ....... LB/DE 59 Cody Davis............OG 60 Chuck Ayres........... OT 61 Ryan Isaac............ DE 63 Patrick Bade .......... OT 64 Kevin Pamphile ....... OT 66 Cameron Cermin ......OG 67 Peters Drey ...........OG 69 Kendrick Adams ....... DT 70 Jordan Roos ..........OG 71 Devin Smith ..........OG 72 Jason King............OG 73 J.J. Prince ............ OT 75 Josh Davis ............ OT 76 Rick Schmeig .......... C 77 Joey Warburg ......... OT 78 Trevor Foy ............ OT 80 Zack Sigman......... WR 80 Kingsley Ike .......... DE 81 Sterling Carter ........ TE 82 Crosby Wright......... TE 83 B.J. Knauf ........... WR 84 Eric Mebane .......... DE 84 Justin Sinz............ TE 85 Ryan Morris........... TE 86 Gabe Holmes ......... TE 87 Shane Mikesky . . . . . . . WR 88 Jordan Woods........ WR 89 Jalani Phillips . . . . . . . . . DE 90 Bruce Gaston ......... DT 91 Greg Latta ............ DE 92 Ryan Watson.......... DT 93 Kawann Short......... DT 95 Will Schott ........... DE 96 Ryan DeBusk.......... DE 97 Michael Rouse III ...... DT 99 Ryan Russell .......... DE ists — at 1-5 in the Big Ten, Purdue obvi- ously can't take anything for granted — there have been no signs whatsoever of any forthcoming uprising by Illinois. Its offense has been lifeless, to put like that because at any moment they could erupt and that will be the end of your bowl dreams." While the possibility obviously ex- team," Purdue defensive end Ryan Rus- sell said. "You can't sleep on a team tal offense and only Maryland averages fewer yards per play than Illinois' mark of 4.42. Perhaps the ugliest stat: Illinois has working to avoid getting the axe. But again, Purdue is in no position to it kindly, averaging less than 17 points per game, managing just a field goal last time out in a 17-3 loss to Minnesota. Illinois ranks 115th nationally in to- allowed 34 sacks, nearly double any other team in the Big Ten, a contributing factor to it throwing for just 175 yards per game as it rotates between Nathan Scheel- haase and Reilly O'Toole at quarterback. At this stage of the season, Bucshon said, Illinois is already playing for next season, both the players set to return in 2013 and coaches on staff who might be ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI ROSTER No. Name ............ Pos. 1 Terry Hawthorne ...... DB 2 V'Angelo Bentley ...... DB 2 Nathan Scheelhaase ... QB 3 Taylor Barton ......... DB 3 Jon Davis............. TE 4 Patrick Nixon-Youman.. DB 4 Reilly O'Toole ......... QB 5 Steve Hull ............ DB 5 Donovonn Young ...... RB 6 Darrius Caldwell....... DL 6 Josh Ferguson......... RB 7 Hayden Daniels ...... WR 7 Supo Sanni ........... DB 8 Miles Osei ............ QB 9 Earnest Thomas ....... DB 10 B.J. Bello ............. DB 10 Chase Haslett ......... QB 11 Matt LaCosse ......... TE 11 Jevaris Little .......... DB 12 Ryan Lankford ....... WR 13 Ryan Frain.......... PK/P 13 Sean McGushin........ QB 14 Taylor Zalewski......... K 15 Darius Millines ....... WR 17 Tommy Davis ......... DB 17 James Nudera......... QB 18 Justin DuVernois ....... P 18 Jeremey Whitlow..... WR 19 Kenny Knight ........ WR 20 Fritz Rock ........... WR 21 Devin Church ........ WR 21 Jack Ramsey .......... DB 22 Dami Ayoola .......... RB 22 Nick Forzley .......... DB 23 Ben Mathis ........... DB 24 James Hallendorff .... WR 24 Nelson Lugo .......... DB 25 Ashante Williams ..... ATH 26 Justin Green .......... DB 27 Eaton Spence ......... DB 28 LaKeith Walls ......... RB 29 Peter Bonahoom ..... WR 29 Kaeman Mitchell ...... DB 30 Houston Bates ........ LB 31 Nick North............ DB 31 Leslie Poole.......... WR 32 Daniel Quintana...... ATH 33 Zepheniah Grimes ..... LB 34 Mike Svetina.......... LB 35 Davontay Kwaaning... WR 36 Brad Janitz ............ P 37 Austin Abner.......... DB 37 Nick Immekus......... PK 39 Nejee Robinson ....... LB 40 Beau Sullivan ......... LB 41 Zach Becker........... FB 42 Ralph Cooper ......... LB 43 Mason Monheim ...... LB 44 Austin Teitsma ........ DL 45 Jonathan Brown....... LB 46 Zak Pedersen ......... LS 47 Anthony Imanlihen .... DE 48 Henry Dickinson....... LB 49 Zach Hirth ............ LS 52 Alex Hill.............. OL 52 T.J. Neal .............. LB 54 Justin Staples . . . . . . . . . DL 55 Chris Boles ........... OL 56 Shawn Afryl .......... OL 58 Kenny Nelson ......... DL 59 Tim Kynard ........... DL 60 Tony Durkin........... OL 61 Tyler Sands ........... OL 64 Robbie Bain .......... OL 66 Scott McDowell ....... OL 67 Jake Feldmeyer ....... OL 68 Simon Cvijanovic ...... OL 69 Ted Karras . . . . . . . . . . . . OL 70 Corey Lewis........... OL 71 Joe Spencer........... OL 72 Hugh Thornton........ OL 73 Chris O'Connor ........ OL 74 Michael Heitz ......... OL 75 Pat Flavin ............ OL 76 Graham Pocic ......... OL 78 Ryan Nowicki ......... OL 80 Spencer Harris ....... WR 81 Cedric Doxy.......... WR 83 Brennen VanMieghem . PK 83 Eddie Viliunas ......... TE 84 Justin Hardee ........ WR 85 Tim Lukas ........... WR 85 Michael Martin........ LS 86 Tim Russell ........... TE 87 Daniel Rhodes ........ DL 87 Garrett Stroup ......... P 88 Justin Lattimore....... TE 89 Evan Wilson .......... TE 90 DeJazz Woods......... DL 91 Glenn Foster .......... DL 93 Teko Powell........... DL 94 Akeem Spence ........ DL 95 Jake Howe............ DL 97 Vontrell Williams ...... DL 98 John Valentine ........ DL 99 Michael Buchanan..... DL GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 11 • 8 look down on any opponent. "I was kind of surprised when I put on the film to see how pumped up they were," quarterback Robert Marve said. "They look like a rowdy group of guys and they seem like they're still very hun- gry. … We understand Illinois might not be having the season they wanted to, but we also have to understand they're going to be ready for us."j