Skip to content

Ad Disclosure

Purdue adds top junior college LB to 2018 recruiting class

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

Published:

Things continue to roll for Jeff Brohm on the recruiting trail.

On Tuesday, Purdue received a verbal pledge from junior college linebacker Evander Craft, giving the Boilermakers 22 commitments for the 2018 class. Craft made his announcement via Twitter:

Currently at College of DuPage, Craft is ranked as the top outside linebacker in the junior college ranks and is listed with an 86 overall grade from 247Sports. He’s also the highest-graded player in Purdue’s recruiting class.

With the addition of Craft, Purdue’s 2018 class is ranked No. 49 nationally and 11th in the B1G.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB