Coach Hope Signing Day Press Conference Transcript WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue football coach Danny Hope today announced the signing of 23 student-athletes to National Letters of Intent to play for the Boilermakers. The group joins a pair of early enrollees as a 25-member recruiting class, Hope’s fourth at Purdue. Junior college defensive end Greg Latta, who signed with Purdue in December, and tight end Carlos Carvajal, who signed with Purdue last May, are already enrolled in school and will participate in team activities throughout the spring. The incoming class of 2012 features a number of athletic prospects at a number of different positions that excelled in high school on both sides of the ball, as well as special teams. The recruits hail from 13 different states: six from Florida; four from Indiana and Texas; two from Michigan; and one each from Alabama, Arkansas, California, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. 2012 Purdue Football Recruits Name Pos Ht Wt Hometown/High School Danny Anthrop ATH 6-1 180 Lafayette, Ind./Central Catholic Austin Appleby QB 6-5 228 North Canton, Ohio/Hoover Anthony Brown S 5-11 185 Tampa, Fla./Hillsborough Senior Cameron Cermin OL 6-5 290 College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated Jonathan Curry TE 6-3 235 Phenix, Ala./Central Andy Garcia LB 5-11 220 Hialeah, Fla./ Hialeah Aloyis Gray QB 6-3 175 Indianapolis, Ind./Pike Paul Griggs K 6-0 190 Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Latin Jimmy Herman LB 6-4 220 Carmel, Ind./Carmel Kingsley Ike DE 6-4 220 Pflugerville, Texas/Hendrickson Jason King OL 6-4 310 Little Rock, Ark./Pulaski Academy BJ Knauf WR 5-11 185 Lakeland, Fla./Santa Fe Catholic Bilal Marshall QB 6-3 175 Miami, Fla./Dade Christian Thomas Meadows K 6-0 180 Goochland, Va./Goochland Ryan Morris TE 6-6 248 Barnegat, N.J./Barnegat Cameron Posey WR 6-2 180 Delray Beach, Fla./American Heritage JJ Prince OL 6-6 268 Southlake, Texas/Southlake Carroll Jordan Roos OL 6-5 310 Celina, Texas/Celina Jordan Shine S 6-0 180 Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central Devin Smith OL 6-7 325 Ypsilanti, Mich. /Arizona Central Joey Warburg OL 6-5 255 Louisville, Ky./Trinity Ryan Watson DE 6-3 275 Olney, Md./Our Lady of Good Counsel Jordan Woods WR 6-2 175 Ann Arbor, Mich./Skyline 2012 Purdue Football Recruits – Mid-Year Carlos Carvajal TE 6-7 240 Hialeah, Fla./Milford Academy Greg Latta DE 6-6 265 La Quinta, Calif./College of the Desert

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