Player Bio: Jordan Grimes

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Jordan Grimes

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Plainfield, Ind.
	High School: Plainfield

	Height / Weight: 6-3 / 325
	Position: Offensive Guard

2007: Received team's Hammer Award (outstanding hitter) for spring season.

2006: Second team All-Big Ten by media and honorable mention by coaches ... started all 14 games at right guard ... part of offensive line that helped Purdue lead Big Ten and rank 13th nationally in total offense at 415.7 yards per game ... Boilermakers were stopped behind line of scrimmage just 50 times out of 941 plays (once every 18.8 plays) ... average of 3.57 tackles for loss allowed per game led nation ... line surrendered merely 20 sacks (third-fewest in Big Ten) in 541 passing attempts (one every 27.1 attempts).

2005: Named first team Sophomore All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com ... second team All-Big Ten by coaches and honorable mention by media ... started all 11 games at right guard ... part of offensive line that allowed merely nine sacks out of 428 passing attempts (one every 47.6 passes) ... nine sacks allowed are fewest by a Joe Tiller-coached Purdue team.

2004: Appeared in 10 games, including one start, at right guard ... first true freshman offensive lineman to play for Boilermakers since Damon Lewis in 1993 ... part of offensive line that helped Boilermakers rank fourth in nation in passing offense at 321.2 yards per game ... started vs. Arizona State in Sun Bowl on Dec. 31 when Tyler Moore moved to right tackle in place of ill David Owen.

High School: Ranked as No. 24 offensive guard in nation and No. 6 player in Indiana in Rivals.com ... listed No. 90 among Midwest players by SuperPrep ... first team all-state, all-region and all-conference selection as senior ... had 98 percent blocking grade average ... selected for Indiana All-Star Game ... three-year varsity starter on defense as tackle and two-year starter on offense ... Junior All-State honoree ... coach was Chuck Schwanekamp ... also participated in track and field.

Personal: Given name is Jordan Andrew Grimes ... born May 5, 1986 ... selling and sales management major ... enjoys weight lifting.