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Throwback Thursday: Looking back at the Purdue starters as recruits

Blair Sanderson • Hawkeye Beacon

Editor

MORE: Looking back at Iowa's starters as recruits

In our Throwback Thursday feature, we are going to take a quick look back at Iowa's opponent every week and see how their starters were ranked as recruits.

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NOTES:

-Average star rating on offense: 2.64

-Average star rating on defense: 3.09

-Aidan O'Connell originally joined Purdue as a walk-on coming out of high school.

-Greg Long (UTEP), Tyler Witt (WKU), and Kieren Douglas (Army) joined Purdue as transfers.

-Purdue starters that had an Iowa offer coming out of high school: David Bell and Marvin Grant.

-Other players on Purdue's roster that had an Iowa offer: Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen, Marcellus Moore, and Marcus Mbow.

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