Former Purdue All-American Leroy Keyes Dies at Age 74

Leroy Keyes, a two-time All-American at Purdue, died at age 74 Thursday, according to ESPN's Adam Rittenberg.

"Leroy was a two-way player in the way that matters most—a great athlete and a great person," Purdue president Mitch Daniels said in a statement. "You never saw him without a smile on his face, or left him without a smile on your own. Every Boilermaker lost a good friend today."

Keyes ran for 2,090 yards and 29 touchdowns while catching 80 passes for 1,204 yards and seven scores over three seasons as a member of the Boilermakers.

As a freshman, he helped Purdue beat USC in the 1967 Rose Bowl. While the school didn't reach those heights again over the next two years, the Virginia native…