Pete Thamel: Q&A with new Purdue football coach Ryan Walters

INDIANAPOLIS -- At the NFL combine last week, new Purdue coach Ryan Walters sat down with ESPN to discuss the energy jolt, challenges and changes inherent to taking over a new job. He's living in Jeff Brohm's old house -- renting it from the school, which bought it -- while laying the groundwork to upgrade Purdue.

Walters is adamant the job isn't a rebuild, considering Purdue won 17 games the past two years and captured the Big Ten West last season. He's bullish at what the job can become -- "Why can't you win at Purdue?" Walters dove in with ESPN on everything from the realities of NIL to what he learned from Bret Bielema to his high school QB crush on Drew Brees coming full circle and…