15 Days to Purdue Basketball: Tommy Luce

Walk-ons are awesome. Yes, I know the last walk-on profile on Grady Eifert did not go over well, but let’s make up for it today. Let’s fete Tommy Luce, the newest walk-on.

Tommy Luce – Fr.

Jeffersonville, IN (Jeffersonville HS)

5’10”, 150 pounds

Guard

2016-17 Projection: Deep reserve

Luce is what you see out of many walk-ons across the country. He is the son of a career high school coach that has been all over the map as his family has moved around. His dad, Joe Luce, has coached at Fountain Central, Benton Central, Marion, Richmond, and last season was his first year at Jeffersonville. In 2008 he took Marion to the state finals where they lost because some guy named Gordon Heyward hit the…