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96 Days to Purdue Football: Jake Herr

The spring game was the showcase for today’s player. It is not often that a backup punter is called on. Joe Schopper has the starting job nailed down for the immediate future, but during the spring game we got some backup walk-on punter love.

Carmel, Indiana (Carmel HS)

6'5", 230 pounds

Punter

2017 projection: Reserve Punter

Herr joined the team as a walk-on last in 2015 and, as most walk-on specialists do, did not factor in to the team much. As mentioned, Schopper had the job.