In a bit of a surprise this weekend Purdue made a dip into SEC country for a visitor. Octavius Matthews, the top-rated JuCo running back in the country, was officially a visitor this weekend. he took some flack on Twitter for it, but it is at least slightly encouraging accoridng to his Twitter:
Why everybody on me about visiting Purdue.? at the end of the day it's my life Ima do what I want regardless...u270a 1K
— octavius.M (@octaviusmatthe1) January 21, 2017
Matthews is a 4-star running back according to ESPN and a 3-star per Rivals.