Purdue Football: A Blast From the Past, 2016 Recruiting Class

Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesIt is the bye week here. So, it is time to look at some recruiting classes and do a, “what the heck happened” look at where these guys are or if they are still on the team.

Let me break some news to you, a lot of guys from this 2016 class - would be Redshirt Juniors or True Seniors - are not on this team anymore. Looking back on classes from Pre-Brohm, there is a reason our offensive line is struggling.

We didn’t recruit for depth. Remember, Coach Brohm has had two true recruiting classes to fix the offensive line, so these kids are Sophomores, Redshirt Freshmen, or Freshmen. The first class he had was pretty much set in stone with…