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Purdue Football: The Best Newcomer

Related Topics: Dave Mitchell, Purdue University

He wasn’t well known.

He was underrecruited out of high school.

He went to a Junior College, was committed to Louisiana Tech, then flipped to Purdue late.

I have DaMarcus Mitchell as our best newcomer two games into the season.

In two games, the Defensive End/Outside Linebacker has 17 total tackles, 1 sack and 2 tackles for a loss.

At Outside Linebacker or Defensive End, you don’t tally a ton of tackles, especially when you play to the boundary side of the field, but DaMarcus has been very good, averaging 8.5 tackles per game.