Purdue Recruits Weekend Roundup: Week 1
As the high school football season kicked off around most of the country on Friday, Purdue’s 2025 commitments began their senior campaigns. As we have done for years, GoldandBlack.com will track each recruit’s weekly results.
Week 1 …
CB Dawayne Galloway
Week 1: Marion-Franklin (Columbus, Ohio) lost, 47-12, to Granville.
ILB Grant Beerman
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Week 1: Lakota West (West Chester, Ohio) downed St. Xavier and QB Chase Herbstreit (son of Kirk), 17-14. Beerman led the Firebirds with 13 tackles (4 solo) with 1/2 TFL and a PBU.
TE Brian Kortovich
Week One: Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph won, 47-7, vs. GlenOak, led by Ohio State RB commit Bo Jackson. Kortovich, who is playing both slot and wideout this year, had two catches for 50 yards with a 2-yard TD reception.
DL Drayden Pavey
Week One: Cincinnati Taft started the season by defeating Pleasure Ridge Park (Louisville), 43-0. Pavey had 1.5 sacks, 7 tackles and “a lot of QB hurries and pressures.”
OL Cameron Gorin
Week 1: Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers, Ind.) downed Carroll (Fort Wayne), 45-21, as Gorin started at left tackle for the Royals who had 285 rush yards and 414 total yards.
OL Takhyian Whitset
Week One: Antioch (Nashville) defeated Lebanon, 34-22. Whitset didn’t give up any sacks with 6 pancakes and 0 pressures allowed; on defense, he had 4 tackles, 2 pass deflections, 2 TFLs.
QB Sawyer Anderson
Parish Episcopal (Dallas) opens August 30 vs. All Saints.
WR Lebron Hill
Week One: Hammond (Ind.) Morton lost, 45-17, to Portage, notching its first win since 2022. Hill had a 45-yard TD grab (below).
RE Rashad Jones
Belleville (Mich.) opens August 30 vs. Clarkston
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RE Landon Brooks
Week 1: Delta (Muncie, Ind.) defeated Muncie Central, 28-7. Double- and triple-teamed almost all night, the rangy Brooks had 1.5 sacks, 9 tackles and 2 blocked passes as Muncie Central barely ran to his side.
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“Our defense is just really good,” Brooks told the Daily News. “You saw our secondary hustle pretty good. As long as we stop the run, we’re good.”
RB/LB Jaron Thomas
Week 1: Elkhart (Ind.) Concord beat Elkhart, 13-12. Thomas faced Purdue target and Tennessee d-end commit Mariyon Dye. Thomas had 76 yards rushing on 19 carries, with 8 tackles and a TFL on defense.
RB Ziaire Stevens
Week One: Akron East lost to Chaney, 21-6. Stevens scored the Red Dragons’ lone TD on a 47-yard jaunt. He finished with 12 carries for 103 yards and the aforementioned TD. Good video of Stevens from the preseason below:
OL Kuol Kuol
Week One: Centerville (Ohio) toppled Lakota East, 31-21. The Elk had 160 yards rushing and 150 yards passing, with Kuol Kuol helping pave the way at left OT.
ILB Sam Steward
Week One: Fort Wayne Homestead lost, 34-10, at Carmel, which had 187 yards rushing and 116 yards passing.
