2008 Purdue roster

35 players. From 9 states; the most from Texas (5) and Indiana (5). The 2008 season.

Our source’s roster for 2008 is partial: 35 names, most without a position or size. Rosters are complete from about 2010.

Quarterbacks 4

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
	Curtis Painter QB				2,400 passing yards, 13 TD
14	Joey Elliott QB	6′2″		Evansville, IN	81 passing yards
12	Chris Bennett QB	6′3″	201	Dayton, OH	6 rushing yards
20	Kyle Adams QB3-star recruit	6′1″	180	Austin, TX

Running backs 5

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
	Kory Sheets RB			1,131 rushing yards, 16 TD
23	Ralph Bolden RB3-star recruit	5′9″	Folkston, GA	28 rushing yards
44	Frank Halliburton FB3-star recruit	6′2″	Indianapolis, IN	37 rushing yards
25	Dan Dierking FB	5′10″	Wheaton, IL	34 rushing yards
33	Jaycen Taylor RB	5′10″	Hawthorne, CA

Receivers 9

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
	Greg Orton WR			69 catches, 720 yards, 5 TD
	Desmond Tardy WR			67 catches, 876 yards, 5 TD
8	Keith Smith WR	6′2″	Fort Hood, TX	49 catches, 486 yards, 2 TD
2	Justin Siller WR	6′3″	Detroit, MI	496 passing yards, 3 TD
	Brandon Whittington WR			25 catches, 182 yards, 1 TD
	Jerry Wasikowski WR			13 catches, 89 yards
17	Aaron Valentin WR	6′1″	Freeport, NY	11 catches, 224 yards, 2 TD
3	Waynelle Gravesande WR3-star recruit	6′0″	Irvington, NJ	2 catches, 13 yards
10	Royce Adams WR	6′0″	Cleveland, OH

Tight ends 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
89	Colton McKey TE3-star recruit		6′5″	256	The Woodlands, TX	2 catches, 9 yards
88	Jeff Lindsay TE4-star recruit		6′3″		Macomb, MI	1 catch, 8 yards

Offensive line 1

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
54	Jared Zwilling C		6′4″	293	Evansville, IN	1 catch, −4 yards

Defensive line 1

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
94	Ryan Kerrigan DE		6′4″	263	Muncie, IN	1 INT

Defensive backs 4

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2008
2	Torri Williams S	6′2″	Cedar Park, TX	2 INT
4	Dwight McLean S	6′1″	Corona, CA	2 INT
7	Brandon King CB	5′11″	Warner Robbins, GA	1 INT
9	David Pender CB	6′1″	Folkston, GA	1 INT

Specialists 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
37	Carson Wiggs PK3-star recruit		6′0″		Grand Prairie, TX	8 of 11 field goals
13	Chris Summers P		6′1″		Fishers, IN	50 punts, 38.4 average

Athletes and others 7

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2008
	Anthony Heygood					1 INT
	Frank Duong					1 INT
	Ryan Baker					1 INT
	Joe Whitest					7 catches, 59 yards
	Arsenio Curry					2 catches, 18 yards
	Mike Conway					1 return, 11 yards
	Roberto McBean					2 catches, 16 yards

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2008 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.