And now, so is the head coach, just two seasons in to a five-year contract. The decision to hire Walters failed so bad that Purdue paid him more than $9 million not to coach its football team. And ...

Highest vertical leap on the team at 41 inches. “Elite dunker,” it says in the official Purdue game notes, and my man Chris Forman — who writes the game notes — hasn’t been wrong yet.

Eleven former Purdue football players performed in drills with scouts from 31 NFL teams on campus Wednesday. ... defensive tackle: 40-yard dash - 5.27; vertical jump - 26 1/2; broad jump - 8-5.

Purdue wide receiver Rondale Moore had a vertical jump of 42.5 inches and measured around 5-foot-7. ... Moore had a 42.5-inch vertical and ran a 4.29 40 yard dash. Those are phenomenal times.