Purdue to work with WVU’s Harrell as OC, source states

Purdue is set to employ Graham Harrell as its offensive planner, the very first significant relocation under new coach Ryan Walters, a source told ESPN on Thursday.Harrell, 37, invested

the 2022 season as West Virginia’s offending coordinator, after 3 years in the same function at USC. A record-setting quarterback for the late Mike Leach at Texas Tech, Harrell began his training profession under Leach at Washington State before landing his very first organizer function at North Texas in 2014. Purdue employed Walters on Tuesday to change Jeff Brohm

, who left for the head-coaching job at Louisville, his university. Walters, who previously worked as Illinois’ protective coordinator, is the first coach with a protective background Purdue has actually employed since Leon Burtnett in 1982.2 Associated”There’s this misnomer out there where you’re a defensive-minded head coach and all of an unexpected you’ll be seeing the Power-I, “Walters informed ESPN on Wednesday.” I understand what [protective planners] do not wish to see on game days, which’s offenses that will push the envelope, that will take some vertical shots down the field, that get imaginative in the run game, that provide you different photos out of different personnel groupings, that have the ability to manage the pace, whether it’s quick or sluggish.” Those are all things that we, as protective coordinators, hate to see, so that’s what I

want our offense to do.” West Virginia balanced 30.6 points per game this season, and Harrell’s USC offenses ranked in the top 20

nationally in passing in all 3 seasons he coached there.Purdue will be changing numerous of its top offensive players, consisting of quarterback Aidan O’Connell, wide receiver Charlie Jones and tight end Payne Durham, who all revealed earlier Thursday that they will opt out of the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl against LSU. Two quarterbacks Harrell coached, JT Daniels and Kedon Slovis, are in the transfer website. Daniels played for WVU this season, while Slovis was USC’s main quarterback throughout Harrell’s time there.