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David Blough
Purdue Boilermakers – No. 11
PositionQuarterback
ClassRedshirt Junior
MajorOrganizational leadership and supervision
Personal information
Born: (1995-07-31) July 31, 1995 (age 29)
Carrollton, Texas
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career history
College
High schoolCarrollton (TX) Creekview
Career highlights and awards
  • Elite 11 participant (2013)
  • 2× Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2016)
  • Team captain (2017)

David Marshall Blough (born July 31, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the Purdue Boilermakers. After redshirting in 2014, he was Purdue's backup quarterback in 2015 and led the Boilermakers to a win against Nebraska. As a redshirt sophomore in 2016, he started 12 games and earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. Blough was selected by ESPN.com as the thirty-fifth best high school quarterback.

Early years

Blough was born in 1995 in Carrollton, Texas.[1] His mother, LuAnn Blough is a two-time cancer survivor.[2] Blough is the youngest of three brothers; his older brothers are Matthew and Daniel.[3]

Blough played high school football for Creekview High School in Carrollton, Texas.[4] He was a lightly recruited Texas high school athlete who was being recruited by the likes of Purdue, Memphis and New Mexico State after his junior season in which he completed 56 percent of his passes for 1,777 yards and 17 touchdowns against just three interceptions. He also ran for 244 yards and six scores.[5]

Blough was rated as the seventh best pocket passer quarterback in the national class of 2014, according to ESPN during The Opening rankings,[6] but was later rated as the thirty-fifth best pocket passer.[7] Other ratings services also had Blough in their class of 2014 rankings: 19 by Rivals.com and 26 by Scout.com following his reclassification.[8][9] Blough appeared in the 2013 Elite 11, where he had an early lead as the camp's MVP;[10] however, he ended up losing to Sean White.[11]

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date
David Blough
QB 		Carrollton, Texas Carrollton H. S. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 4.73 Jun 16, 2013 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 77
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 26 (Pro-Style QB)   Rivals: 19 (QB), 56 (TX)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Purdue Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  • "2014 Purdue Football Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  • "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  • "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 5, 2017.

College career

Commitment and redshirt season

In May 2013, Blough received a scholarship offer, and verbally committed to play college football at Purdue University following his visit on June 15, 2013.[12] On December 16, 2013, he signed his National Letter of Intent.[13] In January 2014, he enrolled early at Purdue.[14] He attended Purdue's spring camp in April 2014 under coach Darrell Hazell.[15] Blough redshirted his entire freshman season for the 2014 Boilermakers as sophomore Danny Etling was named the team's starter.[16]

2015 season

As a redshirt freshman for the 2015 Boilermakers, Blough began the season as a backup to Austin Appleby. Blough was the backup on a roster that had just three scholarship quarterbacks. True freshman Elijah Sindelar was recovering from a high school knee injury, and Hazell wished to redshirt him. Blough made his Purdue debut on September 12, 2015, throwing one incomplete pass in a three-and-out series in the closing minutes of a victory over Indiana State.[17] Hazell ultimately decided to redshirt Sindelar during the 2015 season, resulting in Blough seeing playing time as Appleby's principal backup. Blough completed three passes in seven attempts against Virginia Tech on September 19.[18]

On September 22, Blough was officially named Purdue's starting quarterback, replacing Appleby.[19] Blough completed 29 of his 39 passing attempts for 340 yards and a pair of touchdowns, but the Boilermakers fell 28–35 to the Bowling Green Falcons.[20]

2016 season

2017 season

Blough entered training camp in a quarterback battle, with his primary competition being redshirt sophomore Elijah Sindelar and redshirt freshman Jared Sparks.[21]

Statistics

NCAA career statistics
Purdue Boilermakers
Season Games Games
started 		Record Passing Rushing
Comp Att Yards Avg Lng Pct. TD Int QB rating Att Yards Avg Lng TD
2014
Redshirt
2015 10 8 1-7 169 293 1,574 5.4 83 57.7 10 8 108.6 67 94 1.4 56 4
2016 12 12 3–9 295 517 3,352 6.5 89 57.1 25 21 119.4 80 13 0.2 20 4
Career 22 20 4–16 464 810 4,926 6.1 89 57.3 35 29 115.5 147 107 0.7 56 8

Reference[22]

See also

References

  1. ^ "David Blough Bio". www.purduesports.com. Purdue University. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Stacy Clardie (April 11, 2016). "Purdue 'Challenge' is much more than a race". www.purdue.rivals.com. Yahoo! Inc. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Mike Carmin (August 5, 2014). "Purdue freshman David Blough not giving up on starting QB job". www.indystar.com. Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  4. ^ Timothy Howell (November 14, 2013). "Frisco High School Football: 2013 Playoff Preview". www.lifestylefisco.com. VSELLIS.COM, INC. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  5. ^ Justin Thomas (May 24, 2013). "Football: Mustangs overcome injuries during spring". www.starlocalmedia.com. Star Local Media. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  6. ^ "2014 The Opening". www.espn.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  7. ^ "David Blough - Football Recruiting". www.espn.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  8. ^ "David Blough". www.rivals.com. Yahoo! Inc. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  9. ^ "David Blough, Creekview, Pro-Style Quarterback". www.scout.com. CBS Sports Interactive. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  10. ^ Bud Elliott (July 1, 2013). "Surprising initial 2013 Elite 11 quarterback list released, led by David Blough". www.sbnation.com. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  11. ^ Adam Rittenberg (July 2, 2013). "Purdue recruit shines at Elite 11 finals". www.espn.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  12. ^ Brian Neubert (June 15, 2013). "New Purdue QB commit talks decision". www.purdue.rivals.com. Yahoo! Inc. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  13. ^ "Blough officially a Boilermaker". www.starlocalmedia.com. Star Local Media. December 20, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  14. ^ "Purdue adds three mid-year enrollees". www.purdueexponent.org. BLOX Content Management System. January 13, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  15. ^ Mike Carmin (April 19, 2014). "Q&A with Purdue football coach Darrell Hazell". www.jconline.com. Lafayette Journal & Courier. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  16. ^ "Purdue names Danny Etling starting quarterback". www.si.com. Time Inc. August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  17. ^ Brock Reish (September 12, 2015). "Purdue Football: Boilers top Indiana State 38-14". www.purdueexponent.org. BLOX Content Management System. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  18. ^ Stan Jastrzebski (September 19, 2015). "They Are Who We Thought They Were: Hokies Clobber Boilers 51-24". www.wbaa.org. WBAA. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  19. ^ "David Blough replaces Austin Appleby as Purdue Boilermakers quarterback". www.espn.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. September 22, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  20. ^ Vinnie Duber (September 26, 2015). "David Blough impresses, but Purdue suffers crushing loss to Bowling Green". www.August 10, 2017. Comcast SportsNet Chicago, LLC.
  21. ^ Stacy Clardie (April 17, 2017). "Exiting spring, Brohm says Purdue 'probably' will play two quarterbacks". www.purdue.rivals.com. Yahoo! Inc. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  22. ^ "David Blough stats". www.sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
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