Purdue Football is sending more than 10 new offers to high school recruits

The transfer portal period leaves little room for anything else for college football coaches, if not preparing for bowl games or the College Football Playoff. That's the case for Barry Odom and his staff as they get started. Still, a number of high school seniors received offers from Purdue and the new staff in the past week.

Boiler Upload takes a look at what prospects Purdue's new coaching staff provided during their first week in West Lafayette.

The most high-profile offer of the week came from new quarterbacks coach Darin Hinshaw, who offered 2026 four-star quarterback Landon Duckworth. The Jackson (Ala.) product was Hinshaw's top target at the position at UCF and the interest remains despite a move to West Lafayette.

Duckworth is one of the top 50 recruits and is the third-ranked dual-threat quarterback in the class, according to Rivals. He has additional offers from South Carolina, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Nebraska, Oregon and others.

The first offer, outside of the 2025 class, sent by Barry Odom came from Las Vegas and 2026 running back Gavin Day. The Faith Lutheran (NV) standout has offers from the Boilermakers and UNLV, but has seen interest from Power 4 programs.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound defender is a linebacker/safety hybrid who has been productive at the high school level, with 110 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, two interceptions and six passes defended last season as a junior.

The highest-rated prospect to receive an offer from the Boilermakers this week was 2027 four-star running back Ezavier Crowell. The Jackson (Ala.) standout is a teammate of Duckworth and was offered by now-quarterbacks coach Darin Hinshaw.

Crowell has cemented himself as one of the nation's top running backs regardless of class after rushing for 3,701 yards (11.1 yards per carry) and 56 touchdowns in his first two seasons at the high school level.

The five-star borderline prospect has also been offered by Alabama, Georgia, Florida State, Michigan, Ole Miss, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas, USC and others.

Vance Vice offered its first prospect after coming to Purdue from UNLV for 2026 three-star offensive lineman Ryley Kester. The Jens (Okla.) product includes other Power 4 offers from Georgia Tech, Texas Tech, Houston and Boston College, along with Memphis and North Texas.

The new staff's first defensive offer was sent to Mississippi cornerback Raderrion Daniels via new defensive line coach Charles Clark. As a junior, the Lake Cormorant standout totaled 28 tackles, three interceptions and 12 passes defended.

Daniels has offers from companies like Missouri, Ole Miss, Louisville, SMU, Oregon State, Arkansas, West Virginia, Vanderbilt and others.

Already a member of the all-name team, 2028 quarterback Wonderful Monds IV was one of Darin Hinshaw's first offers to the Boilermakers after being hired. Monds got his first taste of varsity action in 2024, throwing for 2,234 yards with 23 touchdowns and five interceptions, while also having 502 yards and nine more scores on the ground.

Monds has already received offers from the likes of Florida, Florida State, Illinois, Miami and Baylor, and could be one of the top quarterbacks in the class of 2028.

Another touted 2028 quarterback already picking up steam on the recruiting trail picked up a Purdue offer, First Baptist Academy (Fla.) signal caller Brady Quinn. The freshman threw for 2,549 yards, with 33 touchdowns and nine interceptions this season.

Quinn has added offers from Kentucky, Ole Miss, Louisville, Nebraska, Missouri, Maryland, Syracuse, UCF, South Florida and Toledo to his recruitment so far.

The trend of 2028 signal-callers adding an offer from Hinshaw and the Boilermakers was continued by Master's Academy standout Jackson Stecher, also from the Sunshine State. Purdue becomes the second Power 4 program to offer Stecher, joining UCF, as well as South Florida, Samford and Robert Morris.

The first of three 2027 quarterbacks to rescind offers from the Boilermakers was Tarpon Springs (Fla.) signal caller Joaquin Kavouklis, another UCF target for Purdue for Hinshaw. Kavouklis threw for 2,404 yards and 22 touchdowns for school records as a sophomore this season.

The 6-foot-1 quarterback has offers from Syracuse, UCF, UNLV, USF, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Toledo, in addition to Purdue.

Spanish River (Fla.) 2027 quarterback Champ Smith, already a three-year varsity starter, became a new target on the Purdue board at the position after Hinshaw offered this week. In 23 games, he threw for 3,865 yards, 46 touchdowns and ten interceptions.

Smith has other offers from South Carolina, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Arkansas, Maryland, Syracuse and West Virginia, among others.

The final offer of the past week came from True North Classical Academy (Fla.) quarterback Zach Katz. In 10 games this fall, the 2027 sharpshooter threw for 2,412 yards and 23 touchdowns while tallying seven scores on the ground.

Katz has other offers from Miami, Ole Miss, Louisville, SMU, South Florida, FIU, App State, Bethune-Cookman and Western Michigan.