WEST LAFAYETTE − Three decades ago, Darin Hinshaw was a record-setting college quarterback.
After a couple years trying his luck at a pro career, Hinshaw dove into coaching. His ladder climb included runs as offensive coordinator at Middle Tennessee State, Kentucky, UAB and most recently his alma mater Central Florida.
Hinshaw is now Purdue football’s quarterbacks coach, leading a position group with a long lineage of NFL talent.
The current crop includes just one returning scholarship player in Bennett Meredith.
The Boilermakers added three quarterbacks from the transfer portal and signed another in its freshman class.
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Three questions with Purdue football quarterbacks coach
Q: How important was it to create a quarterback competition with the number of guys you brought in through the portal, signing a quarterback and having Bennett Meredith as a holdover? It seems like in today’s college football world, the strategy is to give a guy a bunch of money and anoint him the starter and it seems like Purdue has taken a different approach.
A: When we got here, I looked at what we had and it was a situation where quarterbacks had left (Ryan Browne to North Carolina and Marcos Davila to Nebraska). I wanted to bring in guys I knew could throw the football and be successful throwing the football that were athletic and could go play, that we could mold in the next eight months and build a quarterback room. We’re going to have a competition that started the moment they all got here. They all know they’re competing. We’re not announcing any kind of starter. We’re going to build that room and we’re going to build where every one of them can play.
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Publish date : 2025-02-19 09:01:00
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