BTN.com staff, BTN.com staff, August 18, 2014
Darrell Hazell announced Monday that sophomore Danny Etling will be Purdue's starting quarterback. Etling, the incumbent after starting seven games in 2013, battled fellow sophomore Austin Appleby for the starting gig in training camp.
Coach Hazell has announced that Danny Etling will be Purdue's starting quarterback. #BoilerUp
— Purdue Football (@BoilerFootball) August 18, 2014
Etling completed 149-of-267 passes (56 percent) for 1,690 yards and 10 touchdowns last season.
Appleby talks about losing QB battle:
Here are some tweets about Etling being named starter:
No shock to see Danny Etling named #Purdue QB. Redshirting David Blough will be good, too.
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) August 18, 2014
Danny Etling named the guy at QB for Purdue. He'll be a four-year starter and the next great in the Boilermakers' "Cradle of Quarterbacks."
— Chris Emma (@CEmma670) August 18, 2014
Danny Etling named the starting QB at Purdue. Boilermaker fans need to be patient, but that offense will eventually be fun to watch.
— Dave Miller (@Miller_Dave) August 18, 2014
#Purdue OC John Shoop: 'Danny's body of work since the spring has been very strong.'
— GoldandBlack.com (@GoldandBlackcom) August 18, 2014
Danny Etling: 'I still see lot of improvement to make but starting to play game faster and what I see on field more like what I see on film'
— GoldandBlack.com (@GoldandBlackcom) August 18, 2014
