Kerrigan shines amid lost season

[hawkeye]

Enough with the quarterback drama. Does it really matter whom Purdue starts these last two games?

All that is doing is taking away from giving proper kudos to the team’s best player: senior defensive end Ryan Kerrigan.

If the Boilermakers were even decent, Kerrigan would be getting talked about for the Heisman. You better believe he’ll be on my ballot – maybe not at the top, but he’ll be on there.

Against Michigan, he had 10 tackles, all solo, four sacks and two forced fumbles.

His 23 1/2 tackles for loss lead the nation. His 11 1/2 sacks and five forced fumbles rank No. 2 in the country. He also has 62 tackles.

He rarely fails to get to the quarterback when he’s blocked one-on-one. When he gets doubled by another lineman or a tight end, he still affects the game because that frees up his linemates.

“He just plays his heart out every snap,” coach Danny Hope said. “Every day, NFL scouts come to practice and they watch him and like him, and then they watch film on him all day long. And after they watch the whole season, they like him even more because they realize he’s got a great motor, a relentless effort, a very unselfish player. He’s definitely one of the best defensive players in the country.”

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20101115/SPORTS0303/311159973/1008/SPORTS

All I gotta say is RK produces.

[gritzblitz]

Enough with the quarterback drama. Does it really matter whom Purdue starts these last two games?

All that is doing is taking away from giving proper kudos to the team’s best player: senior defensive end Ryan Kerrigan.

If the Boilermakers were even decent, Kerrigan would be getting talked about for the Heisman. You better believe he’ll be on my ballot – maybe not at the top, but he’ll be on there.

Against Michigan, he had 10 tackles, all solo, four sacks and two forced fumbles.

His 23 1/2 tackles for loss lead the nation. His 11 1/2 sacks and five forced fumbles rank No. 2 in the country. He also has 62 tackles.

He rarely fails to get to the quarterback when he’s blocked one-on-one. When he gets doubled by another lineman or a tight end, he still affects the game because that frees up his linemates.

“He just plays his heart out every snap,” coach Danny Hope said. “Every day, NFL scouts come to practice and they watch him and like him, and then they watch film on him all day long. And after they watch the whole season, they like him even more because they realize he’s got a great motor, a relentless effort, a very unselfish player. He’s definitely one of the best defensive players in the country.”

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20101115/SPORTS0303/311159973/1008/SPORTS

All I gotta say is RK produces.

Would love to have this guy. He may not be a speed rusher but he would make a good LDE rotation with Biermann. He may be what this D-Line needs to be really good. We get plenty of sacks from Abe on Right side. We also get good pressure from the inside. If we could get more sacks from the Left side then this D-lne would dominate.

He is also a TD type: senior with significant playing time in a big time conference, he is a team captain and he produces on the field, clean record off the field.

[Kennesaw77]

I like him but i don't think he is what we need.

[A-TowN.-]

I am a fan of him I just need to watch more of him. We need more of a pass rusher, he is more of a run and chase DE. He has good sack numbers but so he must be doing something right, will go and look at him more.

Edited November 18, 2010 by A-TowN.-