Purdue hired Illinois assistant Ryan Walters as its new head coach on Tuesday. DubJellison looks at Walters' path to West Lafayette:
finalist after his work this season. The award goes to the top assistant coach in college football. He was also named the"Defensive Coordinator of the Year" by several different publications.Purdue took a different route in hiring Walters as opposed to the candidates it had brought to West Lafayette historically. Walters has grown his reputation as a defensive mastermind and will now get the chance to lead his own program.
Purdue was the only team to crack the code against Illinois, scoring 31 points in the matchup this season. That was the most the Illini had allowed in a single game, with the second most being 23. Illinois also held a top-five scoring offense in Michigan to a season-low 19 points. Since he entered the coaching ranks, Walters has been a defensive backs coach and/or defensive coordinator at every stop.Walters played safety at Colorado from 2004-2008 and was named team captain during his senior season with the Buffaloes. Over his five years in Boulder, Walters totaled 205 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, and 6 interceptions. This month, he was a finalist for the job at his alma mater before Colorado hired Deion Sanders as the team's next head coach.
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