How did Hudson Card end up in West Lafayette, Indiana? For a native Texan with a personality akin to a surfer dude, a Midwestern engineering school doesn’t exactly fit the vibe. Traveling over a thousand miles from home in Austin and leaving the flagship school in Texas for a second chance wasn’t part of the plan.
Unlike many of the best passers to come out of the state, Card, a top-five quarterback prospect in the Class of 2020 at Lake Travis High School, received the coveted phone call earning an offer to the University of Texas. By every measure, he was on track for college football stardom. New coach Steve Sarkisian tabbed Card to open the 2021 season as his first starting quarterback, one of the highest profile positions in sports. Things unraveled just two games into the 2021 season: Shaky play, lingering injuries, an incoming transfer at season’s end from savior-to-be Quinn Ewers, who then beat Card in the 2022 quarterback battle.
As quickly as Card’s dreams appeared ready to take off at his hometown university, he had to start his recruitment over.
Then he got a call from the patron saint of Texan quarterbacks: Purdue legend Drew Brees. The fellow Austin native told him about his experience at Purdue, where he developed into one of the greatest college football players of all time. He encouraged him to make Purdue home, which Card did in December of 2022.
“It’s pretty special because that’s the same journey that I’m going on in a way,” Card told CBS Sports. “Drew obviously means a whole lot to the Austin community, as he should, and the Purdue community.”
However, the story of Hudson Card landing at Purdue University is really the culmination of a 30-year story, dating back to the hiring of Joe Tiller and…
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Author : Shehan Jeyarajah
Publish date : 2024-09-11 15:57:05
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