The 12-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl 45 MVP held NFL career records for completions, completion percentage, yards passing and touchdown passes when he retired and was the first quarterback in league history with 12 consecutive 4,000-yard seasons and five 5,000-yard seasons. I cannot wait to see him on the sidelines.” “Our players have the opportunity to learn from one of the greatest leaders in football history, a valuable experience that they will never forget. “When I first heard about Drew coming back to help coach our guys for the bowl game, I was hoping the rumors were true,” Walters said. The first meeting between Purdue and LSU now features a quarterback-turned-coach who was wildly popular in Louisiana. Four assistant coaches have already followed former Boilermakers coach Jeff Brohm to Louisviille.īrohm’s younger brother, Brian, will serve as interim head coach for the bowl game and co-defensive coordinator Mark Hagen will call the defensive signals against LSU (9-4). 2 Michigan beat Purdue 43-22 in the conference title game. Now, he’s moving back to campus to help short-handed Purdue (8-5) after a season that saw them win their first Big Ten West Division crown and play for their first conference crown since he graduated.
