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23 Days Until 2025 Purdue Football: Jaheim Merriweather & Trey Smith
We are just over 3 weeks away from the kickoff of the 2025 Purdue football season. Today we've got two players on the countdown. So let's get started!
#23 – Jaheim Merriweather
Running Back
6'2', 215 lbs
Sophomore
Jackson, Tennessee
2025 Outlook: Running back rotation
Merriweather is one of the few returning players from last year's team. He appeared in 11 games as a freshman. He only carried the ball 15 times for 77 yards, but just to see the field at the running back position as a freshman is a great accomplishment. The hope with this position is obviously that Devin Mockobee will hold down the starting role and hopefully reach 1,000 yards this season. However, even the best of running backs needs breaks. Merriweather could be one of the players to step up into a backup rotation role at the RB position. Opportunities will be available at nearly all positions this season and RB is no different.
#23 – Trey Smith
Defensive End
6'4', 255 lbs
Sophomore (redshirt)
Apopka, Florida
Previous School: Illinois
2025 Outlook: Defensive end depth
Smith comes to Purdue after playing at Illinois last season. He'd been at Illinois for two seasons appearing in 11 games over those two seasons. No huge stats to speak of during that time with only two tackles including one tackle for loss on the season. Now he will look to make an impact on a different Big Ten team just down the road. Smith certainly has some good measurables, now it's a matter of putting it together on the field with a new playbook.
