Gritt Gurdur

Gritt Gurdur

Gritt Gurdur
No. 58 – Retired
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Born:	(1999-03-17)March 17, 1999 (aged 62) Layafette, Indiana, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	265 lb (120 kg)
Username:	Miller
Career information
College:	Purdue
Career history
Roster status:	Retired

Gritt Gurdur (born March 17, 1999) was an American football linebacker. He played college football for Purdue (PDE).

Early years

Gritt Gurdur was born in Layafette, Indiana to his parents and grw up with his two siblings. Gurdur lived on the outskirts of town on a farm where he spent most of his days assisting his father with farming duties and watching over his younger brother and sister. During his highschool career, Gurdur spent his first three years playing on the local basketball team, where he became a three-star basketball recruit in his junior year. However after a multitude of personal foul penalites and ejections for his aggressive rough play, Gurdur was suspended from the basketball team in his senior year. Gurdur chose to spend his final year on the football team, where he played both sides as a Fullback and Linebacker, earning first team All Conference in his Division and setting a school record for Tackles for a Loss in a season. Gurdur's team made a short playoff run but was eliminated, leaving his high school playoff record at 2-1.

College career

Due to only playing one year of high school football, Gurdur only recieved a few partial scholarships to Division 3 schools, but ultimately he decided to walk on to Purdue University to try out for the Boilermakers. Impressed by his physical attributes, Gurdur was red shirted his first year to develop his knowledge of the game. On the start of his red shirt Freshman year, Gurdur played sparingly as a relief linebacker and played often in the goal line package, garnering 15 tackles with 3 TFL's and one Forced Fumble throughout the season. A notable game from his freshman year was against Wisconsin, Where on a 4th and goal on the 1, Gurdur leaped over the line of scrimmage to collide with the Wisc. RB, causing a turnover on downs. Gurdurs Freshman Performance earned himself the starting Middle Linebacker job his Sophmore year, while also serving as a Blocking Fullback, similar to his highschool days. Over the next two years of his College Career, Gurdur led the Boilermakers to two seperate top 10 run defense seasons, with his junior year reaching #3 in the ranking. Gurdur tallied over 154 tackles with 38 TFL's, 15 FF's, 9 sacks, and 11 pass deflections in his two years as a starter on defense, while also rushing 22 times for 103 yards and 2 TD's.

College career statistics

Career statistics			Tackles			Sacks		Interceptions					Fumbles
Season	Team	Games	SOLO	AST	TOT	SACK	TFL	PD	INT	YDS	LNG	TD	FF	FR	FTD
Template:2035	Template:PUR	12	11	4	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Template:2036	Template:PUR	12	49	11	60	3	12	4	1	12	12	0	6	4	0
Template:2037	Template:PUR	12	77	7	84	6	26	5	0	0	0	0	9	5	1