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Three weeks into spring ball, Texas transfer QB Hudson Card has been ‘pretty special’

Three weeks into spring ball, Texas transfer QB Hudson Card has been ‘pretty special’

The early verdict is in: Purdue is happy it has Hudson Card. Very happy.

“Yeah, he’s been pretty special,” said Purdue offensive coordinator Graham Harrell. “He’s been really, really good.”

Wait, there’s more Card love.

“I think he’s got a chance to be special,” said Boilermaker head coach Ryan Walters.

Wideout T.J. Sheffield is in the Card fan club, as well: “He can do it all, really.”

On and on it has gone through three weeks of spring ball when the subject of the Texas transfer quarterback is broached. That’s good, because the hopes and dreams of Walters’ first Purdue squad may rest squarely on the shoulders of the 6-2, 201-pound dart-thrower from Austin, Texas.

Too much pressure? Hah, not for a guy who wears No. 1.

Card gets it. He has stood in the glare of the white-hot spotlight at Texas, where football is part of the holy trinity along with the God and Country. He knows expectations. He knows scrutiny. He knows tension.

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Harrell has known all about Card dating to the new Boilermaker signal-caller’s days as a Friday Night Lights hero at Lake Travis High in Austin. Harrell could relate, having been a Texas schoolboy star himself.

“When we started recruiting (him), we watched every throw he made at the University of Texas,” said Harrell. “Saw some things that were pretty impressive and so you’re like, man, yeah, he’s really got a chance. But he’s been way better than I thought he’d be, especially this early.”

Card slid right into running the first-team offense when he arrived in January. The transition has been seamless. And his throws? There’s the skinny post, deep out, intermediate touch pass, long out, high post backside throw to the corner … it all has been on display this spring.

“He’s an elite thrower of the football, and then he’s really athletic,” said Harrell. “But what’s been the most encouraging is just how quick he’s picked things up, how quick he processes, the way he sees the game from the standpoint of pre-snap. He’s seeing what you want him to see. He’s making decisions you want him to make.”

Sheffield has lived it this spring, crisscrossing the Mollenkopf Athletic Center turf time and again to catch Card’s passes. What’s Sheffield think?

“It’s a little bit different,” he said. “His over-the-should balls are pretty nice. It’s pretty easy to catch. He puts it right in the breadbasket every time.”

Perhaps the hand-in-glove fit for Card has been because this is an ideal marriage between quarterback and scheme.

“I think part of it is, he’s a really, really good fit for what we do,” said Harrell. “I think that maybe because of that, schematically, what we do really fits his skill-set really well. And so you see success really early on because he’s a great fit for what we’re trying to do. He’s out here playing confidently, he’s having fun, and you’re seeing the results of it every day.”

It’s not just Card’s right arm that has turned heads. Check out those wheels.

“I don’t know if I’ve been around somebody that’s got the elite talent in terms of his arm talent that’s coupled with his ability to extend plays with his legs,” said Walters. “Because he doesn’t just extend them. He can he can go hit a home run.”

Wideout Deion Burks is a believer.

“From what I’ve seen so far, he’s a great quarterback,” he said. “He’s a dual-threat quarterback. He can throw it and run, as well. He’s very special in my eyes. He can read. And he’s smart.”

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