polished specialist, but Purdue’s long-snapper depth chart moved on
Claude Strnad arrived at Purdue with real specialist buzz — Purdue listed him as a 4.5-star long snapper prospect — and he was viewed as a steady, camp-tested addition after impressing coaches at a specialists camp. In 2024, though, he did not appear in any games, and by spring 2025 Purdue’s roster shakeup pushed him into the transfer portal. The appeal is clear: if you want a technically trained snapper with pedigree and a clean specialist profile, he’s interesting; if you need proven in-game production right now, the resume is still mostly projection.
