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WellsPurdom
- height 6-2
- Weight 294
- class Freshman
- High school McCracken County
High School
- A four-year varsity starter at center
- Played for Coach Shawn Jackson at McCracken County High School
- Named All-Western Kentucky Conference (2013, 2014, 2015)
- 2015 All-Purchase Area Football Team
- Lead his team to three 6A District Championships
- Helped lead McCracken County’s offense to an average of 43 points a game which ranked 2nd in the state in scoring offense
- Excelled in the classroom with a 3.98 GPA
- Named Mr. McCracken County
- Also lettered one season as a center on the basketball team
- Teammate of incoming freshman Zy’Aire Hughes
- Chose UK over Southeast Missouri State and Murray State
Personal
- Born in Mayfield, Ky.
- Son of Tripp and Allyson Purdom
- Grandfather, John Waters, played football at Western Kentucky
- Currently enrolled in undergraduate studies
Wells Says
- He chose Kentucky because he’s born and raised in Kentucky and he’s always wanted to be a Wildcat
- Other than playing for the NFL, he says his dream job is to work for ESPN
- The thing he most looks forward to this season is getting a chance to prove himself
- Most people don’t know that he rides horses
- His sports hero is Tim Tebow because of his leadership on and off the field