Bearden football's Jaheim Merriweather commits to Purdue

Bearden football 3-star athlete Jaheim Merriweather committed to Purdue, he announced on Friday.

The 6-foot-3, 190-pound junior chose the Boilermakers over Kentucky, Louisville and Ole Miss.

Merriweather is the No. 15 player in the state and No. 54 athlete in 2024, according to the 247Sports Composite. He is a transfer from Gallatin.

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Purdue has a new coach in Ryan Walters who previously was a defensive coordinator at Illinois and Missouri. Walters, 36, is the fourth-youngest coach in FBS football.

Merriweather received the offer from Purdue in January and visited the campus in March.

“I gave them the news on Thursday,” Merriweather told On3. “I talked to coach Lamar Conard about my decision first, then I talked to Coach Walters about it. We knew about two to three weeks ago that Purdue was the school, so we made it official this week.”

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