Council Rock North ATH Brandon Cottom verbally commits to Purdue

Written by: Josh Funk on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010. Follow Josh Funk on Twitter.

Council Rock North athlete Brandon Cottom has made a decision where he will continue playing college football.

Cottom, a 6’2, 225-pound senior-to-be, verbally committed to Purdue Monday, according to Scout.com. Cottom is Pennsylvania’s seventh player to make a verbal commitment from the 2011 recruiting class, and the second of which to commit to the Boilermakers. North Allegheny TE Rob Kugler committed to Purdue nearly a month ago.

The versatile Cottom possessed many other scholarship offers in addition to Purdue – 10 total offers, to be exact – from schools like Cincinnati, Minnesota, Rutgers, Syracuse and Temple, to name a few. Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State and Stanford expressed interest in Cottom, but did not extend a scholarship offer.

As a junior, Cottom ran for more than 1,000 yards, caught 19 passes for 291 yards, returned 17 kickoffs for 616 yards and registered 16 tackles. Cottom scored 17 total touchdowns – 12 rushing – and averaged over 15 yards per reception and 36 yards per kick return.

Council Rock North finished 5-5 overall last season, averaging 23.4 points per game.

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