WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue coach Barry Odom ended the suspense Thursday, naming Ryan Browne his starting quarterback for the Aug. 31 season opener against Ball State.

Browne is the only quarterback on the depth chart who was with Purdue last season, but he also had the shortest amount of time to learn Odom's playbook. Browne transferred to North Carolina in the spring before changing his mind and returning to Purdue.

Browne battled three transfers — Evans Chuba, Malachi Singleton and Bennett Meredith. Chuba played previously at Washington State, Singleton competed at Arkansas and Meredith attended Arizona State.

But Browne emerged as the winner.

“Ryan will be the starter and now the job for everybody else around the quarterback, is to play at a high level to make it easier on the qu

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