Robert Marve, the former University of Miami quarterback who transferred to Purdue, will miss the entire season with a knee injury, specifically a torn ACL. Marve suffered the injury three days after announcing his plan to join Danny Hope's squad in West Lafayette. (He had been widely expected to walk on at Tennessee.) He underwent surgery and hopes to be medically cleared by the end of December.
This is just the latest chapter in an ongoing hard-luck story for the star-crossed quarterback who was Florida's Mr. Football in 2006. Marve missed all of the 2007 season after a car crash and couldn't hold the starting job in 2008.
The injury will have little to no effect on the team, since Marve doesn't hold the clipboard with his knees. Marve is required by NCAA rules to sit out this season before using his last two years of eligibility. The blank slate that is Purdue football right now should give him a chance to (re-)make a name for himself in 2010.
