Josh Davis choses Purdue

A former Norwell freshman football player has commited to play at Purdue.
Josh Davis, who will be a senior at Jonathan Alder High School, was a freshman at Norwell in 2007 before moving to Plain City, Ohio.
Davis, a 6-foot-6, 270-pound defensive lineman, accepted a scholarship offer from Purdue on Monday. He had 60 tackles as a sophomore and 50 as a junior when Alder was 8-3.
He has been a two-year starter at Alder and has a 3.91 grade-point average on the school’s 4.0 scale. He plans to major in engineering at Purdue.
Davis selected Purdue over Illinois, Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio University, Marshall, Kent State and Eastern Michigan.
Davis is the son of Cindy and Dan Davis, who graduated from Southern Wells. His grandparents are Wanda Dickey of Poneto and Mr. and Mrs. John Gearheart of Warren. His sister, Kristy Davis, graduated from Norwell in 2007 and will be a junior at Indiana University.