The roller coaster that’s been the collegiate career of Robert Marve? It’ll be back for one more run this season.
Purdue announced Wednesday that, thanks to a decision by the NCAA, the quarterback has been granted a sixth year of eligibility. Marve missed his true freshman season at Miami due to injury, and then missed all but four games during his first season at Purdue in 2010 due to a torn ACL.
As a result, Marve’s appeal to the NCAA was approved.
“I am extremely blessed by the NCAA’s decision and proud to be at Purdue for another season,” Marve said. “I’m looking forward to next year and winning games for the Boilermakers.”
Marve started the first four games of his Boilermakers career prior to the ACL injury, with the rehab process keeping him out of the first two games of this year as well. The senior ultimately played in eight games as the backup to starter Caleb TerBush.
“I’m very pleased for Robert, his teammates and all of Boilermaker Nation,” head coach Danny Hope said. “In all of my years of coaching, I’ve never been around a player that has worked so hard at becoming an elite athlete and, because of injury, has seen so little reward for his efforts. This is a big boost to our program getting him back.”
Marve was a four-star member of Miami’s 2007 recruiting class and the No. 8 pro-style quarterback in the country, but transferred from the Hurricanes in 2009 after numerous “issues” with the UM coaching staff and one with local law enforcement.