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CHICAGO -- Selwyn Lymon continues to hope he will be eligible to play for the Purdue football team this season, but he concedes that is looking less likely.
"I check my mailbox every day, hoping for some good news," the jewel of the Boilermakers' 2005 recruiting class said Tuesday night.
Purdue coach Joe Tiller said Tuesday during the Big Ten media days it appears Lymon, a wide receiver from Fort Wayne Harding High School, has not met NCAA freshman eligibility requirements and will not play this season.
Tiller said it was his understanding Lymon received the required score on the ACT but narrowly missed getting the required grade-point average.
"He's graduated from high school and the grades are in the record book," Tiller said.
"They're not going to change. As we sit here today, it doesn't look like he's going to be a qualifier."
The 6-4, 190-pound Lymon was listed as the state's top recruit and the No. 7 wide receiver nationally by rivals.com.
He said his eligibility problem stems from a criminology class in which he received a "B" while attending Fort Wayne North High as a sophomore.
Lymon transferred to Harding before his junior year, and it was his understanding the NCAA would count the two-credit class toward its core requirement. The NCAA counted it as an elective, Lymon said.
"I'm still waiting to see if something goes through because I'm so close," Lymon said.
NCAA rules prohibit Purdue from offering Lymon an athletic scholarship for the upcoming year, but he said he plans to enroll at the school and pay his way. He cannot practice with the team.
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