UW-Whitewater students traveled to Green Bay for the 2025 NFL Draft, taking advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Members of Royal Purple, UWW-TV and 91.7 The Edge received media credentials to...
Mason Thompson, Men’s Sports Journalist
• March 24, 2024
In the last few years, the UW-Whitewater football team has sent a handful of players to the next level. Of course, the likes of Quinn Meinerz and Nate Trewyn have made it to the NFL, with Meinerz potentially...
Former First Team All-American offensive lineman Quinn Meinerz has the guts to make it big in the NFL.
The UW-W alum drastically improved his draft chances in the January Reese’s Senior Bowl held...
Last week I sat down with NFL prospect Mackenzie Balanganayi, Defensive Linemen for UW-Whitewater. Balanganayi hopes to be drafted in 2021. He shared with me how he got this far, and what expectations...
Thirty-two NFL teams will make their selections in the 2019 NFL Draft in April, and front offices will choose the future of their organization based on a full body of work.
If you look at UW-Whitewater...
Royal Purple, Editorial Staff
• September 26, 2017
People are taking a stand by not standing.
When at least 200 NFL players knelt, locked arms or neglected to appear during the National Anthem at all, they were protesting President Donald Trump's comments...
Royal Purple Staff Opinion
Feb. 16, 2016
Last week, we celebrated Super Bowl 50 with the same ritualistic precision as any American holiday. Nachos were eaten, and those tiny, little cocktail weenies...
Jan. 21, 2015 By Connor Moore
Bill Belichick and Marshawn Lynch. What do these men all have in common?
Both have won at least won one NFL championship. Another similarity is that both are, for...
Jan. 21, 2015 By Justin St. Peter
Jake Kumerow is no stranger to having to prove himself. From growing up with a dad that played in the NFL, to being a preferred walk-on for the University of Illinois...
Oct. 15 2014
Every Sunday countless individuals gather around their living room televisions to watch in anticipation as their favorite professional football team strives for a win. Watching NFL has...
By Andrew Bayliss
When Lane Olson played football for UW-Whitewater during the 2010 season, he had 32 more tackles than anyone else on the team. Now, defensive players are struggling to tackle...
When former Warhawk quarterback Matt Blanchard arrived on campus in 2009 after transferring from Northern Michigan, the NFL was one of the last things on his mind.
Then, his assignment was...
