Indianapolis - Purdue quarterback Curtis Painter is on the verge of reaching one of college football's most respected milestones.
He needs 124 yards in Saturday's game against No. 6 Penn State to reach 10,000 yards passing in his career. That would make him the fourth quarterback in Big Ten history to accomplish the feat, following Purdue's Drew Brees, Northwestern's Brett Basanez and Iowa's Chuck Long.
It might be difficult for Painter to reach the mark. Penn State is allowing just 172 yards passing per game this season.
Painter also could pass Mark Herrmann for second place in school history for career yards passing. He needs 70 yards to tie Herrmann, who threw for 9,946 yards from 1977-1980.
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