After two years as a Purdue legacy, Dillon Thieneman is crafting new reputation at Oregon
"Professionalism is the perfect way to put it."
Dillon Thieneman was more than happy to walk in the shoes of his older brothers.
Granted, “walk” isn’t really the correct word to use about a football player who hit the ground running.
The youngest of three siblings, Oregon’s newest safety was once a Purdue legacy. Both of his older brothers, Jake and Brennan, were safeties for the Boilermakers last decade. They were raised in Indiana, walked on at Purdue and were proud to see their younger brother — the most talented of the bunch — continue the tradition when he signed with the Boilermakers as a three-star talent out of Westfield High School in 2023.
“I knew he was going to come in and ball out,” Brennan Thieneman told PurdueSports.com. “I had no doubt about that. But at an All-American level? I don’t know if I had expectations there. I’d say that that did exceed my already high expectations.”