WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — “Never,” Rondale Moore says. “You will never hear me say a word.”



Purdue’s do-it-all freshman is asked about trash talk because, naturally, he hears a lot of chirping. That comes with the territory for any receiver, but especially for a freshman receiver who still wears braces, is generously listed at 5-feet-9 and is the second-highest-rated recruit to join the Boilermakers in the past 11 years.



Defenders size up the 175-pound Moore, tell him he’s overrated and say some other things he cannot publicly repeat. And then, after they have been burned by one of the most versatile players in college football, they hand him some not-so-gentle love taps after the whistle.



Moore does not blame them for any of this. He would do the same if he were wired that way. Except it quickly becomes clear that he vibrates to a different frequency.



“Ever,” he emphasizes about his lack of clapping...