Safety, Purdue, 2017–⁠20

Brennan Thieneman

Number: No. 38
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 210 lb
Class (2020): Senior
Hometown: Noblesville, IN

Brennan Thieneman played safety at Purdue (2017–⁠20).

9tackles, career hightwice; last vs. TCU, 2019

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
2017	Purdue	1	0	0	0
2018	Purdue	28	23	0	2
2019	Purdue	49	34	1.5	2
2020	Purdue	33	25	0	1
Career		111	82	1.5	5

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Purdue	38	S	Fr.
2018	Purdue	38	S	So.
2019	Purdue	38	S	Jr.
2020	Purdue	38	S	Sr.	6′1″	210

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2020 Purdue 6 games, 33 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Oct 24	vs.Iowa	W 24–⁠20	5	4	0
Oct 31	atIllinois	W 31–⁠24	7	5	0
Nov 14	vs.Northwestern	L 20–⁠27	6	6	1
Nov 20	atMinnesota	L 31–⁠34	3	2	0
Nov 28	vs.Rutgers	L 30–⁠37	8	7	0
Dec 5	vs.Nebraska	L 27–⁠37	4	1	0

2019 Purdue 11 games, 49 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 7	vs.Vanderbilt	W 42–⁠24	1	0	0	0
Sep 14	vs.TCU	L 13–⁠34	9	6	0	1
Sep 28	vs.Minnesota	L 31–⁠38	2	2	0	0
Oct 5	atPenn State	L 7–⁠35	5	2	0	0
Oct 12	vs.Maryland	W 40–⁠14	2	1	0	0
Oct 19	atIowa	L 20–⁠26	7	6	0	0
Oct 26	vs.Illinois	L 6–⁠24	4	3	0.5	0
Nov 2	vs.Nebraska	W 31–⁠27	6	3	0	1
Nov 9	atNorthwestern	W 24–⁠22	4	4	1	0
Nov 23	atWisconsin	L 24–⁠45	6	4	0	0
Nov 30	vs.Indiana	L 41–⁠44	3	3	0	0

2018 Purdue 8 games, 28 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Sep 22	vs.Boston College	W 30–⁠13	6	5	0
Sep 29	atNebraska	W 42–⁠28	2	1	0
Oct 13	atIllinois	W 46–⁠7	1	1	1
Oct 20	vs.Ohio State	W 49–⁠20	1	0	0
Oct 27	atMichigan State	L 13–⁠23	2	2	0
Nov 3	vs.Iowa	W 38–⁠36	1	1	0
Nov 17	vs.Wisconsin	L 44–⁠47	6	5	0
Nov 24	atIndiana	W 28–⁠21	9	8	1