Teams Purdue 2019 Roster ← 2018 2020 → 2019 Purdue roster 105 players: 13 freshmen, 10 sophomores, 12 juniors, 3 seniors, 67 with no class listed. From 23 states; the most from Indiana (27) and Ohio (13). The 2019 season .
Quarterbacks 5 Running backs 7 Receivers 13 Tight ends 7 Offensive line 18 Defensive line 15 Linebackers 14 Defensive backs 18 Specialists 8
Quarterbacks 5 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2019 13 Jack Plummer QB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′5″ 215 Gilbert, AZ 1,605 passing yards, 11 TD 16 QB Jr. 6′3″ 210 Lincolnshire, IL 1,099 passing yards, 8 TD 2 Elijah Sindelar QB 6′4″ 225 Princeton, KY 978 passing yards, 9 TD 14 Danny Carollo QB So. 6′1″ 210 Lake Forest, IL 5 punts, 28.6 average 7 Nick Sipe QB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′4″ 215 Villa Park, CA
Receivers 13 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2019 3 WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′2″ 205 Indianapolis, IN 86 catches, 1,035 yards, 7 TD 33 Jackson Anthrop WR 5′11″ 190 West Lafayette, IN 37 catches, 340 yards, 1 TD 15 Amad Anderson Jr. WR 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ 165 Staten Island, NY 31 catches, 343 yards, 3 TD 4 WR 4★ 4-star recruit 5′9″ 180 New Albany, IN 29 catches, 387 yards, 2 TD Milton Wright WR 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′3″ 195 Louisville, KY 18 catches, 288 yards, 1 TD 12 Jared Sparks WR 6′1″ 215 Geismar, LA 8 catches, 108 yards, 1 TD 83 Malcolm Dotson WR 6′2″ 200 Indianapolis, IN 2 tackles 8 T.J. Sheffield WR 5′10″ 190 Thompsons Station, TN 2 catches, 12 yards 9 Mershawn Rice WR RS 6′2″ 215 Reynoldsburg, OH 82 Grant Summers WR RS 5′11″ 180 Atlanta, GA 84 Noah Ellison WR Fr. 6′0″ 190 Louisville, KY 86 Kory Taylor WR 3★ 3-star recruit RS 6′5″ 205 Hilliard, OH Jordan Bonner WR 6′1″ 202 Carrollton, GA
Tight ends 7 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2019 89 Brycen Hopkins TE Sr. 6′5″ 245 Nashville, TN 61 catches, 830 yards, 7 TD 87 Payne Durham TE Fr. 6′5″ 255 Suwanee, GA 9 catches, 82 yards, 4 TD 81 Darius Pittman TE 6′3″ 250 Gulfport, MS 1 return, 11 yards 88 Garrett Miller TE 6′5″ 260 Round Rock, TX 1 tackle 48 Kyle Bilodeau TE 6′5″ 250 Mechanicsville, VA 83 Jack Cravaack TE RS 6′5″ 250 Cincinnati, OH 89 Paul Piferi TE RS 6′5″ 260 Villa Park, CA
Offensive line 18 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2019 70 Will Bramel OL Fr. 6′6″ 300 Danville, KY 1 tackle 79 Matt McCann OL Jr. 6′6″ 305 Fishers, IN 1 tackle 51 Bryce Brown OL So. 6′1″ 280 Evansville, IN 56 Viktor Beach OL Fr. 6′4″ 305 Fort Myers, FL 58 Jimmy McKenna OL 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′5″ 300 Avon, OH 61 Ryan Flaherty OL So. 6′3″ 285 New Carlisle, IN 65 Marc Roland OL Fr. 6′3″ 295 Indianapolis, IN 66 Alex Criddle OL Sr. 6′3″ 305 Broken Arrow, OK 68 Cam Craig OL RS 6′5″ 310 Dublin, OH 71 Sam Loebig OL So. 6′3″ 300 Bethesda, MD 72 Sam Garvin OL Fr. 6′3″ 295 Fishers, IN 73 Kyle Jornigan OL RS 6′4″ 315 Youngstown, OH 74 Eric Miller OL RS 6′7″ 305 Mason, OH 74 Spencer Holstege OL 6′5″ 310 Grand Rapids, MI 76 Mark Stickford OL So. 6′5″ 305 Carmel, IN 77 D.J. Washington OL Jr. 6′4″ 310 Louisville, KY 78 Grant Hermanns OL Jr. 6′7″ 305 Albuquerque, NM 79 Dave Monnot III OL 6′6″ 264 Joliet, IL
Defensive line 15 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2019 5 DE 4★ 4-star recruit 6′4″ 270 West Lafayette, IN 54 tackles, 7.5 sacks, 1 INT 19 Anthony Watts DL 6′4″ 294 Houston, TX 35 tackles, 2 sacks 92 Lawrence Johnson DL 6′2″ 310 Fort Wayne, IN 21 tackles 98 Kai Higgins DE Jr. 6′4″ 260 Pomona, CA 18 tackles, 1 sack 99 Jack Sullivan DL 6′5″ 275 Plainfield, IL 13 tackles 58 Branson Deen DT 6′2″ 280 Indianapolis, IN 8 tackles 92 Giovanni Reviere DE 6′5″ 270 Chattanooga, TN 2 tackles 57 Jeff Marks DL 6′3″ 280 Mobile, AL 1 tackle 6 Dontay Hunter II DE 6′4″ 261 Westerville, OH 8 Sulaiman Kpaka DL 6′3″ 300 Grand Prairie, TX 9 Lorenzo Neal DT 6′3″ 325 Houston, TX 37 Robert McWilliams DE 6′4″ 235 South Miami, FL 45 Byron Hubbard II DL Fr. 6′2″ 255 Westfield, IN 52 Willie Lane DE 6′3″ 265 Winter Haven, FL 59 K.J. Stokes DL RS 6′3″ 285 Millbrook, AL
Linebackers 14 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2019 44 Ben Holt LB 5′11″ 225 Bowling Green, KY 114 tackles, 1 sack 55 Derrick Barnes LB Jr. 6′1″ 245 Covington, KY 63 tackles, 7.5 sacks 36 Jaylan Alexander LB 6′1″ 230 Hoffman Estates, IL 41 tackles 97 Semisi Fakasiieiki LB Jr. 6′2″ 230 Compton, CA 38 tackles, 1 sack 6 Jalen Graham LB Fr. 6′3″ 220 Detroit, MI 37 tackles 46 Cornel Jones LB 6′2″ 235 Miami, FL 25 tackles 21 Markus Bailey LB Sr. 6′1″ 240 Columbus, OH 14 tackles, 1 sack 43 Kieren Douglas LB Jr. 6′2″ 240 Reynoldsburg, OH 2 tackles 45 Khali Saunders LB 6′3″ 233 Elmhurst, IL 2 tackles 8 Jacob Wahlberg LB 6′4″ 235 Muskegon, MI 26 Crishawn Long LB RS 6′2″ 210 Parma, OH 34 Jonah Williams LB Fr. 6′3″ 240 West Lafayette, IN 35 Jack Smith LB RS 6′2″ 225 Lakeland, FL 39 Zach Randall LB So. 6′0″ 225 Fishers, IN
Defensive backs 18 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2019 1 Dedrick Mackey CB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ 185 Miami, FL 40 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT 27 Navon Mosley S 3★ 3-star recruit 6′0″ 200 West Bloomfield, MI 53 tackles 23 Cory Trice CB Fr. 6′3″ 215 Hopkinsville, KY 35 tackles, 3 INT 38 Brennan Thieneman S Jr. 6′1″ 210 Noblesville, IN 49 tackles 10 Cam Allen DB 6′1″ 195 Bluefield, VA 32 tackles, 1 INT 29 Simeon Smiley CB Jr. 6′0″ 210 Pensacola, FL 27 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT 21 Kenneth Major CB So. 6′0″ 180 Hopkinsville, KY 24 tackles 11 Kadin Smith DB 6′0″ 210 Taylorsville, KY 7 tackles 4 Marvin Grant S 4★ 4-star recruit 6′2″ 210 Detroit, MI 2 tackles 13 Tyler Hamilton CB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′9″ 175 Hilton Head Island, SC 1 tackle 13 Jordan Rucker DB RS 6′0″ 180 Denton, TX 19 Byron Perkins DB 6′3″ 190 Chicago, IL 24 Camdyn Childers DB RS 6′0″ 200 Fort Wayne, IN 24 Nyles Beverly DB 6′0″ 195 Macedonia, OH 39 Elijah Ball S 6′1″ 205 Indianapolis, IN 41 Ashton Nichols S RS 6′3″ 195 Boulder, CO 42 David Day CB Jr. 5′10″ 190 Indianapolis, IN 49 Zane Greene S So. 6′0″ 200 Indianapolis, IN
Specialists 8 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2019 85 J.D. Dellinger PK 6′2″ 200 Charlotte, NC 13 of 16 field goals 28 Zac Collins P Fr. 6′0″ 180 Louisville, KY 33 punts, 39.0 average 19 Brooks Cormier P 6′5″ 220 Tuscaloosa, AL 28 punts, 40.3 average 30 Brooks Royal LS So. 6′2″ 190 Fitzgerald, GA 31 Nick Zecchino LS Jr. 6′1″ 215 Cedar Grove, NJ 33 Chris Van Eekeren PK RS 5′11″ 195 Chesterton, IN 96 August Schott LS RS 6′2″ 245 West Lafayette, IN 96 Hunter MacDonald LS 6′2″ 235 Crown Point, IN
David Bell, Alfred Armour, Elijah Ball, Will Chapman, David Day, Zane Greene, Branson Deen, Marc Roland, Malcolm Dotson George Karlaftis, Jackson Anthrop, Jonah Williams, August Schott Zac Collins, D.J. Washington, Noah Ellison, Milton Wright Zach Randall, Sam Garvin, Mark Stickford, Matt McCann Dedrick Mackey, Cornel Jones Marvin Grant, Jalen Graham Da’Joun Hewitt, Brycen Hopkins Nick Sipe, Paul Piferi Lorenzo Neal, Anthony Watts Mershawn Rice, Kieren Douglas Kenneth Major, Cory Trice Markus Bailey, Kory Taylor Camdyn Childers, Lawrence Johnson Tario Fuller, Payne Durham Crishawn Long, Richie Worship Brennan Thieneman, Byron Hubbard II Elijah Sindelar Rondale Moore Dontay Hunter II Jacob Wahlberg Sulaiman Kpaka T.J. Sheffield Cam Allen Kadin Smith Jared Sparks Jack Plummer Jordan Rucker Tyler Hamilton Danny Carollo Amad Anderson Jr. Aidan O’Connell Brooks Cormier Byron Perkins King Doerue Nyles Beverly Navon Mosley Simeon Smiley Brooks Royal Nick Zecchino Chris Van Eekeren Jack Smith Jaylan Alexander Robert McWilliams Zander Horvath Ashton Nichols Ben Holt Khali Saunders Kyle Bilodeau Bryce Brown Willie Lane Derrick Barnes Viktor Beach Jeff Marks Jimmy McKenna K.J. Stokes Ryan Flaherty Alex Criddle Cam Craig Will Bramel Sam Loebig Kyle Jornigan Eric Miller Spencer Holstege Grant Hermanns Dave Monnot III Darius Pittman Grant Summers Jack Cravaack J.D. Dellinger Garrett Miller Giovanni Reviere Hunter MacDonald Semisi Fakasiieiki Kai Higgins Jack Sullivan Jordan Bonner IN 27 OH 13 KY 11 FL 7 IL 7 Hometowns of the 2019 Purdue roster; the five states sending the most labeled with their players. Hover a dot for names. Map: us-atlas (public domain).
Where the roster comes from By state Indiana 27 Ohio 13 Kentucky 11 Florida 7 Illinois 7 Texas 6 Michigan 5 Georgia 5 Top counties Marion County, Indiana pop. 976,000 9 Franklin County, Ohio pop. 1.3 million 6 Hamilton County, Indiana pop. 365,000 6 Jefferson County, Kentucky pop. 783,000 4 Tippecanoe County, Indiana pop. 189,000 4 Hometowns placed in their counties with the US Census Bureau’s Gazetteer files. Populations from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Which states send the most FBS players for their size .
Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2019 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.
Aidan O’Connell QB
David Bell WR4-star recruit
Rondale Moore WR4-star recruit
George Karlaftis DE4-star recruit