Teams Purdue 2020 Roster ← 2019 2021 → 2020 Purdue roster 143 players: 28 freshmen, 19 sophomores, 12 juniors, 22 seniors, 62 with no class listed. From 26 states; the most from Indiana (40) and Ohio (14). The 2020 season .
Quarterbacks 9 Running backs 12 Receivers 19 Tight ends 7 Offensive line 25 Defensive line 19 Linebackers 17 Defensive backs 23 Specialists 12
Quarterbacks 9 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2020 16 QB Sr. 6′3″ 210 Lincolnshire, IL 916 passing yards, 7 TD 13 Jack Plummer QB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′5″ 215 Gilbert, AZ 938 passing yards, 8 TD 2 Elijah Sindelar QB Sr. 6′4″ 225 Princeton, KY 7 Nick Sipe QB 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′4″ 215 Villa Park, CA 11 Jack Albers QB So. 6′0″ 185 Louisville, KY 12 Austin Burton QB Sr. 6′3″ 210 Newton, MA 14 Danny Carollo QB Jr. 6′1″ 210 Lake Forest, IL 18 Michael Alaimo QB 4★ 4-star recruit RS 6′4″ 225 Montvale, NJ 21 Andrew Hobson QB RS 6′1″ 210 Indianapolis, IN
Running backs 12 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2020 40 Zander Horvath RB 6′3″ 230 Mishawaka, IN 442 rushing yards, 2 TD 23 King Doerue RB 5′10″ 205 Amarillo, TX 67 rushing yards 20 Alfred Armour RB So. 6′1″ 235 Indianapolis, IN 2 tackles 5 Da’Joun Hewitt RB 5′10″ 205 Nashville, TN 7 Tirek Murphy RB 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 5′10″ 215 Middle Village, NY 25 Tario Fuller RB 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′0″ 200 Sugar Hill, GA 34 Richie Worship RB Sr. 6′0″ 250 Cleveland, OH 35 Henry Lewis RB Fr. 5′10″ 190 37 Caleb Lahey RB RS 5′10″ 205 Bismarck, IL 39 Will Chapman RB Fr. 5′11″ 235 Indianapolis, IN 41 Ben Furtney FB RS 6′0″ 240 South Elgin, IL 52 Zac Tuinei RB Fr. 6′0″ 245 Noblesville, IN
Receivers 19 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2020 3 WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′2″ 205 Indianapolis, IN 53 catches, 625 yards, 8 TD 8 T.J. Sheffield WR 5′10″ 190 Thompsons Station, TN 20 returns, 385 yards 4 WR 4★ 4-star recruit So. 5′9″ 180 New Albany, IN 35 catches, 270 yards Milton Wright WR 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′3″ 195 Louisville, KY 23 catches, 284 yards, 2 TD 15 Amad Anderson Jr. WR 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ 165 Staten Island, NY 5 catches, 19 yards 12 Jared Sparks WR 6′1″ 215 Geismar, LA 4 catches, 38 yards 33 Jackson Anthrop WR 5′11″ 190 West Lafayette, IN 3 catches, 33 yards 14 Marcellus Moore WR 5′8″ 160 Plainfield, IL 1 return, 4 yards 2 Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen WR 4★ 4-star recruit RS 6′2″ 202 Southfield, MI 9 Mershawn Rice WR Fr. 6′2″ 215 Reynoldsburg, OH 25 Jake Smith WR Fr. 6′3″ 200 Lafayette, IN 26 Andrew Sowinski WR RS 6′0″ 205 Indianapolis, IN 82 Grant Summers WR Fr. 5′11″ 180 Atlanta, GA 83 Malcolm Dotson WR Sr. 6′2″ 200 Indianapolis, IN 84 Daniel Roach WR Fr. 5′8″ 185 West Lafayette, IN 84 Noah Ellison WR So. 6′0″ 190 Louisville, KY 85 Alex Maxwell WR Fr. 6′0″ 195 86 Kory Taylor WR 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′5″ 205 Hilliard, OH Jordan Bonner WR RS 6′1″ 202 Carrollton, GA
Tight ends 7 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2020 87 Payne Durham TE So. 6′5″ 255 Suwanee, GA 16 catches, 166 yards, 3 TD 88 Garrett Miller TE 6′5″ 260 Round Rock, TX 2 catches, 48 yards, 1 TD 6 Maliq Carr TE 4★ 4-star recruit 6′6″ 265 Inkster, MI 1 catch, 15 yards 48 Kyle Bilodeau TE RS 6′5″ 250 Mechanicsville, VA 83 Jack Cravaack TE Fr. 6′5″ 250 Cincinnati, OH 89 Paul Piferi TE Fr. 6′5″ 260 Villa Park, CA 91 Ben Buechel TE RS 6′3″ 250 New Berlin, WI
Offensive line 25 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2020 53 Gus Hartwig OL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′5″ 315 Zionsville, IN 1 tackle 58 Jimmy McKenna OL 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′5″ 300 Avon, OH 1 tackle 69 Greg Long OL Jr. 6′4″ 295 El Paso, TX 1 tackle 78 Grant Hermanns OL Sr. 6′7″ 305 Albuquerque, NM 1 tackle 74 Eric Miller OL Fr. 6′7″ 305 Mason, OH −9 rushing yards 51 Bryce Brown OL Jr. 6′1″ 280 Evansville, IN 54 Steven Faucheux OL 4★ 4-star recruit RS 6′5″ 293 West Chester, OH 56 Viktor Beach OL So. 6′4″ 305 Fort Myers, FL 61 Ryan Flaherty OL Jr. 6′3″ 285 New Carlisle, IN 62 Ben Kuhns OL Fr. 6′4″ 295 65 Marc Roland OL So. 6′3″ 295 Indianapolis, IN 67 Gus German OL Fr. 6′7″ 315 West Lafayette, IN 68 Cam Craig OL Fr. 6′5″ 310 Dublin, OH 70 Josh Kaltenberger OL RS 6′6″ 308 Harmony, PA 70 Will Bramel OL So. 6′6″ 300 Danville, KY 71 Nalin Fox OL RS 6′5″ 305 Pontiac, MI 71 Sam Loebig OL Jr. 6′3″ 300 Bethesda, MD 72 Sam Garvin OL So. 6′3″ 295 Fishers, IN 73 Kyle Jornigan OL Fr. 6′4″ 315 Youngstown, OH 74 Spencer Holstege OL RS 6′5″ 310 Grand Rapids, MI 76 Mark Stickford OL Jr. 6′5″ 305 Carmel, IN 77 D.J. Washington OL Sr. 6′4″ 310 Louisville, KY 79 Dave Monnot III OL RS 6′6″ 264 Joliet, IL 79 Jared Bycznski OL Fr. 6′5″ 310 Berea, OH 79 Matt McCann OL Sr. 6′6″ 305 Fishers, IN
Defensive line 19 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2020 99 Jack Sullivan DL 6′5″ 275 Plainfield, IL 12 tackles, 1 sack 58 Branson Deen DT 6′2″ 280 Indianapolis, IN 11 tackles, 1 sack 5 DE 4★ 4-star recruit 6′4″ 270 West Lafayette, IN 4 tackles, 2 sacks 9 Lorenzo Neal DT Sr. 6′3″ 325 Houston, TX 10 tackles 19 Anthony Watts DL 6′4″ 294 Houston, TX 6 tackles 37 Robert McWilliams DE 6′4″ 235 South Miami, FL 4 tackles 92 Lawrence Johnson DL 6′2″ 310 Fort Wayne, IN 4 tackles 8 Sulaiman Kpaka DL 6′3″ 300 Grand Prairie, TX 1 tackle 4 Kydran Jenkins DE RS 6′1″ 253 Louisville, GA 6 Dontay Hunter II DE RS 6′4″ 261 Westerville, OH 45 Byron Hubbard II DL So. 6′2″ 255 Westfield, IN 51 Chase Triplett DE RS 6′3″ 245 Michigan City, IN 52 Willie Lane DE Fr. 6′3″ 265 Winter Haven, FL 57 Jeff Marks DL 6′3″ 280 Mobile, AL 59 K.J. Stokes DL Fr. 6′3″ 285 Millbrook, AL 92 Bryce Austin DT RS 6′2″ 310 Southfield, MI 92 Giovanni Reviere DE So. 6′5″ 270 Chattanooga, TN 98 Greg Hudgins III DT RS 6′4″ 285 Washington, DC 98 Kai Higgins DE Sr. 6′4″ 260 Pomona, CA
Linebackers 17 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2020 55 Derrick Barnes LB Sr. 6′1″ 245 Covington, KY 54 tackles, 1 INT 36 Jaylan Alexander LB 6′1″ 230 Hoffman Estates, IL 49 tackles 15 DaMarcus Mitchell LB So. 6′3″ 270 34 tackles, 1 sack 6 Jalen Graham LB So. 6′3″ 220 Detroit, MI 13 tackles 25 Tyler Coyle LB Sr. 6′2″ 215 Windsor, CT 13 tackles 43 Kieren Douglas LB Sr. 6′2″ 240 Reynoldsburg, OH 13 tackles 97 Semisi Fakasiieiki LB Sr. 6′2″ 230 Compton, CA 6 tackles 45 Khali Saunders LB 6′3″ 233 Elmhurst, IL 2 tackles 42 Clyde Washington LB 6′3″ 240 Medford, NJ 1 tackle 8 Jacob Wahlberg LB RS 6′4″ 235 Muskegon, MI 26 Crishawn Long LB Fr. 6′2″ 210 Parma, OH 34 Jonah Williams LB So. 6′3″ 240 West Lafayette, IN 35 Jack Smith LB Fr. 6′2″ 225 Lakeland, FL 39 Zach Randall LB Jr. 6′0″ 225 Fishers, IN 44 Ben Holt LB Sr. 5′11″ 225 Bowling Green, KY 46 Cornel Jones LB Jr. 6′2″ 235 Miami, FL 54 Ben Kreul LB RS 6′3″ 235 Waukesha, WI
Defensive backs 23 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2020 10 Cam Allen DB 6′1″ 195 Bluefield, VA 27 tackles, 2 INT 38 Brennan Thieneman S Sr. 6′1″ 210 Noblesville, IN 33 tackles 23 Cory Trice CB So. 6′3″ 215 Hopkinsville, KY 32 tackles 1 Dedrick Mackey CB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ 185 Miami, FL 16 tackles 4 Marvin Grant S 4★ 4-star recruit 6′2″ 210 Detroit, MI 14 tackles 29 Simeon Smiley CB Sr. 6′0″ 210 Pensacola, FL 10 tackles 4 Geovante’ Howard CB So. 5′11″ 195 Houston, TX 4 tackles 9 D.J. Johnson CB 6′0″ 195 Indianapolis, IN 3 tackles 21 Sanoussi Kane DB Fr. 6′0″ 215 Harlem, NY 3 tackles 3 Antonio Stevens DB 6′2″ 216 Nashville, TN 2 tackles 49 Zane Greene S Jr. 6′0″ 200 Indianapolis, IN 2 tackles 11 Kadin Smith DB 6′0″ 210 Taylorsville, KY 1 tackle 13 Tyler Hamilton CB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′9″ 175 Hilton Head Island, SC 19 Byron Perkins DB RS 6′3″ 190 Chicago, IL 21 Kenneth Major CB Jr. 6′0″ 180 Hopkinsville, KY 24 Camdyn Childers DB Fr. 6′0″ 200 Fort Wayne, IN 24 Nyles Beverly DB RS 6′0″ 195 Macedonia, OH 27 Navon Mosley S 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′0″ 200 West Bloomfield, MI 28 Ryan Brandt S Fr. 6′1″ 210 Angola, IN 39 Elijah Ball S 6′1″ 205 Indianapolis, IN 40 Hayden Ellinger S RS 6′0″ 210 Fort Wayne, IN 41 Ashton Nichols S Fr. 6′3″ 195 Boulder, CO 42 David Day CB Sr. 5′10″ 190 Indianapolis, IN
Specialists 12 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2020 85 J.D. Dellinger PK Sr. 6′2″ 200 Charlotte, NC 7 of 9 field goals 19 Brooks Cormier P 6′5″ 220 Tuscaloosa, AL 15 punts, 39.7 average 28 Zac Collins P So. 6′0″ 180 Louisville, KY 9 punts, 37.0 average 30 Brooks Royal LS Jr. 6′2″ 190 Fitzgerald, GA 31 Nick Zecchino LS Sr. 6′1″ 215 Cedar Grove, NJ 33 Chris Van Eekeren PK Fr. 5′11″ 195 Chesterton, IN 41 Caleb Krockover PK RS 5′9″ 210 West Lafayette, IN 47 Brendan Cropsey P RS 6′1″ 205 Saline, MI 84 Edward Dellinger PK RS 6′3″ 180 Charlotte, NC 96 August Schott LS Fr. 6′2″ 245 West Lafayette, IN 96 Hunter MacDonald LS RS 6′2″ 235 Crown Point, IN 97 Nick Taylor LS RS 6′1″ 240 Indianapolis, IN
David Bell, D.J. Johnson, Alfred Armour, Andrew Hobson, Andrew Sowinski, Elijah Ball, Will Chapman, David Day, Zane Greene, Branson Deen, Marc Roland, Malcolm Dotson, Nick Taylor George Karlaftis, Jackson Anthrop, Jonah Williams, Caleb Krockover, Gus German, Daniel Roach, August Schott Jack Albers, Zac Collins, D.J. Washington, Noah Ellison, Milton Wright Zach Randall, Sam Garvin, Mark Stickford, Matt McCann Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen, Navon Mosley, Bryce Austin Geovante’ Howard, Lorenzo Neal, Anthony Watts Camdyn Childers, Hayden Ellinger, Lawrence Johnson Brennan Thieneman, Byron Hubbard II, Zac Tuinei Dedrick Mackey, Cornel Jones Antonio Stevens, Da’Joun Hewitt Marvin Grant, Jalen Graham Nick Sipe, Paul Piferi Mershawn Rice, Kieren Douglas Kenneth Major, Cory Trice Tario Fuller, Payne Durham Crishawn Long, Richie Worship Jaylan Alexander, Ben Furtney Ben Kreul, Ben Buechel Edward Dellinger, J.D. Dellinger Elijah Sindelar Kydran Jenkins Rondale Moore Dontay Hunter II Maliq Carr Tirek Murphy Jacob Wahlberg Sulaiman Kpaka T.J. Sheffield Cam Allen Kadin Smith Austin Burton Jared Sparks Jack Plummer Tyler Hamilton Danny Carollo Amad Anderson Jr. Aidan O’Connell Michael Alaimo Brooks Cormier Byron Perkins Sanoussi Kane King Doerue Nyles Beverly Jake Smith Tyler Coyle Ryan Brandt Simeon Smiley Brooks Royal Nick Zecchino Chris Van Eekeren Jack Smith Caleb Lahey Robert McWilliams Zander Horvath Ashton Nichols Clyde Washington Ben Holt Khali Saunders Brendan Cropsey Kyle Bilodeau Bryce Brown Chase Triplett Willie Lane Gus Hartwig Steven Faucheux Derrick Barnes Viktor Beach Jeff Marks Jimmy McKenna K.J. Stokes Ryan Flaherty Cam Craig Greg Long Josh Kaltenberger Will Bramel Nalin Fox Sam Loebig Kyle Jornigan Eric Miller Spencer Holstege Grant Hermanns Dave Monnot III Jared Bycznski Grant Summers Jack Cravaack Kory Taylor Garrett Miller Giovanni Reviere Hunter MacDonald Semisi Fakasiieiki Greg Hudgins III Kai Higgins Jack Sullivan Jordan Bonner IN 40 OH 14 KY 12 MI 10 IL 10 Hometowns of the 2020 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 40 Ohio 14 Kentucky 12 Michigan 10 Illinois 10 Florida 7 Texas 7 Georgia 6 Top counties Marion County, Indiana pop. 976,000 13 Tippecanoe County, Indiana pop. 189,000 8 Hamilton County, Indiana pop. 365,000 7 Franklin County, Ohio pop. 1.3 million 5 Jefferson County, Kentucky pop. 783,000 5 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’ 2020 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