Teams Purdue 2023 Roster ← 2022 2024 → 2023 Purdue roster 116 players: 29 freshmen, 17 sophomores, 17 juniors, 14 seniors, 39 with no class listed. From 24 states and 3 other countries; the most from Indiana (35) and Texas (9). The 2023 season .
Quarterbacks 6 Running backs 9 Receivers 20 Tight ends 6 Offensive line 19 Defensive line 19 Linebackers 11 Defensive backs 17 Specialists 9
Running backs 9 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 45 Devin Mockobee RB So. 6′0″ 202 Boonville, IN 807 rushing yards, 6 TD 3 Tyrone Tracy Jr. RB Sr. 6′1″ 210 Indianapolis, IN 716 rushing yards, 8 TD 2 Dylan Downing RB 6′0″ 228 Carmel, IN 211 rushing yards, 1 TD 41 Ben Furtney FB Jr. 6′0″ 240 South Elgin, IL 4 tackles 28 Addai Lewellen RB So. 5′8″ 180 Royal Center, IN −2 rushing yards 0 Elijah Jackson RB RS 5′8″ 181 Indianapolis, IN 20 Bishop Johnson RB So. 5′9″ 165 Lafayette, IN 23 Mondrell Dean RB Fr. 6′3″ 240 Hurricane, WV 29 Christian Womack RB Fr. 6′0″ 180 Tomball, TX
Receivers 20 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 4 WR 3★ 3-star recruit 5′9″ 188 Belleville, MI 47 catches, 629 yards, 7 TD 8 T.J. Sheffield WR 5′10″ 190 Thompsons Station, TN 32 catches, 381 yards, 2 TD 2 Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen WR 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′2″ 202 Southfield, MI 25 catches, 329 yards 25 Zion Steptoe WR Fr. 5′11″ 190 Little Elm, TX 11 tackles 10 Jayden Dixon-Veal WR So. 6′0″ 190 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 16 catches, 142 yards, 1 TD 9 Mershawn Rice WR Sr. 6′2″ 215 Reynoldsburg, OH 4 catches, 93 yards 12 Jaron Tibbs WR Fr. 6′3″ 212 Indianapolis, IN 4 catches, 35 yards 26 Andrew Sowinski WR Jr. 6′0″ 205 Indianapolis, IN 3 catches, 29 yards 4 Arhmad Branch WR 3★ 3-star recruit 6′0″ 185 Festus, MO 1 catch, 7 yards 5 Elijah Canion WR 6′4″ 225 Hollywood, FL 1 catch, 4 yards 6 Curtis Deville Jr. WR 4★ 4-star recruit RS 6′2″ 204 Kinder, LA 7 Jahmal Edrine WR Transfer from Florida Atlantic 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 221 Fort Lauderdale, FL 13 Trey Firestone WR Fr. 6′3″ 200 Zionsville, IN 23 Luke Jones WR RS 5′10″ 157 Deerfield, IL 34 Ben Van Noord WR So. 6′2″ 210 Springfield, OH 35 Hayden Parise WR Jr. 6′4″ 190 Kansas City, MO 81 Ryne Shackelford WR Fr. 6′0″ 186 Elyria, OH 83 Andrew Adkison WR RS 6′0″ 205 Mountain View, CA 84 Nolan Buckman WR RS 5′11″ 195 Indianapolis, IN 87 Maddix Bogunia-Bright WR Fr. 6′2″ 200 Mishawaka, IN
Tight ends 6 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 88 Garrett Miller TE 6′5″ 260 Round Rock, TX 30 catches, 243 yards, 2 TD 86 Max Klare TE Fr. 6′5″ 243 Guilford, IN 22 catches, 196 yards 81 George Burhenn TE 3★ 3-star recruit 6′5″ 245 McCordsville, IN 5 catches, 74 yards, 1 TD 87 Drew Biber TE So. 6′4″ 245 Cedarburg, WI 1 catch, 16 yards, 1 TD 89 Paul Piferi TE Sr. 6′5″ 260 Villa Park, CA 91 Ben Buechel TE Jr. 6′3″ 250 New Berlin, WI
Offensive line 19 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 64 Ben Farrell OL Transfer from Indiana Wesleyan Sr. 6′4″ 310 Grand Rapids, MI 2 tackles 52 Preston Nichols OL Transfer from UNLV Sr. 6′2″ 290 Charlotte, NC 1 tackle 50 Malachi Preciado OL Fr. 6′2″ 305 New Orleans, LA 52 Jimmy Liston OL Fr. 6′4″ 300 Hinsdale, IL 53 Gus Hartwig OL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′5″ 315 Zionsville, IN 54 Luke Griffin OL Transfer from Missouri Jr. 6′5″ 340 Chatsworth, GA 57 Tom Ewing OL RS 6′2″ 300 Westfield, IN 58 Austin Johnson OL 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′4″ 305 Louisville, KY 59 Vince Carpenter OL Fr. 6′5″ 310 Monmouth Beach, NJ 62 Ben Kuhns OL Sr. 6′4″ 295 63 Aaron Roberts OL So. 6′4″ 301 Indianapolis, IN 63 Marcus Mbow OL So. 6′5″ 305 Wauwatosa, WI 67 Drew Woodruff OL Fr. 6′3″ 290 70 Josh Kaltenberger OL Jr. 6′6″ 308 Harmony, PA 71 Mahamane Moussa OL So. 6′4″ 305 Indianapolis, IN 73 Daniel Johnson OL Sr. 6′5″ 320 London, ON 74 Jalen Grant OL Transfer from Bowling Green So. 6′1″ 294 Chicago, IL 76 Ethan Trent OL RS 6′2″ 300 Carmel, IN 78 Bakyne Coly OL So. 6′7″ 300 Farmington, MI
Defensive line 19 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 4 Kydran Jenkins DE Jr. 6′1″ 253 Louisville, GA 56 tackles, 7.5 sacks 11 Nic Caraway DL 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′4″ 285 Bryan, TX 49 tackles, 8.5 sacks 93 Isaiah Nichols DL Transfer from Arkansas Sr. 6′3″ 300 Springdale, AR 20 tackles, 1 sack 50 Mo Omonode DL So. 6′0″ 285 West Lafayette, IN 14 tackles, 2.5 sacks 6 Jeffrey M’Ba DT Transfer from Auburn So. 6′6″ 312 Libreville, Gabon 16 tackles, 1 sack 35 Malik Langham DL Transfer from Vanderbilt 4★ 4-star recruit Sr. 6′4″ 310 Huntsville, AL 19 tackles 95 Joseph Anderson DL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′4″ 290 Murfreesboro, TN 16 tackles 8 Sulaiman Kpaka DL 6′3″ 300 Grand Prairie, TX 10 tackles, 1 sack 13 DE 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′6″ 260 Carmel, IN 12 tackles 96 Khordae Sydnor DL So. 6′4″ 266 New York, NY 6 tackles, 2 sacks 99 Cole Brevard DL 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′3″ 346 Carmel, IN 9 tackles, 1 sack 5 Roman Pitre DL Fr. 6′5″ 265 Baton Rouge, LA 7 Jamarrion Harkless DL 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 346 Lexington, KY 34 Damarjhe Lewis DT 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 332 Griffin, GA 44 Joe Strickland DL 4★ 4-star recruit RS 6′4″ 290 Indianapolis, IN 56 Jayden Scruggs DL Fr. 6′1″ 260 Indianapolis, IN 91 J.P. Deeter DL RS 6′3″ 294 Manvel, TX 98 Drake Carlson DL 3★ 3-star recruit RS 6′3″ 302 Nashville, TN 99 Prince Boyd Jr. DL Jr. 6′1″ 290 New Haven, CT
Linebackers 11 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 14 Yanni Karlaftis LB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ 235 West Lafayette, IN 55 tackles, 2.5 sacks 0 O.C. Brothers LB 6′2″ 245 Titusville, FL 20 tackles, 3 sacks 42 Clyde Washington LB 6′3″ 240 Medford, NJ 21 tackles 25 Hudson Miller LB 6′0″ 235 Indianapolis, IN 6 tackles 46 Scotty Humpich LB Sr. 6′4″ 255 Louisville, KY 1 tackle, 1 sack 47 Domanick Moon LB Fr. 6′2″ 235 Fort Wayne, IN 1 tackle 7 Ethon Cole LB RS 6′1″ 200 Clermont, FL 20 Winston Berglund LB RS 6′2″ 230 Carmel, IN 27 Owen Davis LB RS 6′3″ 230 Richwood, OH 49 Farrell Henderson III LB Fr. 5′11″ 220 Indianapolis, IN 57 Joey Sumlin LB Fr. 6′0″ 220 Tucson, AZ
Defensive backs 17 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 31 DB Fr. 6′0″ 205 Westfield, IN 106 tackles, 6 INT 21 Sanoussi Kane DB Sr. 6′0″ 215 Harlem, NY 79 tackles, 1 sack 1 Markevious Brown DB Transfer from Ole Miss 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 5′11″ 176 Pahokee, FL 45 tackles, 1 sack 10 Cam Allen DB Sr. 6′1″ 195 Bluefield, VA 30 tackles, 3 INT 8 Botros Alisandro CB So. 6′1″ 188 Manchester, NH 25 tackles, 1 INT 16 Marquis Wilson DB Transfer from Penn State 4★ 4-star recruit Sr. 5′11″ 185 Windsor, CT 20 tackles 3 Antonio Stevens DB 6′2″ 216 Nashville, TN 17 tackles 3 Derrick Rogers Jr. DB Fr. 6′1″ 175 Orlando, FL 6 tackles 12 Anthony Brown S Transfer from Arkansas Fr. 6′0″ 189 Detroit, MI 3 tackles 32 Joseph Jefferson II DB 6′0″ 190 Indianapolis, IN 2 tackles 7 Salim Turner-Muhammad DB Transfer from Stanford 4★ 4-star recruit 6′0″ 195 Corona, NY 12 Jaxon Mull DB Fr. 5′10″ 180 14 Braxton Myers DB Transfer from Ole Miss RS 6′1″ 203 Coppell, TX 21 Landon Heard DB Fr. 6′0″ 205 Los Gatos, CA 25 Zion Gunn DB Fr. 6′2″ 200 Orlando, FL 26 Zeke Williams DB Fr. 5′10″ 195 Naperville, IL 38 Luke Pettaway DB RS 6′0″ 185 Naperville, IL
Specialists 9 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2023 30 Jack Ansell P Jr. 6′2″ 235 Warrnambool, VIC 60 punts, 40.7 average 39 Ben Freehill PK 6′1″ 195 Melvin, IL 6 of 11 field goals 47 Julio Macias PK 6′5″ 232 Ligonier, IN 2 of 6 field goals 47 Brendan Cropsey P Jr. 6′1″ 205 Saline, MI 2 punts, 37.0 average 41 Caleb Krockover PK Jr. 5′9″ 210 West Lafayette, IN 1 of 1 extra point 97 Nick Taylor LS Jr. 6′1″ 240 Indianapolis, IN 1 tackle 25 Iain Ramage PK Fr. 6′1″ 200 Berwyn, IL 44 Daniel Hawthorne LS Sr. 6′0″ 235 West Monroe, LA 48 Bennett Boehnlein P Fr. 6′3″ 220 Louisville, KY
Elijah Jackson, Tyrone Tracy Jr., Jaron Tibbs, Hudson Miller, Andrew Sowinski, Joseph Jefferson II, Joe Strickland, Farrell Henderson III, Jayden Scruggs, Aaron Roberts, Mahamane Moussa, Nolan Buckman, Nick Taylor Dylan Downing, Will Heldt, Winston Berglund, Ethan Trent, Cole Brevard Yanni Karlaftis, Kyle Adams, Caleb Krockover, Mo Omonode Christian Gelov, Dillon Thieneman, Tom Ewing Scotty Humpich, Bennett Boehnlein, Austin Johnson Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen, Bakyne Coly Antonio Stevens, Drake Carlson Derrick Rogers Jr., Zion Gunn Trey Firestone, Gus Hartwig Zeke Williams, Luke Pettaway Marcus Mbow, Ben Buechel O.C. Brothers Hudson Card Markevious Brown Arhmad Branch Deion Burks Kydran Jenkins Elijah Canion Roman Pitre Curtis Deville Jr. Ethon Cole Jahmal Edrine Jamarrion Harkless Salim Turner-Muhammad Botros Alisandro Sulaiman Kpaka T.J. Sheffield Mershawn Rice Cam Allen Jayden Dixon-Veal Nic Caraway Anthony Brown Jake Wilson Braxton Myers Ryan Browne Marquis Wilson Bennett Meredith Bishop Johnson Landon Heard Sanoussi Kane Luke Jones Mondrell Dean Iain Ramage Zion Steptoe Owen Davis Addai Lewellen Christian Womack Ben Van Noord Damarjhe Lewis Hayden Parise Malik Langham Ben Freehill Ben Furtney Clyde Washington Daniel Hawthorne Devin Mockobee Brendan Cropsey Domanick Moon Malachi Preciado Jimmy Liston Preston Nichols Luke Griffin Joey Sumlin Vince Carpenter Ben Farrell Josh Kaltenberger Jalen Grant George Burhenn Ryne Shackelford Andrew Adkison Drew Biber Maddix Bogunia-Bright Garrett Miller Paul Piferi J.P. Deeter Isaiah Nichols Joseph Anderson Khordae Sydnor Prince Boyd Jr. IN 35 TX 9 IL 8 FL 7 MI 7 Hometowns of the 2023 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 35 Texas 9 Illinois 8 Florida 7 Michigan 7 Tennessee 4 Louisiana 4 Kentucky 4 Top counties Marion County, Indiana pop. 976,000 13 Hamilton County, Indiana pop. 365,000 8 Tippecanoe County, Indiana pop. 189,000 5 Oakland County, Michigan pop. 1.3 million 3 DuPage County, Illinois pop. 930,000 3 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’ 2023 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.
Ryan Browne QB
Deion Burks WR3-star recruit
Will Heldt DE3-star recruit
Dillon Thieneman DB