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Training camp starts today for Purdue football, and with that comes the official roster with the incoming freshmen for the first time. I look forward to this day because it always helps me catch up on the scholarship grid because it shows the attrition of past classes. This year we had a huge incoming freshman class, and we now know which numbers they will be wearing:
1 Mershawn Rice
3 David Bell
4 Marvin Grant
5 Da’Joun Hewitt (offense)
5 George Karlaftis (defense)
6 Jalen Graham
8 TJ Sheffield
9 Milton Wright
10 Cam Allen
12 Dontay Hunter
18 Paul Piferi
19 Brooks Cormier
22 King Dorue
24 Nyles Beverly
26 Crishawn long
33 Khali Saunders
37 Chris Van Eekeren (walk-on kicker)
37 Jacob Wahlberg
48 Kyle Bilodeau
50 Sulaiman Kpaka
57 Will Chapman (walk-on LB)
60 Dave Monnot III
68 Cam Craig
73 Kyle Jornigan
75 Spencer Holstege
80 Camdyn Childers (walk-on receiver)
86 Hunter McDonald (walk-on long snapper
88 Garrett Miller
93 Steven Faucheux
In addition to the freshmen, graduate transfer Ben Holt will wear No. 44.
By my unofficial count we now have 77 players on scholarship. This included Joey Wahlberg, who was bundled into this year’s count and not against last year’s 25 via science or magic (likely one of the blue shirt/grey shirt possibilities). Chase Triplett is not yet on the roster and is likely grey shirting until spring semester.
Purdue is also going to be extremely young. We currently have just 11 players listed as seniors on scholarship plus two more walk-ons (Malcolm Dotson and David Day). Sindelar will have a 6th year and return in 2020, while Alex Criddle technically can use last year as a redshirt and return next season.
Purdue also has just 10 players listed as juniors, making for a small class of seniors again next year. There are just 12 players that have used one full year of eligibility as well. That means we have just 33 scholarship players that have used at least one year of eligibility. The remaining 45 on the scholarship chart are freshmen in some capacity.
That bodes well for 2020 and 2021, as we’ll return a roster with a ton of experience. It also means that a bunch of guys will play this year that have never played college football before.
Purdue Football Scholarship Grid
Player | Position | ('21-'22) | ('22-'23) | ('23-'24) | ('24-'25) | ('25-'26) |
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Player | Position | ('21-'22) | ('22-'23) | ('23-'24) | ('24-'25) | ('25-'26) |
Tyler Coyle | S | FREE YEAR | ||||
Greg Long | OL | FREE YEAR | ||||
J.D. Dellinger | K | FREE YEAR | ||||
Anthony Watts | DT | FREE YEAR | ||||
Simeon Smiley | CB | FREE YEAR | ||||
Semisi Fakasiieiki | DE | FREE YEAR | ||||
Jackson Anthrop | WR | FREE YEAR | ||||
Brennan Thieneman | S | FREE YEAR | ||||
Tyler Witt | OL | Grad Transfer | Grad Transfer | |||
Alexander Horvath | RB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Robert McWilliams | LB/DE | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Dedrick Mackey | DB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Mark Stickford | OL | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
DJ Washington | OL | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Aidan O'Connell | QB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Austin Burton | QB | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |||
Jaylan Alexander | LB | Junior | Senior | |||
DaMarcus Mitchell | LB | Junior | Senior | |||
Jeff Marks | DT | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Jack Plummer | QB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Elijah Ball | DB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Kadin Smith | DB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Jack Cravaack | DE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Eric Miller | OT | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Lawrence Johnson | DT | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Will Bramel | OL | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Jimmy McKenna | OL | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
K.J. Stokes | DE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Branson Deen | DE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Jack Sullivan | DE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Cory Trice | DB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Kory Taylor | WR | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
Payne Durham | TE | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
DJ Johnson | CB | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | ||
George Karlaftis | DE | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
Brooks Cormier | P | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
Cam Allen | CB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
King Doerue | RB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
Milton Wright | WR | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
Jalen Graham | DB | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
David Bell | WR | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | ||
TJ Sheffield | WR | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Marvin Grant | DB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Da'Joun Hewitt | RB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Mershawn Rice | ATH | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Cam Craig | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Paul Piferi | QB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Kyle Bilodeau | TE | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Dave Monnot III | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Spencer Holstege | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Dontay Hunter | DE | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Nyles Beverly | CB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Khali Saunders | LB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Garrett Miller | TE | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Sulaiman Kpaka | DL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Steven Faucheux | DT | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Kyle Jornigan | OL | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Jacob Wahlberg | LB | Freshman (RS) | Sophomore (RS) | Junior (RS) | Senior (5) | |
Chase Triplett | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Gus Hartwig | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Jared Bycznski | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Ben Kreul | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Michael Alaimo | QB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Tirek Murphy | RB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Josh Kaltenberger | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Collin Sullivan | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Antonio Stevens | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Kydran Jenkins | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Sanoussi Kane | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Clyde Washington | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Greg Hudgins | DE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Marcellus Moore | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Nalin Fox | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Maliq Carr | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Bryce Austin | DT | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Anthony Romphf | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Ryan Brandt | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Jaelin Alstott-VanDeVanter | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Preston Terrell | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Tristan Cox | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Rickey Smith | ATH | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Brandon Calloway | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Zach Richards | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Khordae Sydnor | DE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Deion Burks | WR | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Mahamane Moussa | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Ja'Quez Cross | ATH | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Drew Biber | TE | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Jah'Von Grigsby | DB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Yanni Karlaftis | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Marcus Mbow | OL | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Brady Allen | QB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Dominack Moon | LB | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | |
Yearly Limit Used (25 Max) | ||||||
Total Scholarships Left | 1 | -1 | 9 | 32 | 83 | |
Total Scholarships Used | 84 | 86 | 76 | 53 | 2 |