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Happy Orthodox Star Wars Day, everyone! Things have been quiet around here because... reasons, but Kyle had a great post about the recent departures to the transfer portal the other day. He didn’t add in our scholarship tracking grid, however, so I thought I would do a quick post with it to clarify things.
Purdue Football Scholarship Grid
| Player | Position | ('21-'22) | ('22-'23) | ('23-'24) | ('24-'25) | ('25-'26) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
This is obviously an unofficial list based on the official roster, word of incoming graduate transfers, and news of which walk-ons like Sam Garvin and Aidan O’Connell have earned a scholarship, but it is as complete as I can make it without breaking into the bursar’s office. As it stands right now Purdue is at the limit for the 2020 season and has only four left for the 2021 recruiting cycle. (Ed. Note: There appears to be a lot of questions on if Garvin is on scholarship or not, so I removed him from the list for now pending later confirmation).
That second number doesn’t mean much though. Purdue had a smaller senior class in 2019 but still had a 21 player class. The scholarship situation at any school is a fluid situation and the nature of college football these days is that you will lose 5-10 guys a year due to transfers and other attrition. Once again, Purdue has a smaller senior class (just 12 scholarship players in their final season), but almost certainly others will leave. It happens every year.
So there you have it. Now let’s just hope there is a season to enjoy this.