2021 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 2021 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Boilermakers played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana, and competed as members of the West Division in the Big Ten Conference. This was head coach Jeff Brohm's fifth season with Purdue.

2021 Purdue Boilermakers football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 48–45 OT vs. Tennessee
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionWest Division
2021 record9–4 (6–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorBrian Brohm (5th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJaMarcus Shephard (4th as Co-OC, 5th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorBrad Lambert (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRon English (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorMark Hagen (1st season)
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 57,236)
2021 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 3 Michigan xy$^  8 –1   12 –2  
No. 6 Ohio State x  8 –1   11 –2  
No. 9 Michigan State  7 –2   11 –2  
Penn State  4 –5   7 –6  
Maryland  3 –6   7 –6  
Rutgers  2 –7   5 –8  
Indiana  0 –9   2 –10  
West Division
No. 23 Iowa xy  7 –2   10 –4  
Minnesota  6 –3   9 –4  
Wisconsin  6 –3   9 –4  
Purdue  6 –3   9 –4  
Illinois  4 –5   5 –7  
Nebraska  1 –8   3 –9  
Northwestern  1 –8   3 –9  
Championship: Michigan 42, Iowa 3
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

In a season limited by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Boilermakers played a conference-only schedule and finished the 2020 season 2–4 to finish in sixth place in the West Division. Games against Wisconsin and Indiana were canceled due to concerns about COVID-19 outbreaks, which marked the first time Purdue did not play Indiana since the Old Oaken Bucket trophy was created.[1]

Offseason

Coaching changes

On December 17, 2020, Purdue announced that defensive coordinator Bob Diaco would not return to the coaching staff.[2] On January 10, 2021, the school hired Mark Hagen as defensive line coach, replacing Terrance Jamison. Hagen had coached at Purdue from 2000−10 and was most recently at Texas.[3] Later that month, Brad Lambert from Marshall was hired as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach,[4] while Ron English from Florida was hired as cornerback coach.[5] In April, Jamal Adams from Navy was hired as cornerback coach. On June 16, Jeff Brohm announced that Lambert, English, and Hagen would all serve as co-defensive coordinators in addition to their regular coaching duties, with Lambert making the game-day play calls.[6] Former graduate assistants Justin Sinz and TJ McCollum would move to recruiting positions. In August, David Elson from Marian University was hired as quality control assistant and Mel Mills was hired as director of player development.[7]

Transfers

Outgoing

Notable departures from the 2020 squad included:[8]

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
Maliq Carr6Wide receiver6'4"230SophomoreOak Park, MichiganTransferred
Amad Anderson10Wide receiver5'11"170Junior (Redshirt)Staten Island, New YorkTransferred
Jared Sparks12Wide receiver6'1"200Senior (Redshirt)Geismar, LouisianaGraduate transfer
Geovonte Howard13Cornerback5'11"185SeniorMissouri City, TexasTransferred
Steven Faucheux93Linebacker6'5"272Sophomore (Redshirt)West Chester, OhioTransferred

Incoming

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotesPrev. School
Octavius Brothers20Offensive lineman6'2"210SophomoreBrevard County, FloridaTransferredAuburn
Broc Thompson29Wide receiver6'3"181JuniorIndianapolis, IndianaTransferredMarshall
Damarjhe Lewis34Linebacker / Defensive back6'3"301Freshman (Redshirt)Griffin, GeorgiaTransferredIndiana
Dylan Downing38Running back5'11"212Freshman (Redshirt)Carmel, IndianaTransferredUNLV
Tyler Witt78Offensive lineman6'2"295GraduateJoliet, IllinoisGraduate transferWestern Kentucky
Joseph Anderson95Defensive end6'4"268SophomoreMurfreesboro, TennesseeTransferredSouth Carolina
C. J. McWilliamsCornerback5'11"164Senior (Redshirt)Miami, FloridaGraduate transferFlorida

2021 NFL Draft
See also: 2021 NFL Draft

Boilermakers who were picked in the 2021 NFL Draft:

Round Pick Player Position Team
2 49 Rondale Moore Wide receiver Arizona Cardinals
4 113 Derrick Barnes Linebacker Detroit Lions

Preseason

Recruits

The Boilermakers signed a total of 16 recruits.

Schedule

The 2021 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

2021 Purdue Boilermakers season results
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 4 7:00 p.m. Oregon State*
FS1 W 30–21 53,656
September 11 3:00 p.m. at UConn*
CBSSN W 49–0 14,817
September 18 2:30 p.m. at No. 12 Notre Dame*
NBC L 13–27 74,341
September 25 3:30 p.m. Illinois
BTN W 13–9 52,840
October 2 12:00 p.m. Minnesota
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
BTN L 13–20 51,111
October 16 3:30 p.m. at No. 2 Iowa
ABC W 24–7 69,250
October 23 3:00 p.m. Wisconsin No. 25
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
BTN L 13–30 61,320
October 30 3:30 p.m. at Nebraska
ESPN2 W 28–23 85,902
November 6 3:30 p.m. No. 3 Michigan State
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
ABC W 40–29 57,748
November 13 3:30 p.m. at No. 4 Ohio State No. 19
ABC L 31–59 101,009
November 20 12:00 p.m. at Northwestern
BTN W 32–14 31,500
November 27 3:30 p.m. Indiana
FS1 W 44–7 61,320
December 30 3:00 p.m. vs. Tennessee*
ESPN W 48–45OT 69,489

Roster
2021 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 0 Milton Wright Jr
QB 1 Michael Alaimo  Fr
WR 2 Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen   Fr
WR 3 David Bell Jr
WR 8 TJ Sheffield RSo
WR 9 Mershawn Rice  RSo
QB 11 Jack Albers RSo
QB 12 Austin Burton RSr
QB 13 Jack Plummer RJr
QB 16 Aidan O'Connell RSr
QB 17 Christian Gelov  Fr
WR 18 Deion Burks Fr
QB 21 Andrew Hobson  Fr
RB 22 King Doerue Jr
WR 25 Marcellus Moore  Fr
WR 26 Andrew Sowinski  Fr
RB 28 Ja’Quez Cross Fr
WR 29 Broc Thompson Jr
RB 32 Zac Tuinei  Fr
WR 33 Jackson Anthrop  Sr
WR 34 Ben Van Noord Fr
WR 35 Hayden Parise Fr
RB 37 Caleb Lahey  Fr
RB 38 Dylan Downing  Fr
RB 39 Will Chapman RSo
RB 40 Zander Horvath RSr
RB 45 Devin Mockobee Fr
TE 48 Kyle Bilodeau RSo
OL 53 Gus Hartwig So
OL 54 Josh Kaltenberger  Fr
OL 59 Dave Monnot III RSo
OL 61 Aaron Roberts Fr
OL 62 Ben Kuhns RSo
OL 63 Marcus Mbow Fr
OL 64 Mahamane Moussa Fr
OL 65 Jaelin Alstott-VanDeVanter Fr
OL 67 Gus German  Fr
OL 68 Cam Craig RSo
OL 69 Greg Long  Sr
OL 70 Zach Richards Fr
OL 71 Nalin Fox  Fr
OL 72 Sam Garvin RSr
OL 74 Eric Miller RJr
OL 75 Spencer Holstege RSo
OL/DL 77 DJ Washington  RSr
OL 78 Tyler Witt GS
OL 79 Jared Bycznski  Fr
WR 80 Camdyn Childers RSo
WR 81 Collin Sullivan  Fr
TE 82 Drew Biber Fr
TE 83 Jack Cravaack  RJr
WR 84 Preston Terrell Fr
WR 85 Alex Maxwell  Fr
WR 86 Kory Taylor RJr
TE 87 Payne Durham RJr
TE 88 Garrett Miller RSo
TE 89 Paul Piferi RSo
TE 91 Ben Buechel  Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 1 Dedrick Mackey RSr
S 4 Marvin Grant RSo
DE 5 George Karlaftis Jr
LB/S 6 Jalen Graham Jr
CB 7 Jamari Brown Jr
S 10 Cam Allen Jr
S 12 Jah’von Grigsby Fr
LB 14 Yanni Karlaftis Fr
DE 15 DaMarcus Mitchell Sr
S 17 Chris Jefferson Sr
LB 20 OC Brothers So
S 21 Sanoussi Kane So
CB 23 Cory Trice  RJr
CB 24 Nyles Beverly RSo
CB 26 Brandon Calloway Fr
CB 27 Anthony Romphf  Fr
CB 29 Rickey Smith Fr
S 30 Ryan Brandt So
S 32 Elijah Ball RJr
DT 34 Damarjhe Lewis  Fr
S 35 Antonio Stevens So
LB 36 Jaylan Alexander Sr
LB 37 Jacob Wahlberg RSo
CB 40 Hayden Ellinger  Fr
LB 41 Khali Saunders RSo
LB 42 Clyde Washington So
LB 43 Kieren Douglas RSr
DE 44 Kydran Jenkins  Fr
DE 45 Byron Hubbard II RJr
LB 46 Ben Furtney  Fr
DT 47 Jeff Marks RJr
DE 48 Tristan Cox Fr
S 49 Zane Greene RJr
DE 50 Sulaiman Kpaka RSo
LB 54 Ben Kreul  Fr
DE 56 Khordae Sydnor Fr
DT 58 Branson Deen RJr
DT 90 Lawrence Johnson RJr
DE 91 Dontay Hunter II RSo
DT 92 Bryce Austin Fr
DT 93 PrinceJames Boyd Jr  Fr
LB 94 Robert McWilliams III RSr
DE 95 Joe Anderson So
LB 97 Semisi Fakasiieiki   Sr
DT 98 Greg Hudgins III  Fr
DE 99 Jack Sullivan RJr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 24 Mitchell Fineran GS
P 28 Zac Collins RSr
P 30 Jack Ansell Fr
LS 31 Nick Zecchino RSr
K 39 Ben Freehill So
K 41 Caleb Krockover  Fr
P 47 Brendan Cropsey  Fr
LS 51 Nick Taylor  Fr
K 57 Chris Van Eekeren RSo
K 84 Edward Dellinger  Fr
LS 96 Hunter MacDonald RSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Marty Biagi (Special Teams Coordinator / Defensive Assistant)
  • Brian Brohm (Co-Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks)
  • Brad Lambert (Co-Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers)
  • Ron English (Co-Defensive Coordinator / Secondary)
  • Mark Hagen (Co-Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line)
  • JaMarcus Shephard (Co-Offensive Coordinator / Wide Receivers)
  • James Adams (Cornerbacks)
  • Chris Barclay (Running Backs)
  • Neil Callaway (Assistant Offensive Line)
  • Dale Williams (Offensive Line / Tight Ends)
  • Ryan Wallace (Offense / Special Teams Assistant)
  • Greg Brohm (Executive Director of Football Administration and Operations / Chief of Staff)
  • JMichael Jonard (Quality Control)
  • Domenic Reno (Director of Football Strength & Conditioning)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 1, 2021

Awards and honors

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year Date Awarded Ref
Chuck Bednarik Award George Karlaftis DE JR July 19, 2021 [10]
Maxwell Award David Bell WR JR [11][10]
Fred Biletnikoff Award David Bell WR JR July 22, 2021 [12][10]
Bronko Nagurski Trophy George Karlaftis DE JR July 27, 2021 [10]

Weekly Awards
Weekly Awards
Player Award Date Awarded Ref.
David Bell Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week October 18, 2021 [13]
Cam Allen Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
Jeff Brohm Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week October 19, 2021 [14]
David Bell Maxwell Award Player of the Week
Aidan O'Connell Davey O'Brien National Quarterback of the Week
Jalen Graham Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week November 1, 2021 [15]
Aidan O’Connell Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week November 8, 2021 [16]

All-Conference Honors
All-Conference Honors[17]
Player Position Coaches Media AP
David Bell WR 1st Team 1st Team
George Karlaftis DE 1st Team 1st Team
Aidan O'Connell QB 2nd Team 2nd Team
Payne Durham TE HM
Gus Hartwig OL HM
Greg Long OL HM
Tyler Witt OL HM HM
Milton Wright WR HM HM
Jaylan Alexander LB HM HM
Cam Allen S HM HM
Branson Deen DT HM HM
Jalen Graham LB HM HM
Dedrick Mackey CB HM
Mitchell Fineran K HM HM

All-American Honors
NCAA Recognized All-American Honors
Player Position AFCA[18] AP[19] FWAA[20] WCFF[21] TSN[22]
David BellWR1st Team1st Team1st Team1st Team2nd Team
George KarlaftisDL1st Team3rd Team2nd Team2nd Team

Rankings
Further information: 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP———————25——RVRVRVRVRVRV
Coaches———————RV——RVRVRVRVRVRV
CFPNot released—19————Not released

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