2022 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 2022 Purdue Boilermakers football team represents Purdue University during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Boilermakers play their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana, and compete as members of the West Division in the Big Ten Conference. This is head coach Jeff Brohm's sixth season with Purdue.

2022 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionWest Division
2022 record0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Brohm (6th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRon English (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorMark Hagen (2nd season)
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
(Capacity: 57,236)
2022 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Indiana  0 –0   0 –0  
Maryland  0 –0   0 –0  
Michigan  0 –0   0 –0  
Michigan State  0 –0   0 –0  
Rutgers  0 –0   0 –0  
Ohio State  0 –0   0 –0  
Penn State  0 –0   0 –0  
West Division
Illinois  0 –0   0 –0  
Iowa  0 –0   0 –0  
Minnesota  0 –0   0 –0  
Nebraska  0 –0   0 –0  
Northwestern  0 –0   0 –0  
Purdue  0 –0   0 –0  
Wisconsin  0 –0   0 –0  
Championship: December 3, 2022
As of May 3, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2021 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The Boilermakers finished the 2021 season 9–4, 6–3 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the West Division. They finished the season with a 48–45 overtime victory over Tennessee in the 2021 Music City Bowl.

Offseason

Coaching changes

On January 5, 2022, Brad Lambert accepted a defensive coordinator position at Wake Forest.[1] Two weeks later, cornerbacks coach James Adams followed Lambert to Wake Forest, while JaMarcus Shephard accepted an assistant coaching position at Washington.[2] Assistant offensive line coach Neil Callaway also announced his retirement following the 2021 season.

To replace these coaches, former Western Kentucky head coach and recent Purdue quality control coach David Elson was hired as linebacker coach, former UAB coach Garrick McGee was brought in as wide receiver coach, and Ashton Youboty was hired as the cornerbacks coach. Ryan Wallace was also promoted to assistant offensive line coach.[3]

Transfers

Outgoing

Notable departures from the 2021 squad included:[4]

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
Jack Plummer13Quarterback6'5"212SeniorGilbert, ArizonaTransferred to California
Ja’Quez Cross28Running back5'10"170SophomoreFordyce, ArkansasTransferred to Arkansas State
Dontay Hunter II91Defensive end6'5"235JuniorWesterville, OhioTransferred to Ohio
Bryce Austin92Defensive tackle6'2"285SophomoreSouthfield, MichiganTransferred to Western Michigan
Anthony Romphf27Cornerback6'0"180SophomoreSouthfield, MichiganTransferred to Western Michigan

Incoming

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotesPrev. School
Elijah CanionWide receiver6'2"190Hollywood, FloridaTransferredAuburn
Reece TaylorCornerback5'11"190Indianapolis, IndianaTransferredIndiana
Sione FinauOffensive guard6'3"300Keller, TexasCommittedFIU
Tee DensonCornerback6'0"180Ellenwood, GeorgiaTransferredKansas State
Tyrone TraceyRunningback5'11"195Indianapolis, IndianaTransferredIowa

2022 NFL Draft
See also: 2022 NFL Draft

Boilermakers who were picked in the 2022 NFL Draft:

Round Pick Player Position Team
130George KarlaftisDEKansas City Chiefs
399David BellWRCleveland Browns
7260Zander HorvathFBLos Angeles Chargers
UndraftedDeMarcus MitchellLB/DENew England Patriots
Jaylan AlexanderLBChicago Bears

Preseason

Recruits

The Boilermakers signed a total of 19 recruits.

Schedule

The 2022 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

2022 Purdue Boilermakers season results
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1 Penn State
FOX
September 10 Indiana State*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
September 17 at Syracuse*
September 24 Florida Atlantic*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
October 1 at Minnesota
October 8 at Maryland
October 15 Nebraska
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
October 22 at Wisconsin
November 5 Iowa
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
November 12 at Illinois
November 19 Northwestern
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
November 26 at Indiana
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  • Source: [5]

References
  1. Shackelford, Brianna (January 5, 2022). "Purdue Football loses another Defensive Coordinator". WLFI.com. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  2. Dienhart, Tom (January 19, 2022). "Another Purdue Football coach leaves the program". WLFI.com. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  3. Sabri, Alex (February 17, 2022). "Purdue football: Brohm announces four coaching changes". Purdue Exponent. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  4. "Purdue Boilermakers 2022 College Football Transfer Portal". 247sports.com. 24/7 Sports. January 28, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  5. "2022 Purdue Boilermakers Football Schedule". FBSchedule. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
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