Purdue 2017 football roster
| No. | Name | Year | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Home |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D.J. Knox | JR | RB | 5-7 | 210 | Fairburn, Ga./Creekside |
| 1 | Dedrick Mackey | FR | CB | 5-11 | 175 | Miami, Fla./Booker T. Washington |
| 2 | Da’Wan Hunte | SR | CB | 5-9 | 190 | Miami, Fla./Miami Central |
| 2 | Elijah Sindelar | SO | QB | 6-4 | 230 | Princeton, Ky./Caldwell County |
| 3 | D’J Edwards | FR | WR | 6-1 | 190 | West Palm Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Lakes |
| 3 | Kamal Hardy | SR | CB | 5-11 | 185 | Miramar, Fla./Monroe College |
| 4 | Ja’Whaun Bentley | SR | LB | 6-2 | 260 | Glenarden, Md./DeMatha Catholic |
| 4 | Corey Holmes | JR | WR | 6-1 | 190 | Pembroke Pines, Fla./Notre Dame |
| 5 | Griffin Alstott | FR | QB | 6-2 | 205 | St. Petersburg, Fla./Northside Christian |
| 5 | T.J. Jallow | JR | S | 6-2 | 200 | Olive Branch, Miss./East Mississippi C.C. |
| 6 | Tyler Hamilton | FR | WR | 5-9 | 175 | Hilton Head, S.C./Hilton Head |
| 6 | T.J. McCollum | SR | LB | 6-3 | 235 | Birmingham, Ala./Western Kentucky |
| 7 | Eddy Wilson | JR | DT | 6-4 | 295 | Pontiac, Mich./West Bloomfield |
| 7 | Isaac Zico | JR | WR | 6-1 | 190 | Milledgeville, Ga./Georgia Military College |
| 8 | Markell Jones | JR | RB | 5-11 | 200 | Columbus, Ind./Columbus East |
| 8 | Josh Okonye | GS | CB | 6-0 | 200 | Sugar Land, Texas/Wake Forest |
| 9 | Lorenzo Neal | SO | DT | 6-2 | 325 | Houston, Texas/Saint Thomas |
| 9 | Terry Wright | JR | WR | 5-11 | 180 | Memphis, Tenn./Coffeyville |
| 10 | Gregory Phillips | SR | WR | 6-0 | 200 | Atlanta, Ga./Arabia Mountain |
| 11 | David Blough | JR | QB | 6-1 | 205 | Carrollton, Texas/Creekview |
| 11 | Antoine Miles | SR | DE | 6-2 | 250 | Canton, Ohio/McKinely |
| 12 | Jared Sparks | RS FR | QB | 6-1 | 205 | Geismar, La./Dutchtown |
| 13 | Spencer Evans | JR | K | 6-1 | 200 | Arlington, Texas/Baylor |
| 13 | Aidan O’Connell | FR | QB | 6-3 | 190 | Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson |
| 13 | Gelen Robinson | SR | DE | 6-1 | 280 | Schererville, Ind./Lake Central |
| 14 | Antonio Blackmon | JR | CB | 6-0 | 195 | Fort Wayne, Ind./Bishop Dwenger |
| 14 | Danny Carollo | RS FR | QB | 6-0 | 205 | Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest |
| 16 | Garrett Hudson | SR | LB | 6-2 | 245 | Tallahassee, Fla./North Florida Christian |
| 17 | Cornel Jones | FR | LB | 6-2 | 240 | Miami, Fla./Miami Central |
| 17 | Nick Sipe | FR | QB | 6-4 | 200 | Villa Park, Calif./Villa Park |
| 18 | KeyRon Catlett | FR | WR | 5-10 | 180 | Hopkinsville, Ky./Christian County |
| 18 | Cameron Northern | FR | QB | 6-3 | 215 | Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville |
| 19 | Aaron Banks | JR | QB | 6-4 | 200 | Indianapolis, Ind./Brebeuf |
| 20 | Benaiah Franklin | RS FR | WR | 6-1 | 195 | Marietta, Ga.,/Wheeler |
| 20 | Mike Little | SO | CB | 6-0 | 195 | Newhall, Calif./Notre Dame |
| 20 | Kenneth Major | FR | CB | 6-0 | 190 | Hopkinsville, Ky./Christian County |
| 21 | Markus Bailey | SO | LB | 6-1 | 235 | Columbus, Ohio/Hilliard Davidson |
| 21 | Anthony Mahoungou | SR | WR | 6-3 | 210 | Paris, France/West Hills |
| 22 | Sawyer Dawson | SO | LB | 6-1 | 235 | Lakeland, Fla./Plant City |
| 23 | Josh Hayes | SO | CB | 6-0 | 185 | Indianapolis, Ind./Pike |
| 24 | Tim Cason | JR | CB | 6-0 | 195 | Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston |
| 25 | Tario Fuller | SO | RB | 6-0 | 190 | Sugar Hill, Ga./Lanier |
| 25 | Brandon Shuman | SO | CB | 5-11 | 170 | Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep |
| 26 | Carter McGinnis | FR | RB | 6-0 | 205 | Noblesville, Ind./Guerin Catholic |
| 26 | C.J. Parker | SR | S | 6-1 | 205 | Menifee, Calif./Mount San Jacinto |
| 27 | Navon Mosley | SO | S | 6-0 | 190 | West Bloomfield, Mich./West Bloomfield |
| 28 | Jacob Abrams | FR | CB | 6-2 | 195 | Carmel, Ind./Carmel |
| 29 | Simeon Smiley | RS FR | CB | 6-0 | 205 | Pensacola, Fla./Pensacola Catholic |
| 30 | Tobias Larry | FR | LB | 6-1 | 210 | Lakeland, Fla./Kathleen |
| 31 | Robert McWilliams III | FR | DE | 6-4 | 210 | South Miami, Fla./Coral Gables |
| 31 | Joe Schopper | JR | P | 6-0 | 210 | Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral |
| 32 | Jack Wegher | SO | RB | 5-10 | 205 | Sioux City, S.D./IMG Academy |
| 33 | Jackson Anthrop | RS FR | WR | 5-11 | 185 | West Lafayette, Ind./Central Catholic |
| 34 | Jonah Williams | FR | LB | 6-3 | 235 | West Lafayette, Ind./West Lafayette |
| 34 | Richie Worship | SO | RB | 6-0 | 260 | Cleveland, Ohio/Valley Forge |
| 35 | Wes Cook | SR | S | 5-10 | 190 | Westminster, Md./East Carolina |
| 36 | Danny Ezechukwu | SR | LB | 6-2 | 250 | Lithonia, Ga./Arabia Mountain |
| 37 | Brian Lankford-Johnson | SO | RB | 6-0 | 190 | St. Paul, Minn./Palm Bay (Fla.) |
| 38 | Zac Collins | FR | K | 6-1 | 180 | Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier |
| 38 | Brennan Thieneman | RS FR | S | 6-1 | 200 | Noblesville, Ind./Guerin Catholic |
| 39 | Zach Randall | FR | LB | 6-0 | 200 | Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern |
| 40 | Ronnie Hill | SO | S | 6-0 | 200 | Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral |
| 40 | Alexander Horvath | FR | RB | 6-3 | 220 | Mishawaka, Ind./Marian |
| 41 | Jacob Thieneman | JR | S | 6-1 | 210 | Noblesville, Ind./Guerin Catholic |
| 42 | Brian Bravo | JR | K | 6-2 | 195 | North Aurora, Ill./Joliet Catholic |
| 42 | David Day | SO | CB | 5-9 | 185 | Indianapolis, Ind./North Central |
| 43 | Andy Chelf | SO | S | 6-0 | 190 | Southlake, Texas/Southlake Carroll |
| 43 | Myles Homan | SO | K | 6-1 | 220 | Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier |
| 44 | Anthony Watts | RS FR | DT | 6-4 | 295 | Houston, Texas/Jack Yates |
| 45 | Lane Beeler | JR | RB | 5-10 | 230 | West Point, Ind./McCutcheon |
| 45 | Austin Larkin | SR | DE | 6-3 | 255 | University City, Mo./City College of San Francisco |
| 46 | Race Johnson | SR | CB | 5-11 | 185 | Carmel, Ind./Carmel |
| 47 | Ben Makowski | JR | LS | 6-2 | 250 | Osceola, Ind./Penn |
| 48 | Ryan Sadkowski | JR | LS | 5-11 | 225 | Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard South |
| 48 | Rob Simmons | JR | LB | 6-5 | 230 | Philadelphia, Pa./Valley Forge Military Academy |
| 49 | Dennis Johnson | FR | S | 6-3 | 180 | Fort Wayne, Ind./Fort Wayne South |
| 50 | Keiwan Jones | JR | DT | 6-2 | 280 | Ocala, Fla./Dunnellon |
| 50 | Bearooz Yacoobi | JR | OL | 6-5 | 300 | Dearborn, Mich./Dearborn |
| 51 | Bryce Brown | RS FR | OL | 6-1 | 280 | Evansville, Ind./Evansville North |
| 52 | Tanner Hawthorne | RS FR | OT | 6-6 | 290 | Glendale, Ariz./Centennial |
| 53 | Kirk Barron | JR | C | 6-2 | 305 | Mishawaka, Ind./Marian |
| 55 | Derrick Barnes | FR | LB | 6-1 | 250 | Covington, Ky./Holy Cross |
| 55 | Michael Mendez | SO | OL | 6-4 | 295 | Los Fresnos, Texas/Los Fresnos |
| 56 | Viktor Beach | FR | OL | 6-4 | 310 | Fort Myers, Fla./Bishop Verot |
| 57 | Semisi Fakasiieiki | RS FR | LB | 6-3 | 255 | Compton, Calif./Dominguez |
| 58 | Ryan Flaherty | RS FR | OL | 6-3 | 280 | New Carlisle, Ind./New Prairie |
| 60 | Eric Swingler | JR | OL | 6-6 | 305 | Munster, Ind./Munster |
| 64 | Eric Ferguson | RS FR | OL | 6-1 | 295 | Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville |
| 65 | Marc Roland | FR | OL | 6-3 | 275 | Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli |
| 66 | Alex Criddle | SO | DT | 6-3 | 310 | Broken Arrow, Okla./Thomas Edison |
| 68 | Peyton Truitt | SO | OL | 6-5 | 285 | West Lafayette, Ind./West Lafayette |
| 70 | David Steinmetz | GS | OL | 6-8 | 310 | Grafton, Mass./Rhode Island |
| 71 | Sam Loebig | RS FR | OL | 6-3 | 315 | Bethesda, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase |
| 72 | Jalen Jackson | FR | OL | 6-2 | 265 | Powder Springs, Ga./McEachern |
| 73 | Ethan Smart | JR | OL | 6-6 | 310 | Southaven, Miss./Northeast Mississippi C.C. |
| 74 | Graham Keller | FR | OL | 6-4 | 270 | Noblesville, Ind./Guerin Catholic |
| 75 | Shane Evans | JR | OL | 6-4 | 310 | Crystal Lake, Ill./NIU |
| 76 | Mark Stickford | FR | OL | 6-5 | 265 | Carmel, Ind./Carmel |
| 77 | D.J. Washington | FR | OL | 6-4 | 285 | Louisville, Ky./Ballard |
| 78 | Grant Hermanns | RS FR | OL | 6-7 | 295 | Albuquerque, N.M./Rio Rancho |
| 79 | Matt McCann | SO | OL | 6-6 | 315 | Fishers, Ind./Bishop Chatard |
| 80 | Jarrett Burgess | JR | WR | 6-3 | 220 | Miami, Fla./Florida Christian |
| 81 | Darius Pittman | FR | TE | 6-3 | 250 | Gulfport, Miss./Saint Stanislaus |
| 82 | Wade Buckman | RS FR | TE | 6-6 | 235 | Holland, Mich./Holland |
| 83 | Malcolm Dotson | SO | WR | 6-2 | 200 | Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral |
| 84 | Jess Trussell | SO | TE | 6-6 | 245 | Arlington, Texas/James Martin |
| 85 | J.D. Dellinger | SO | K | 6-2 | 195 | Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day |
| 86 | Noah Ellison | FR | WR | 6-1 | 190 | Louisville, Ky./Trinity |
| 87 | Ryan James | FR | WR | 6-4 | 200 | Chicago, Ill./De La Salle |
| 88 | Cole Herdman | JR | TE | 6-4 | 240 | Leesburg, Va./Flint Hill |
| 89 | Brycen Hopkins | SO | TE | 6-5 | 240 | Nashville, Tenn./Ensworth |
| 91 | Chazmyn Turner | SO | DE | 6-5 | 260 | Mooresville, N.C./Mooresville |
| 92 | Giovanni Reviere | FR | DE | 6-5 | 260 | Chattanooga, Tenn./McCallie |
| 94 | Allen Daniels | FR | DT | 6-2 | 305 | Dacula, Ga./Dacula |
| 96 | Ray Ellis | JR | DT | 6-4 | 305 | San Jose, Calif./City College of San Francisco |
| 96 | Jake Herr | SO | P | 6-5 | 230 | Carmel, Ind./Carmel |
| 97 | Brooks Royal | FR | LS | 6-2 | 170 | Fitzgerald, Ga./Fitzgerald |
| 97 | Mike Zeigler | JR | DE | 6-4 | 260 | Springfield, Ill./Southern Illinois |
| 98 | Kai Higgins | SO | DE | 6-4 | 240 | Pomona, Calif./Chaffey Collegel |
Jeff Brohm – Head Coach
Brian Brohm – Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Nick Holt – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Tony Levine – Specials Teams Coordinator/Co-Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends
Anthony Poindexter – Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
JaMarcus Shephard – Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers
Chris Barclay – Running Backs
Derrick Jackson – Cornerbacks
Reggie Johnson – Defensive Line
Dale Williams – Offensive Line