2021 Purdue Boilermakers football team American college football season
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.
Offseason
Coaching changes
On December 17, 2020, Purdue announced that defensive coordinator Bob Diaco would not return to the coaching staff.[ 1] Texas .[ 2] Brad Lambert from Marshall was hired as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach,[ 3] Ron English from Florida was hired as cornerback coach.[ 4] 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.[ 5] David Elson from Marian University was hired as quality control assistant and Mel Mills was hired as director of player development.[ 6]
Transfers
Outgoing
Notable departures from the 2020 squad included:[ 7]
Incoming
2021 NFL Draft
Boilermakers who were picked in the 2021 NFL Draft:
Preseason
Recruits
The Boilermakers signed a total of 16 recruits.
College recruiting information (2021)
Name
Hometown
High school / college
Height
Weight
Commit date
Yanni Karlaftis LB
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Dec 17, 2020
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Preston Terrell WR
Brownsburg, IN
Brownsburg High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
186 lb (84 kg)
Sep 15, 2019
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Deion Burks WR
Belleville, MI
Belleville High School
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
May 13, 2020
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Jah'von Grigsby DB
Baton Rouge, LA
Scotlandville Magnet High School
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Dec 5, 2020
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Zach Richards OL
Mooresville, IN
Mooresville High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
285 lb (129 kg)
Apr 24, 2020
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J. Alstott-VanDeVanter OL
Mooresville, IN
Mooresville High School
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
275 lb (125 kg)
Jan 9, 2020
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Marcus Mbow OL
Wauwatosa, WI
Wauwatosa East High School
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
310 lb (140 kg)
Dec 16, 2020
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Rickey Smith DB
Orlando, FL
Jones High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
Jul 28, 2020
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Tristan Cox LB
Pulaski County, KY
Pulaski County High School
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
228 lb (103 kg)
Apr 8, 2020
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Brandon Calloway DB
Griffin, GA
Griffin High School
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
184 lb (83 kg)
Mar 15, 2020
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Ja'Quez Cross ATH
Fordyce, AR
Fordyce High School
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
Oct 30, 2020
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Khordae Sydnor DE
New Rochelle, NY
Iona Preparatory School
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
230 lb (100 kg)
Apr 25, 2020
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Mahamane Moussa OL
Indianapolis, IN
Pike High School
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
268 lb (122 kg)
Aug 11, 2020
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Drew Biber TE
Cedarburg, WI
Cedarburg High School
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Oct 18, 2020
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Devin Mockobee RB
Boonville, IN
Boonville High School
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Jun 16, 2021
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Jack Ansell P
Warrnambool , Australia
Brauer College
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Star ratings :Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout : 76 Rivals : 76 247Sports : 76
Note : In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:
Schedule
The 2021 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.
2021 Purdue Boilermakers season results Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 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
3:00 p.m. vs. Tennessee * ESPN W 48–45 OT 69,489
Roster
Awards and honors
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Weekly Awards
All-Conference Honors
All-American Honors
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP — — — — — — — 25 — — RV RV RV RV RV RV Coaches — — — — — — — RV — — RV RV RV RV RV RV CFP Not released — 19 — — — — Not released
Season summary
Oregon State
Game information
First quarter
OSU – B. J. Baylor 9-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 10:10. Oregon St 7–0. Drive: 3 plays, 64 yards, 1:05.
PUR – Zander Horvath 11-yard run (Mitchell Finneran kick), 3:43. Tie 7–7. Drive: 4 plays, 45 yards, 1:45. Second quarter
PUR – Mitchell Finneran 49-yard field goal, 8:19. Purdue 10–7. Drive: 8 plays, 47 yards, 3:24.
PUR – Mitchell Finneran 40-yard field goal, 0:06. Purdue 13–7. Drive: 10 plays, 32 yards, 2:14. Third quarter
PUR – Mitchell Finneran 23-yard field goal, 1:19. Purdue 16–7. Drive: 10 plays, 42 yards, 5:41. Fourth quarter
OSU – Tyjon Lindsay 7-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 13:05. Purdue 16–14. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:14.
PUR – Payne Durham 5-yard pass from Jack Plummer (Mitchell Finneran kick), 4:56. Purdue 23–14. Drive: 6 plays, 37 yards, 3:20.
OSU – B.J. Baylor 2-yard run (Everett Hayes kick), 3:13. Purdue 23–21. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 1:43.
PUR – Payne Durham 50-yard pass from Jack Plummer (Mitchell Finneran kick), 2:09. Purdue 30–21. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:04.
Top passers Top rushers OSU – Trey Lowe – 6 rushes, 27 yards
PUR – Zander Horvath – 21 rushes, 81 yards, TD Top receivers OSU – Trevon Bradford – 5 receptions, 75 yards
PUR – David Bell – 8 receptions, 134 yards
Illinois
Game information
First quarter
PUR – Mitchell Fineran 23-yard field goal, 8:31. Boilermakers 3–0. Drive: 15 plays, 69 yards, 6:29.
PUR – Mitchell Fineran 30-yard field goal, 3:34. Boilermakers 6–0. Drive: 6 plays, 34 yards, 2:57. Second quarter
ILL – James McCourt 51-yard field goal, 2:24. Boilermakers 6–3. Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards, 3:40. Third quarter
ILL – James McCourt 35-yard field goal, 8:18. Tied 6–6. Drive: 13 plays, 58 yards, 6:42. Fourth quarter
ILL – James McCourt 45-yard field goal, 14:51. Fighting Illini 9–6. Drive: 6 plays, 53 yards, 1:39.
PUR – TJ Sheffield 14-yard pass from Aidan O'Connell (Mitchell Fineran kick), 5:44. Boilermakers 13–9. Drive: 10 plays, 94 yards, 3:42.
Statistics
ILL
PUR
First downs
17
17
Total yards
275
315
Rushes–yards
42–175
26–38
Passing yards
100
277
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
14–27–0
24–40–2
Time of possession
33:45
26:15
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Illinois Passing
Brandon Peters 14/26, 100 yards
Rushing
Josh McCray
24 rushes, 156 yards
Receiving
Casey Washington 3 receptions, 31 yards
Purdue Passing
Aidan O'Connell 12/19, 182 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing
Dylan Downing
10 rushes, 39 yards
Receiving
Milton Wright 7 receptions, 88 yards
500th game at Ross-Ade Stadium
Wisconsin
Wisconsin vs Purdue – Game summary
Quarter
Total
Badgers 7
6
7 10 30
No. 25 Boilermakers
0
13
0 0 13
at Ross–Ade Stadium , West Lafayette, Indiana
Date : October 23, 2021Game time : 2:00 p.m.Game weather : SunnyGame attendance : 61,320Referee : Ron SnodgrassTV announcers (BTN) : Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play) and Matt Millen (analyst)
Game information
First quarter WISC – Braelon Allen 4-yard TD run, (Collin Larsh kick), 2:49. Wisconsin 7–0. Drive: 13 plays, 92 yards, 7:37. Second quarter PUR – Payne Durham 10-yard pass from Aidan O'Connell (Mitchell Fineran kick), 14:16. Tie 7–7. Drive: 4 plays, 39 yards, 1:47.
WISC – Collin Larsh 37-yard field goal, 8:54. Wisconsin 10–7. Drive: 10 plays, 56 yards, 5:22.
PUR – George Karlaftis 56-yard fumble return (Mitchell Fineran kick missed), 6:13. Purdue 13–10. Drive: 3 plays, -8 yards, 1:32.
WISC – Collin Larsh 23-yard field goal, 2:06. Tie 13–13. Drive: 4 plays, -3 yards, 0:56. Third quarter WISC – Chez Mellusi 20-yard TD run, (Collin Larsh kick), 6:06. Wisconsin 20–13. Drive: 3 plays, 94 yards, 1:01. Fourth quarter WISC – Braelon Allen 14-yard TD run, (Collin Larsh kick), 10:13. Wisconsin 27–13. Drive: 6 plays, 72 yards, 2:55.
WISC – Collin Larsh 43-yard field goal, 4:06. Wisconsin 30–13. Drive: 4 plays, -4 yards, 2:32.
Top passers
Top rushers
PUR – King Doerue – 9 rushes, 20 yards
WISC – Chaz Mellusi – 27 rushes, 149 yards, TD Top receivers
Top defenders
PUR – Jaylan Alexander – 15 tackles, TFL, forced fumble
WISC – Leo Chenal – 9 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 3.5 sacks
Michigan State
Game information
First Quarter (09:12) PUR TD: David Bell 5-yard pass from Aidan O'Connell (Mitchell Fineran kick)PUR 7–0 ; 9 plays, 52 yards, 3:37
(06:23) MSU TD: Tre Mosley 26-yard pass from Payton Thorne (Stephen Rusnak kick)TIED 7–7 ; 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:40 Second Quarter (13:23) PUR TD: Broc Thopson 8-yard pass from Aidan O'Connell (Mitchell Fineran kick)PUR 14–7 ; 8 plays 70 yards, 3:28
(04:50) PUR TD: Jackson Anthrop 39-yard pass from Aidan O'Connell (Mitchell Fineran kick)PUR 21–7 ; 4 plays, 51 yards, 1:13
(01:04) MSU TD: Kenneth Walker III 14-yard run (Stephen Rusnak kick)PUR 21–14 ; 11 plays, 69 yards, 3:41 Third Quarter (12:19) MSU TD: Payton Thorne 32-yard run (Stephen Rusnak kick)TIED 21–21 ; 3 plays, 41 yards, 1:00
(09:31) PUR TD: King Doerue 1-yard run (Mitchell Fineran kick)PUR 28–21 ; 7 plays, 70 yards, 2:44
(06:31) PUR FG: Mitchell Fineran 29-yard field goalPUR 31–21 ; 7 plays, 51 yards, 1:32 Fourth Quarter (13:02) PUR FG: Mitchell Fineran 24-yard field goalPUR 34–21 ; 14 plays, 60 yards, 7:14
(06:48) PUR FG: Mitchell Fineran 23-yard field goalPUR 37–21 ; 9 plays, 93 yards, 2:24
(05:03) MSU TD: Tre Mosley 11-yard pass from Payton Thorne (Maliq Carr pass)PUR 37–29 ; 5 plays, 83 yards, 1:45
(00:41) PUR FG: Mitchell Fineran 22-yard field goalPUR 40–29 ; 10 plays, 76 yards, 4:17
Passing Rushing MSU – Kenneth Walker III : 23 carries, 152 yards, 1 TD
PUR – King Doerue: 13 carries, 33 yards, 1 TD Receiving
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