2024 Purdue spring football roster

_JordanJones19

*walkon

QUARTERBACKS

No.	Name	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Home town (former school)
1	Hudson Card	RS Senior	6-3	210	Austin, Texas (Texas)
5	Marcos Davila	Freshman	6-3	230	Midland, Texas (Midland Legacy HS)
14	Jake Wilson*	RS Freshman	6-2	200	Trophy Club, Texas (Byron Nelson)
15	Ryan Browne	RS Freshman	6-4	215	Clarkston, Mich. (Venice)
17	Christian Gelov*	RS Senior	6-0	175	Noblesville, Ind. (Guerin Catholic)
18	Bennett Meredith	RS Sophomore	6-3	210	Hoover, Ala. (Arizona State)

RUNNING BACKS

No.	Name	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Home town (former school)
3	Jaheim Merriweather	Freshman	6-2	205	Jackson, Tenn. (Bearden)
23	Reggie Love III	RS Senior	5-11	205	St. Louis, Mo. (Illinois)
28	Addai Lewellen*	RS Sophomore	5-8	175	Royal Center, Ind. (Pioneer)
33	Elijah Jackson*	RS Freshman	5-10	185	Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence Central)
45	Devin Mockobee	RS Junior	6-0	200	Boonville, Ind. (Boonville)

TIGHT ENDS

No.	Name	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Home town (former school)
19	Tayvion Galloway	Freshman	6-5	230	Chillicothe, Ohio (Pickerington HS Central)
41	Ben Furtney*	RS Senior	6-0	235	South Elgin, Ill. (St. Charles North HS)
81	George Burhenn	Sophomore	6-5	220	McCordsville, Ind. (Mt. Vernon HS)
82	Drew Biber	RS Junior	6-5	245	Cedarburg, Wis. (Cedarburg)
86	Max Klare	RS Sophomore	6-4	245	Guilford, Ind. (St. Xavier)

WIDE RECEIVERS

No.	Name	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Home town (former school)
0	Jayden Dixon-Veal	Senior	6-0	185	Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (College of San Mateo)
2	Luke Jones*	RS Freshman	6-0	170	Deerfield, Ill. (Deerfield)
4	Kam Brown	Sixth-year	6-1	190	Colleyville, Texas (UCLA)
6	Arhmad Branch	RS Freshman	6-0	180	Festus, Mo. (Festus)
7	Jahmal Edrine	RS Junior	6-3	215	Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (FAU)
8	De’Nylon Morrissette	RS Sophomore	6-1	200	Stone Mountain, Mo. (Georgia)
9	CJ Smith	RS Sophomore	6-3	190	Apopka, Fla. (Georgia)
10	Jesse Watson	Freshman	5-9	155	St. Louis, Mo. (East St. Louis HS)
11	Tra’Mar Harris	Freshman	6-1	185	Cincinnati, Ohio (Winton Woods HS)
13	Jaron Tibbs	Sophomore	6-3	210	Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral)
26	Andrew Sowinski	Senior	6-0	205	Indianapolis, Ind. (Chatard)
34	Ben Van Noord*	RS Junior	6-2	210	Springfield, Ohio (Springfield)
80	Ryne Shackelford	RS Freshman	6-0	180	Elyria, Ohio (Keystone)
83	Andrew Adkison*	RS Freshman	6-0	190	Mountain View, Calif. (St. Francis)
84	Nolan Buckman*	RS Freshman	5-11	170	Indianapolis, Ind. (Brebeuf Jesuit)
85	Adam Kidder*	RS Freshman	5-11	200	Royal Oak, Mich. (Milford Academy)
87	Maddix Bogunia-Bright*	RS Freshman	6-2	200	Mishawaka, Ind. (Marian)

OFFENSIVE LINE

No.	Name	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Home town (former school)
50	John Randle Jr.	Freshman	6-4	275	Horn Lake, Miss. (Horn Lake)
52	Rod Green	RS Junior	6-5	315	Springfield, Ohio (Coffeyville, Kan. C.C.)
53	Gus Hartwig	Fifth-year	6-5	315	Zionsville, Ind. (Zionsville)
55	DJ Wingfield	RS Senior	6-4	290	Los Angeles, Calif. (New Mexico)
57	Tom Ewing*	RS Freshman	6-2	310	Westfield, Ind. (Westfield)
58	Austin Johnson	RS Senior	6-4	305	Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Colorado)
59	Thomas Tinsley*	RS Freshman	6-6	240	Dyer, Ind. (Lake Central)
61	Aaron Roberts*	RS Junior	6-4	295	Indianapolis, Ind. (Cardinal Ritter)
63	Marcus Mbow	RS Junior	6-5	305	Milwaukee, Wis. (Wauwatosa East)
67	Drew Woodruff*	RS Sophomore	6-3	285	Louisville, Ky. (Trinity)
68	Jimmy Liston	RS Freshman	6-3	295	Hinsdale, Ill. (IMG Academy)
71	Corey Stewart	RS Senior	6-6	305	Nashville, Tenn. (Ball State)
72	Jaden Ball	Freshman	6-5	300	Carroll, Ohio (Bloom-Carroll HS)
73	Jaekwon Bouldin	Junior	6-6	350	Canton, Miss. (Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C.)
74	Luke Griffin	Fifth-year	6-5	330	Chatworth, Ga. (Missouri)
74	Joshua Sales Jr.	RS Junior	6-6	305	South Bend, Ind. (Indiana)
75	Jalen Grant	Fifth-year	6-3	300	Chicago, Ill. (Bowling Green)
76	Ethan Trent*	RS Freshman	6-2	290	Carmel, Ind. (Carmel)
77	Mahamane Moussa	RS Junior	6-4	310	Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike)
78	Bakyne Coly	Junior	6-7	280	Farmington, Mich. (Lawrence Tech)
79	Joey Tanona	RS Sophomore	6-5	285	Zionsville, Ind. (Notre Dame)

DEFENSIVE LINE

No.	Name	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Home town (former school)
0	Jeffrey M’ba	Senior	6-6	315	Libreville, Gabon (Auburn)
9	Joe Strickland	RS Sophomore	6-4	275	Indianapolis, Ind. (Brebeuf Jesuit)
18	Demeco Kennedy	Freshman	6-2	285	Lexington, Ky. (Frederick Douglass)
34	Damarjhe Lewis	RS Senior	6-3	295	Griffin, Ga. (Indiana)
55	Jamarius “Spider” Dinkins	RS Junior	6-5	280	Columbus, Ohio (Kentucky)
91	Cole Brevard	RS Senior	6-3	335	Carmel, Ind. (Penn State)
92	Mo Omonode	Junior	6-0	290	West Lafayette, Ind. (West Lafayette)
95	Joe Anderson	Sixth-year	6-4	280	Murfreesboro, Tenn. (South Carolina)
97	Jamarrion Harkless	RS Freshman	6-3	315	Lexington, Ky. (Frederick Douglass)
98	Drake Carlson	RS Freshman	6-3	290	Nashville, Tenn. (Father Ryan)

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS

No.	Name	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Home town (former school)
4	Kydran Jenkins	Fifth-year	6-1	260	Louisville, Ga. (Jefferson County)
8	CJ Madden	RS Sophomore	6-4	230	Ellenwood, Ga. (Georgia)
12	DJ Allen	Freshman	6-3	225	Memphis, Tenn. (Germantown)
15	Will Heldt	Sophomore	6-6	250	Carmel, Ind. (Carmel)
17	Shitta Sillah	Sixth-year	6-4	255	Somerset, N.J. (Boston College)
99	Jireh Ojata	Fifth-year	6-4	260	Carmel, Ind. (Franklin College)

INSIDE LINEBACKERS

No.	Name	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Home town (former school)
14	Yanni Karlaftis	RS Junior	6-3	235	West Lafayette, Ind. (West Lafayette)
22	Owen Davis	Sophomore	6-3	235	Richwood, Ohio (North Union)
37	Joey Sumlin*	RS Freshman	6-1	240	Tucson, Ariz. (IMG Academy)
40	Hudson Miller*	RS Sophomore	6-0	230	Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral)
42	Clyde Washington	Fifth-year	6-3	245	Medford, N.J. (Lenape)

DEFENSIVE BACKS

No.	Name	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Home town (former school)
1	Markevious Brown	Senior	5-11	180	Pahokee, Fla. (Ole Miss)
2	Nyland Green	RS Junior	6-1	185	Covington, Ga. (Georgia)
2	Salim Turner-Muhammad	Graduate	6-0	200	Corona, N.Y. (Stanford)
6	Smiley Bradford	Freshman	6-0	185	St. Louis, Mo. (East St. Louis HS)
10	Kyndrich Breedlove	RS Junior	5-11	180	Nashville, Tenn. (Colorado)
11	Antonio Stevens	RS Senior	6-2	210	Nashville, Tenn. (Battle Ground Academy)
13	Derrick Rogers Jr.	Sophomore	6-1	170	Orlando, Fla. (Jones)
19	Botros Alisandro	Junior	6-1	185	Manchester, N.H. (Snow College, Utah)
20	Winston Berglund	RS Freshman	6-2	210	Carmel, Ind. (Carmel)
21	D’Mon Marable	Freshman	6-0	200	Knoxville, Tenn. (Clinton)
24	Anthony Brown	RS Sophomore	6-0	195	Detroit, Mich. (Arkansas)
27	Zeke Williams*	RS Sophomore	5-10	190	Naperville, Ill. (Northern Illinois)
29	Jaxon Mull*	RS Sophomore	5-11	180	Fort Wayne, Ind. (Culver)
31	Dillon Thieneman	Sophomore	6-0	205	Westfield, Ind. (Westfield)
32	Joseph Jefferson II	RS Sophomore	6-0	190	Indianapolis, Ind. (Pike)
38	Luke Pettaway*	RS Freshman	6-0	185	Naperville, Ind. (Naperville North)
43	Landon Heard*	RS Freshman	5-11	195	Los Gatos, Calif. (Los Gatos)
46	Sterling Smith*	Sophomore	6-1	200	Indianapolis, Ind. (Holy Cross)
49	Kaleb Richmond*	RS Freshman	5-11	175	Detroit, Mich. (Cass Tech)

SPECIALISTS

No.	Name	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Home town (former school)
	Keelan Crimmins	Sophomore	6-3	215	Melbourne, Australia (Mississippi State)
39	Ben Freehill	Sixth-year	6-1	200	Gibson City, Ill. (Gibson City Melvin-Sibley)

ILB Clyde Washington is in the portal

Tom Dienhart•04/24/24

Purdue ILB Clyde Washington is in the portal. He is the third Purdue player to enter the portal this offseason for the Boilers....

Gold and Black Football

Purdue adds Mississippi State P Keelan Crimmins

Tom Dienhart•04/20/24

Purdue has its punter, landing a commitment from the transfer portal from Mississippi State's Keelan Crimmins...

Gold and Black Football

Mississippi State Australian punter Keelan Crimmins visiting Purdue

Tom Dienhart•04/19/24

GoldandBlack.com has learned that Mississippi State punter Keelan Crimmins is visiting Purdue....

Gold and Black Football

Shittah Sillah excited for Purdue's pass rush

Jordan Jones•04/19/24

Though the Purdue defense finished third in the conference in sacks a season ago, the pass rush will look different this fall. Nic Scourton, who led...

University Bookstore Headlines gold 03272023

Gold and Black Football

University Book Store Purdue Sports Headlines: April 19

Alan Karpick•04/19/24

Purdue Tweets and Video https://x.com/GoldandBlackcom/status/1781142842506727723 https://x.com/GoldandBlackcom/status/1780976208009666972...

Gold and Black Football

Purdue's Iconic 15s

Alan Karpick•04/17/24

The jersey number 15 has been good to Purdue basketball and football. Two of its most iconic figures Zach Edey and Drew Brees in the 21st century...

Gold and Black Football

RB Christian Womack has entered the transfer portal

Tom Dienhart•04/17/24

The NCAA transfer portal opened on Tuesday for 15 days, and the Purdue Boilermakers already are seeing players jump in...

University Bookstore Headlines new 03272023

Gold and Black Football

University Book Store Purdue Sports Headlines: April 17

Alan Karpick•04/17/24

Purdue Tweets and Videos https://x.com/GoldandBlackcom/status/1780425487455584661 https://x.com/GoldandBlackcom/status/1780267882712080524...

Copy of On3-Matt-Zenitz-don-meyer-leadership(1)

Gold and Black Football

Purdue S Ethon Cole is in the portal

Tom Dienhart•04/16/24

With NCAA transfer portal opened today. And Purdue has its first entry: S Ethon Cole...

Gold and Black Football

Ryan Walters readies for opening of transfer portal

Tom Dienhart•04/15/24

Second-year Purdue coach Ryan Walters discusses the looming opening of the transfer portal this week. How does he deal with it?...

Gold and Black Football

Photo gallery: Purdue spring football game

Tom Dienhart•04/13/24

Photos from Saturday's Purdue spring football game. Images by Chad Krockover....

Gold and Black Football

GoldandBlack.com videos: Ryan Walters, Hudson Card, Gus Hartwig, Will Heldt talk spring football game

Tom Dienhart•04/13/24

After the spring football game on Saturday inside Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ryan Walters and the players offered comment...

Gold and Black Football

GoldandBlack.com Purdue spring game thread

Tom Dienhart•04/13/24

This is the place to share your thoughts, opinions and analysis of today's spring game in Ross-Ade Stadium...

Gold and Black Football

What to know: Purdue spring football game

Tom Dienhart•04/11/24

Here are the nitty-gritty details about this Saturday's spring football game inside Ross-Ade Stadium, the first for Ryan Walters...

Gold and Black Football

Ryan Walters inspired by hoop team's Final Four run: 'If basketball can do it, why can't we do it?'

Tom Dienhart•04/02/24

Purdue has started its third week of spring football practice. What does Ryan Walters think of the progress of the team?...

Gold and Black Football

2024 Purdue Spring Football Content Portal

Tom Dienhart•04/01/24

Miss any of our coverage from spring football? Get caught up with all of our stories, videos, photo galleries and podcasts in this 2024 content...

Gold and Black Football

It's March, but Ryan Walters' game face is on: 'Nobody wants to go 4-8 again'

Tom Dienhart•03/26/24

Purdue is in its second week of spring football practice. What does Ryan Walters think of his team so far in March?...

Gold and Black Football

Photo gallery: Spring practice No. 4

Tom Dienhart•03/26/24

Photos from Purdue's fourth spring football practice of 2024. Images by Chad Krockover...

Gold and Black Football

Arni's Birthday Zoom: Purdue All-Big Ten LB Niko Koutouvides

Alan Karpick•03/25/24

We celebrate the 43rd birthday (March 25, 2024) of former Purdue All-Big Ten linebacker Niko Koutouvides. We caught up with the Boilermaker who was a...