Football Recruiting Recap

GoldandBlack.com breaks down all of the happenings in Purdue football recruiting, including an update on the 2026 recruiting class, commits in action and an early look at a couple of top names expected to be on campus this weekend for the Ohio State game.

Purdue football commits in action:

Corin Berry: Charter Oak (Calif.)

In Charter Oak’s 23-6 win over Bonita on Thursday, Berry was 22-26 for 244 yards and a touchdown, while adding five carries for 39 yards on the ground. The senior signal caller is now completing 65% of his passes for 2,038 yards and 22 touchdowns to just four interceptions.

Dana Greenhow: Sandy Creek (Ga.)

Greenhow did not record any statistics in Sandy Creek’s 42-17 win over Troup County on Friday night.

Katrell Webb: Collins Hill (Ga.)

Webb tallied three total tackles, including a sack, tackle for loss and a fumble recovery in Collins Hill’s win over Discovery.

Kobe Cherry: Center Grove (Ind.)

Cherry did not record any statistics in Center Grove’s 48-0 win over Jeffersonville on Friday night.

Kymistrii Young: Cardinal Mooney (Fla.)

Young had five catches for 105 yards in Cardinal Mooney’s win over Tarpon Springs on Friday. The senior pass catcher now has 31 catches for 678 yards and six touchdowns on the season.

Jamarcus Whyce: Trotwood-Madison (Ohio)

GoldandBlack.com was unable to obtain statistics from Trotwood-Madison’s 31-14 loss to Walsh Jesuit.

Raderrion Daniels: Lake Cormorant (Miss.)

Daniels had one catch for 30 yards in Lake Cormorant’s 28-26 win over Grenada on Friday night.

Emoni Smith: Westland (Ohio)

Smith is out for the rest of the season due to injury.

Brock Brownfield: New Palestine (Ind.)

New Palestine beat Plainfield 42-7 on Friday night to move on in the Indiana state tournament, setting up a highly-anticipated battle with Cathedral next weekend.

James Williams: Lawrence Central (Ind.)

Lawrence Central knocked off Lawrence North 26-24 on Friday to extend its season, and will play Decatur Central next Friday.

Aiden Solecki: Downers Grove North (Ill.)

GoldandBlack.com was unable to obtain statistics from Downers Grove North’s 56-20 loss to Maine South, which ended their season.

Rico Schrieber: Marist (Ill.) did not play.

Terrell Berryhill: East St. Louis (Ill.)

East St. Louis beat Plainfield East 63-7 on Friday night to start its quest for another state championship in Illinois.

Izaiah Wright: Carlson (Mich.)

In a light night, Izaiah Wright had five carries for 117 yards and two touchdowns, including a 55-yard run.

Brayden Sweeney: Catholic Central (Mich.)

GoldandBlack.com was unable to obtain statistics from Catholic Central’s 45-16 win over Kelloggsville.

Brandon Kinsey: Miami Central (Fla.)

Kinsey’s stats were not made available this week.

ArMari Towns: Southside (Ala.)

Towns had three catches for 41 yards in Southside’s 76-38 win over Bullock County. He now has career-highs in receptions (24), yards (507) and touchdowns (five).

Max Carmicle: Hillcrest (Ill.)

Carmicle had three solo tackles and a quarterback hurry in Hillcrest’s loss on Friday, which ended their season. He wraps up his senior year with 41 total tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 12 hurries and 2.5 sacks.

Dream Rashad and Seven Rashad: Buford (Ga.)

Dream Rashad had one catch for three yards with Seven did not record any statistics in Buford’s 35-3 win over Mill Creek.

Dallas Crescenzo: Bastrop (Tx.)

Crescenzo did not play in Bastrop’s 70-6 win over Pflugerville on Friday.

2026 prospects to know:

Purdue is looking to bolster its 2026 recruiting class in the final month and a half leading up to National Early Signing Day on December 3rd. A number of prospects have emerged as potential additions.

The main area of interest: Offensive line, defensive line and wide receiver.

Fort Wayne Bishop Luers tackle Jonas Muya and Green Run (Va.) tackle and ex-Virginia Tech commit Thomas Wilder Jr., and DePaul Catholic (N.J.) and Penn State commit Marlen Bright are the three biggest names to watch here. Although, things have cooled considerably on Wilder since his initial offer, which is not surprising considering his list of potential landing spots. Bright has a long list of options, as well, but Illinois and Washington are the teams to beat there.

Muya is a more likely addition to the class, but Purdue will have to fight off Minnesota, who hosted the in-state standout for an official visit last weekend.

At wide receiver, a number of options are still at play.

Wisconsin commit and four-star receiver Jayden Petit is a real possibility for the Boilermakers. The Florida native took an official visit to Oklahoma last weekend and the Sooners could be the leader at the moment, but Purdue is looking to land an impact pass catcher to round out the position in the class.

Coastal Carolina commit and three-star receiver Jojo Johnson is another name to know. His stock is rising, picking up offers from NC State, Michigan State and Purdue in the last week or so. There is optimism that Purdue will be able to get him on campus and a real shot that he flips to the Boilermakers

Robert Haynes is another option, but has not yet netted a Purdue offer. The ex-Arkansas commit is hearing from a number of Power 4 programs, but Purdue and Kansas State are two standing out to him at the moment.

Purdue could look to fill that spot with a portal addition, instead, which would likely be a younger pass catcher. That could come if the Boilermakers don’t land a player of the caliber that they want in the 2026 class.

For the defensive line, one real possibility remains.

Carmel EDGE and Duke commit Dane Bathurst is high on Purdue and defensive ends coach Jake Trump, despite his commitment to the Blue Devils. He quietly took an unofficial visit to Purdue last Monday and was just at Vanderbilt for a game day trip over the weekend. The feeling is that Vanderbilt leads the pack for a potential flip, while Purdue and Louisville continue to push for things to shift into their favor, as well.

Penn State commits Tavian Branch and Isaac Chukwurah are unlikely to give Purdue much attention at this time, despite being offered by the Boilermakers after James Franklin was let go in Happy Valley. (DJ)

Visitors expected for Ohio State game:

Expect this weekend to be a significant recruiting weekend in West Lafayette with plenty of key targets and touted prospects on campus. That list is expected to be headlined by a pair of 2027 priority running backs, Warren Central (Ind.) Keyon Thomas and Lakota West (Oh.) Keyon Norman.

GoldandBlack.com will have more intel on the expected visitors later in the week.