Purdue RB Devin Mockobee to miss remainder of the season
Purdue coach Barry Odom provided an update on star running back Devin Mockobee’s health during his Monday morning press conference, and disclosed that the senior tailback has played in his final game as a Boilermaker.
“Friday, he had a procedure. We were hoping that we would get a little bit better news after they did that procedure on his ankle. But unfortunately, the injury sustained, he’s played his last ball here.”
Mockobee went down with the aforementioned ankle injury at the end of the Rutgers game and was held out of Saturday’s loss to Michigan. The fifth-year senior had previously played in 37 consecutive games, dating back to 2022.
“I sure hate that, because he’s such a wonderful young man, great leader of this program, a great representative of Purdue University. And the things that he’s poured into our program and university since I’ve been here, he will go down as one of the really, really enjoyable, great guys that I’ve had a chance to coach, and we’ll be connected forever,” Odom added.
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Mockobee now finishes his Purdue career cemented in the top ten of the Boilermakers’ rushing record books in several categories. He ranks fourth in 100-yard rushing games, fourth in rushing yards (2,983), seventh in all-purpose yards (3,864) and ninth in touchdowns (26). Mockobee was just 13 yards from becoming the fourth player in Purdue history to eclipse 3,000 rushing yards.
The four-year starter had found his stride in 2025, having 521 yards and four touchdowns on the ground, as well as 215 receiving yards and another receiving touchdown for the Boilermakers.
Purdue will now rely upon the tandem of senior Malachi Thomas and redshirt freshman Antonio Harris out of the backfield across the final three games of the season. That duo combined for 122 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries in Mockobee’s absence on Saturday in Ann Arbor. Offensive coordinator Josh Henson also highlighted true freshman tailback Jaron Thomas as a guy that could see snaps moving forward as a depth piece behind Harris and Thomas.
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