#21

Anthony Mahoungou

Wide receiver for Purdue. 2017: 39 catches, 678 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Purdue · #21

6′3″ · 210 lb · Paris

Purdue 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 71 nationally · Joined Purdue

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 wide receiver for Purdue. 2017: 39 catches, 678 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Purdue, 870 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 135 yds at Iowa.Iowa · W 24-152017

20153 games

Signed with Purdue3-star out of West Hills College

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#71 national

CFB

College

Purdue

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

3 coaches

2015

Darrell Hazell

Purdue

2016

Gerad Parker

Purdue

era →

2017

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Darrell Hazell, Gerad Parker, and Jeff Brohm. Multi-era developmental context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Purdue2-10HC: Darrell Hazell · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Purdue3-9HC: Gerad Parker · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017Purdue7-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (92nd percentile). Strength: yards / catch (86th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#36 / 539 · 92nd pct

Yards / catch#77 / 539 · 86th pct

17.4

Rec yards#112 / 539 · 79th pct

678

Receptions#182 / 539 · 65th pct

Long catch#264 / 539 · 49th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.6	57.4	24.5	0.6
Road5g	4.2	55.2	11.9	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	53.0	19.4	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	61.4	19.1	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Purdue	39	678	17.4	8	--
2016	Purdue	13	99	7.6	0	--
2015	Purdue	8	93	11.6	0	--
Career		60	870	14.5	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2017

W 35–3

at Missouri

3 rec · 35 yds

Dominant 32-point win on the road against Missouri.

With D. Blough — 187 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.7 · 7 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · J. Schopper — 48 AVG · 63 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 28-35vs Louisville	4	33	8.3	0	12	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 44-21vs Ohio	2	51	25.5	1	31
Wk 3	W 35-3@ Missouri	3	35	11.7	0	21
Wk 4	L 10-28vs Michigan	1	24	24.0	0	24
Wk 6	W 31-17vs Minnesota	2	76	38.0	0	39
Wk 7	L 9-17@ Wisconsin	4	34	8.5	0	12
Wk 8	L 12-14@ Rutgers	4	47	11.8	1	21
Wk 9	L 24-25vs Nebraska	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 11	L 13-23@ Northwestern	3	25	8.3	1	12
Wk 12	W 24-15@ Iowa	7	135	19.3	2	42	Season-high 135 yds
Wk 13	W 31-24vs Indiana	2	88	44.0	1	49
Bowl	W 38-35vs Arizona	6	118	19.7	2	38
Total		39	678	19.3	8	49

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology