#45

Austin Larkin

Defensive end on Purdue's 2017 roster.

DE · Purdue · #45

6′3″ · 255 lb · University City, MO

Purdue 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 117 nationally · Joined Purdue

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive end on Purdue's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Purdue, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

20168 games

Signed with Purdue3-star out of City College of San Francisco

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#117 national

CFB

College

Purdue

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2017

2 coaches

2016

Gerad Parker

Purdue

2017

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Gerad Parker → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

2017Purdue7-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Tackles#1704 / 2682 · 36th pct

Solo tackles#1764 / 2682 · 32nd pct

Tackles for loss#1745 / 2682 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

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	23	12	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Purdue	18	10	3.5	2.5	--	--	--
Career		41	22	4.5	2.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2017

W 35–3

at Missouri

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

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 · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 28-35vs Louisville	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 44-21vs Ohio	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 35-3@ Missouri	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 9-17@ Wisconsin	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 12-14@ Rutgers	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 24-25vs Nebraska	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 13-23@ Northwestern	6	3	1.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 12	W 24-15@ Iowa	4	0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 31-24vs Indiana	2	1	0.0	—
Bowl	W 38-35vs Arizona	1	1	0.0	—
Total		23	12	1.0	—

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

20168 games

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays