Austin Larkin: DE · Purdue · #45.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Austin Larkin
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Played for two head coaches at Purdue: Gerad Parker and Jeff Brohm. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Northwestern — Week 11, 2017.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-35vs No. 16 Louisville | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-21vs Ohio | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-3@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-17@ No. 7 Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 12-14@ Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-25vs Nebraska | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-23@ Northwestern | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 24-15@ Iowa | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Indiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-35vs Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
4%1 TFL23 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 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
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
52.8%
489 pass / 438 run
Plays / game
71.3
13 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
514 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Purdue, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Darrell Hazell, Gerad Parker, and Jeff Brohm. Multi-era developmental context.
