#88

Cole Herdman

Senior tight end for Purdue. 2018: 18 catches, 196 receiving yards.

TE · Purdue · Sr. · #88

6′4″ · 245 lb · Leesburg, VA

Purdue 2018 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for Purdue. 2018: 18 catches, 196 receiving yards.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Purdue in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

TE recruit

No. 2546 nationally · Signed with Purdue

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Purdue, 1,010 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Purdue2-star out of Flint Hill School

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2546 national

CFB

College

Purdue

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

3 coaches

2015

Darrell Hazell

Purdue

2016

Gerad Parker

Purdue

era →

2017–2018

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

era →

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

2018 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

2018Purdue6-7HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (5th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#62 / 109 · 43rd pct

Yards / catch#66 / 109 · 38th pct

10.9

Rec yards#70 / 109 · 36th pct

196

Long catch#78 / 109 · 28th pct

Rec TDs#100 / 109 · 5th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	1.7	22.2	13.8	0.0
Road4g	2.0	15.8	7.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	22.0	13.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.6	17.2	9.5	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 · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Purdue	18	196	10.9	0	--
2017	Purdue	20	331	16.6	3	--
2016	Purdue	35	344	9.8	3	--
2015	Purdue	18	139	7.7	2	--
Career		91	1,010	11.1	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2018

W 49–20

vs Ohio State

2 rec · 36 yds

Dominant 29-point win at home against Ohio State.

With R. Moore — 24 rush yds (2 car) · D. Blough — 378 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · -7 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 27-31vs Northwestern	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 2	L 19-20vs Eastern Michigan	3	33	11.0	0	17
Wk 3	L 37-40vs Missouri	3	36	12.0	0	19	Season-high 36 yds
Wk 4	W 30-13vs Boston College	1	24	24.0	0	24
Wk 8	W 49-20vs Ohio State	2	36	18.0	0	29
Wk 9	L 13-23@ Michigan State	2	10	5.0	0	7
Wk 11	L 10-41@ Minnesota	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 12	L 44-47vs Wisconsin	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 13	W 28-21@ Indiana	2	31	15.5	0	22
Bowl	L 14-63@ Auburn	3	17	5.7	0	7
Total		18	196	11.1	0	29

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