Senior defensive back on Purdue's 2025 roster.
6′0″ · 202 lb · Sandy, UT
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 defensive back on Purdue's 2025 roster.
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 3309 nationally · Signed with Utah State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonCrew Wakley
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 3 tackles against Notre Dame — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ryan Walters → Barry Odom. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #207 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 34–17
1 TFL · 2 SOLO · 3 TOT
With R. Browne — 170 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.5 · 50 rush yds (9 car) · D. Mockobee — 126 rush yds (32 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs Ball State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 34-17vs Southern Illinois | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-56@ Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Purdue
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Purdue
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Purdue · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #55 · 2026 recruiting class #55
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to C.J. Holmes’s 2021 season.
Matches C.J. on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to C.J. Holmes's sophomore season at Kent State (2021).
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Player DNA