DeAngelo Yancey

Wide receiver for Purdue. 2016: 49 catches, 951 receiving yards, 10 TD.

WR · Purdue · #7

6′2″ · Atlanta, GA

Purdue 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 wide receiver for Purdue. 2016: 49 catches, 951 receiving yards, 10 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Purdue, 1,798 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 155 yds vs Wisconsin.Wisconsin · L 20-492016

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Purdue

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014–2015

Darrell Hazell

Purdue

2016

Gerad Parker

Purdue

era →

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

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Purdue3-9HC: Darrell Hazell · Balanced

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

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (98th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (96th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#12 / 524 · 98th pct

Yards / catch#20 / 524 · 96th pct

19.4

Rec TDs#27 / 524 · 94th pct

Rec yards#47 / 524 · 91st pct

951

Receptions#118 / 524 · 77th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.0	82.0	25.5	0.9
Road5g	4.2	75.4	18.1	0.8

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	65.2	21.5	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	93.3	23.3	1.2

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 · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Purdue	49	951	19.4	10	--
2015	Purdue	48	700	14.6	5	--
2014	Purdue	12	147	12.2	3	--
Career		109	1,798	16.5	18	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016

W 45–24

vs Eastern Kentucky

1 rec · 35 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 21-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.

With D. Blough — 245 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.8 · 18 rush yds (4 car) · 2 TD · J. Schopper — 42 AVG · 57 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 45-24vs Eastern Kentucky	1	35	35.0	1	35
Wk 2	L 20-38vs Cincinnati	7	113	16.1	1	36
Wk 4	W 24-14vs Nevada	7	78	11.1	0	20
Wk 5	L 7-50@ Maryland	4	40	10.0	0	12
Wk 6	W 34-31@ Illinois	3	33	11.0	0	18
Wk 7	L 35-49vs Iowa	2	92	46.0	1	54
Wk 8	L 14-27@ Nebraska	4	100	25.0	2	88	2 TD catches
Wk 9	L 24-62vs Penn State	2	66	33.0	1	62
Wk 10	L 31-44@ Minnesota	4	126	31.5	1	60
Wk 11	L 17-45vs Northwestern	3	35	11.7	0	16
Wk 12	L 20-49vs Wisconsin	6	155	25.8	2	75	Season-high 155 yds
Wk 13	L 24-26@ Indiana	6	78	13.0	1	31
Total		49	951	22.4	10	88

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