#16

Garrett Hudson

Linebacker for Purdue. 2017: 31 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Purdue · #16

6′2″ · 245 lb · Tallahassee, FL

Purdue 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 1478 nationally · Signed with Purdue

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for Purdue. 2017: 31 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Purdue, 32 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with Purdue3-star out of North Florida Christian

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1478 national

CFB

College

Purdue

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

3 coaches

2015

Darrell Hazell

Purdue

2016

Gerad Parker

Purdue

era →

2017

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

era →

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

2017 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

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#1158 / 2682 · 55th pct

Tackles for loss#1180 / 2682 · 53rd pct

2.5

Tackles#1308 / 2682 · 51st pct

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
Road4g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	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	31	20	2.5	0.0	--	1	--
2016	Purdue	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2015	Purdue	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		32	21	2.5	0.0	--	1	--

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 · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 28-35vs Louisville	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 44-21vs Ohio	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 35-3@ Missouri	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 10-28vs Michigan	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-17vs Minnesota	6	5	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 9-17@ Wisconsin	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 8	L 12-14@ Rutgers	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-25vs Nebraska	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 29-10vs Illinois	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 13-23@ Northwestern	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 13	W 31-24vs Indiana	1	0	0.0	0.0	1	0
Total		31	20	2.5	0.0	1	0

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

Garrett Hudson

2013

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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