Senior defensive back on Purdue's 2025 roster.
6′2″ · 210 lb · Friendship, MS
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.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 17 nationally · Joined West Virginia
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Purdue's 2025 roster.
Hershey McLaurin
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. The receipt on tape: 12 tackles, 1 sacks against Rutgers, Week 9, 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 · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Brohm, Ryan Walters, and Barry Odom. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (22nd 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 · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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 · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Purdue | 25 | 15 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Houston | 50 | 27 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | West Virginia | 44 | 24 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 45 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 164 | 91 | 16.0 | 2.0 | 8 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | L 0-19@ Northwestern | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs Rutgers | 12 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 16-21@ Michigan | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-34vs Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-49@ Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 15 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 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 2025 production profile sits closest to Skyler Thomas’s 2022 season.
Matches Skyler on
Differs from Skyler on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jarrett Jerrels's senior season at Florida Atlantic (2024).
Matches Jarrett on
Player DNA