Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-19vs Indiana State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 36-38vs Wake Forest | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 11 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#13
John Slaughter
Senior defensive back on Purdue's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 200 lb · Clarksdale, MS
Transferred Colorado → Purdue for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 600 nationally · Signed with Tennessee
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Purdue's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2023.
- Transferred from Colorado to Purdue in 2026.
John Slaughter
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Josh Heupel, Deion Sanders and Barry Odom. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Wake Forest, Week 2, 2026.
11 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Tennessee3-star out of Southaven
20255 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coaches2023–2024
Ryan Walters
Purdue
Coaching transition mid-career: Ryan Walters → Barry Odom. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Purdue
2025Colorado
2026Purdue
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Tennessee9-4HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning
2024Tennessee10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy
2025Colorado3-9HC: Deion Sanders · Run-leaning
2026Purdue1-1HC: Barry Odom · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (27th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 5.5 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
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.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 44–19
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Derek Williams Jr.’s 2025 season.
97%match
Matches Derek on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Derek Williams Jr.'s junior season at Texas (2025).
Matches Derek on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like John Slaughter
The secondary · Purdue
- #6Mister Clark57 tackles · 2025
- #4Hudauri Hines32 tackles · 2025
- #2Jaden Mangham30 tackles · 2025
- #1Smiley Bradford30 tackles · 2025
- #13John Slaughter24 tackles · 2025
20 more on the roster · Purdue team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology