Senior tight end for Purdue. 2022: 10 catches, 143 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′5″ · 260 lb · Villa Park, CA
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 902 nationally · Signed with Purdue
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Purdue. 2022: 10 catches, 143 receiving yards, 1 TD.
Paul Piferi
Creates mismatches lined up all over the formation. He has spent two seasons in the Purdue receiving corps. One game to point at: 26 rec yds, 1 receptions against Michigan — Week 14, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Purdue, 204 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 17-10 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / catch (89th percentile). Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 1.2 | 17.4 | 16.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.2 | 15.0 | 14.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 |
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 · 2022
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022
W 20–10
at Minnesota
1 rec · 18 yds
With J. Ansell — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG · A. O'Connell — 199 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 67.5 · 10 rush yds (4 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 56-0vs Indiana State | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 1 | 26 | Season-high 26 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 29-32@ Syracuse | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-10@ Minnesota | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-29@ Maryland | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-35@ Wisconsin | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-24vs Iowa | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-9vs Northwestern | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 14 | L 22-43@ Michigan | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Bowl | L 7-63vs LSU | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Total | 10 | 143 | 15.4 | 1 | 26 |
Play style
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lined up out wide as often as inline. Creates mismatches downfield.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jovani Haskins’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jovani Haskins's sophomore season at Rutgers (2021).
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Player DNA