2016 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2016 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference West Division
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Darrell Hazell (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Terry Malone (1st as OC; 2nd overall year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Ross Els (1st year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Marcus Freeman (1st as DC; 4th overall year)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 57,236)

2016 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Indiana		0	–	0					0	–	0
Maryland		0	–	0					0	–	0
Michigan		0	–	0					0	–	0
Michigan State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Ohio State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Penn State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Rutgers		0	–	0					0	–	0
West Division
Illinois		0	–	0					0	–	0
Iowa		0	–	0					0	–	0
Minnesota		0	–	0					0	–	0
Nebraska		0	–	0					0	–	0
Northwestern		0	–	0					0	–	0
Purdue		0	–	0					0	–	0
Wisconsin		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Purdue Boilermakers football team will represent the Purdue University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They are led by head coach Darrell Hazell and play their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. They are members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference.

Recruiting

Position key

Back	B		Center	C		Cornerback	CB		Defensive back	DB
Defensive end	DE		Defensive lineman	DL		Defensive tackle	DT		End	E
Fullback	FB		Guard	G		Halfback	HB		Kicker	K
Kickoff returner	KR		Offensive tackle	OT		Offensive lineman	OL		Linebacker	LB
Long snapper	LS		Punter	P		Punt returner	PR		Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB		Safety	S		Tight end	TE		Wide receiver	WR

2016 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	40^‡	Commit date
Jackson Anthrop ATH	Lafayette, Indiana	Lafayette Central Catholic H. S.	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	--	Jan 17, 2016
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Alex Criddle OL	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Edison Preparatory School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	315 lb (143 kg)	--	Dec 9, 2015
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J. D. Dellinger K	Charlotte, North Carolina	Charlotte Country Day School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	--	Dec 13, 2015
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Semisi Fakasiieiki LB	Compton, California	Manuel Dominguez H. S.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	--	Feb 3, 2016
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Javonte Ferguson WR	Jacksonville, Florida	Edward H. White H. S.	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	--	Feb 3, 2016
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Benaiah Franklin WR	Marietta, Georgia	Joseph Wheeler H. S.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	--	Jun 12, 2015
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Kamal Hardy DB	Pembroke Pines, Florida	Monroe Community College	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	--	Dec 13, 2015
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Tanner Hawthorne OL	Peoria, Arizona	Centennial H. S.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	--	Feb 3, 2016
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Josh Hayes DB	Indianapolis, Indiana	Pike H. S.	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	4.62	Apr 30, 2015
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Grant Hermanns OL	Rio Rancho, New Mexico	Rio Rancho H. S.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	251 lb (114 kg)	5.67	Jan 24, 2016
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Terrance Landers WR	Dayton, Ohio	Dunbar H. S.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	4.55	Jan 6, 2016
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Brian Langford-Johnson RB	Melbourne, Florida	Palm Bay H. S.	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	4.41	Feb 2, 2016
	Scout:   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Navon Mosley DB	West Bloomfield, Michigan	West Bloomfield H. S.	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	4.6	Jun 20, 2015
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Austin Larkin DE	University City, Maryland	City College of San Francisco	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	250 lb (110 kg)	4.6	Dec 16, 2015
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Jalen Neal OT	Scottsdale, Arizona	Scottsdale Community College	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	300 lb (140 kg)	--	Dec 16, 2015
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Lorenzo Neal OL	Houston, Texas	St. Thomas H. S.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	302 lb (137 kg)	5.2	Jan 2, 2016
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Christopher Parker DB	San Jacinto, California	Mt. San Jacinto College	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	152 lb (69 kg)	5.2	Nov 24, 2015
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Brandon Shuman DB	Miami, Florida	Gulliver Schools	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	154 lb (70 kg)	4.57	Jun 9, 2015
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Rob Simmons DE	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Valley Forge Military Academy and College	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	--	Jan 31, 2016
	Scout: N/A   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Simeon Smiley DB	Pensacola, Florida	Pensacola Catholic H. S.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.64	Jan 24, 2016
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Jared Sparks QB	Geismar, Louisiana	Dutchtown H. S.	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	--	Jan 17, 2016
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Anthony Watts DT	Houston, Texas	Yates H. S.	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	292 lb (132 kg)	--	Dec 6, 2015
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Jack Wegher ATH/WR	Sioux City, South Dakota	IMG Academy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.58	Jul 9, 2015
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 65   Rivals: 73  247Sports: 77  ESPN: 61
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Purdue Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 25, 2016. "2016 Purdue Football Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved January 25, 2016. "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 25, 2016. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved January 25, 2016. "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

Schedule

Purdue announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Boilermakers will host Big Ten foes Iowa, Northwestern, Penn State, and Wisconsin, and will travel to Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, and Nebraska.^[1]

The team will host all of the three non–conference games which are against the Cincinnati Bearcats from the American Athletic Conference (AAC), the Eastern Kentucky Colonels from the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), and the Nevada Wolf Pack from the Mountain West Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3		Eastern Kentucky*		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
September 10		Cincinnati*		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
September 24		Nevada*		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
October 1		at Maryland		Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
October 8		at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Rivalry)
October 15		Iowa		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
October 22		at Nebraska		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
October 29		Penn State		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
November 5		at Minnesota		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
November 12		Northwestern		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
November 19		Wisconsin		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
November 26		at Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches'
CFP	Not released															Not released

Roster

2016 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Knox, D. J.D. J. Knox Jr QB 2 Sindelar, ElijahElijah Sindelar  Fr WR 3 Marshall, BilalBilal Marshall  Sr RB 4 Byers II, KeithKeith Byers II  Jr WR 5 Young, DomoniqueDomonique Young Sr WR 7 Yancey, DeAngeloDeAngelo Yancey Sr RB 8 Jones, MarkellMarkell Jones So WR 9 Monteroso, DanDan Monteroso Sr WR 10 Phillips, GregoryGregory Phillips Jr QB 11 Blough, DavidDavid Blough  So WR 18 Posey, CamersonCamerson Posey  Sr QB 19 Banks, AaronAaron Banks So WR 21 Mahoungou, AnthonyAnthony Mahoungou Jr WR 22 Wegher, JackJack Wegher Fr RB 23 Green, KeyanteKeyante Green  Jr RB 25 Fuller, TarioTario Fuller  Fr RB 28 Yancey, DavidDavid Yancey  Jr RB 36 Worship, RichieRichie Worship  Fr RB 45 Beeler, LaneLane Beeler  So OL 50 Yacoobi, BearoozBearooz Yacoobi  Fr OL 51 Sadkowski, RyanRyan Sadkowski So OG/C 53 Barron, KirkKirk Barron  So OL 55 Mendez, MichaelMichael Mendez  Fr OL 60 Swingler, EricEric Swingler  So OL 64 Daniels, JohnnyJohnny Daniels  Jr OL 66 Cermin, CameronCameron Cermin  Sr OL 68 Truitt, PeytonPeyton Truitt  Fr OL 70 Roos, JordanJordan Roos  Sr OL 72 King, JasonJason King  Sr OL 74 Patterson, MartesseMartesse Patterson  So OL 79 McCann, MattMatt McCann  Fr WR 80 Burgess, JarrettJarrett Burgess So WR 82 Hilger, AlexAlex Hilger  So WR 83 Dotson, MalcolmMalcolm Dotson  Fr TE 84 Trussell, JessJess Trussell  Fr TE 88 Herdman, ColeCole Herdman  So TE 89 Hopkins, BrycenBrycen Hopkins  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 1 Roberts, BrandonBrandon Roberts  So CB 2 Hunte, Da'WanDa'Wan Hunte  Jr S 3 Clark, LeroyLeroy Clark Sr LB 4 Bentley, Ja'WhaunJa'Whaun Bentley (C) Jr S 5 Logan, AustinAustin Logan Sr CB 6 Norwood, MylesMyles Norwood  So S 7 Gregory, RobertRobert Gregory  Sr CB 8 Hardy, KamalKamal Hardy Jr CB 10 Little, MichaelMichael Little  Fr RE 11 Miles, AntoineAntoine Miles  Jr CB 12 Cooper, EvynEvyn Cooper  Fr RE 13 Robinson, GelenGelen Robinson Jr DT 14 Howard, Ra'ZahnRa'Zahn Howard Sr S 15 Chelf, AndyAndy Chelf  Fr LB 16 Hudson, GarretGarret Hudson  Jr DT 17 Brown, FredFred Brown  Fr DT 18 Wilson, EddyEddy Wilson So LB 19 Polk-Campbell, DezwanDezwan Polk-Campbell  Jr CB 20 Rose, DavidDavid Rose  Fr LB 21 Bailey, MarkusMarkus Bailey So LB 22 Dawson, SawyerSawyer Dawson  Fr S 24 Cason, TimTim Cason  So CB 25 Blackmon, AntonioAntonio Blackmon  So CB 27 Day, DavidDavid Day  Fr LB 29 Herman, JimmyJimmy Herman  Sr CB 30 Denton, CodyCody Denton So LB 32 Pulliam, EvanEvan Pulliam  Sr S 34 Hill, RonnieRonnie Hill  Fr S 35 Cook, WesWes Cook  Jr LB 36 Ezechukwu, DannyDanny Ezechukwu  Jr LB 40 Faison, TimTim Faison  Fr S 41 Theineman, JacobJacob Theineman  So LB 42 Garcia, Andy JamesAndy James Garcia  Sr DE 45 Larkin, AustinAustin Larkin Jr DB 46 Johnson, RaceRace Johnson  Jr DE 47 Henley, ShaneShane Henley Sr DT 50 Jones, KeiwanKeiwan Jones  So DT 54 Replogle, JakeJake Replogle Sr RE 55 DeBusk, RyanRyan DeBusk Sr LB 56 Cook, WyattWyatt Cook  Fr DE 59 Newton, LangstonLangston Newton Sr DT 90 Colmery, WillWill Colmery  So RE 91 Turner, ChazmynChazmyn Turner  Fr DE 95 Panfil, EvanEvan Panfil Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 31 Schopper, JoeJoe Schopper So K 37 Johnson, RileyRiley Johnson So K 38 Bravo, BrianBrian Bravo  Fr K 43 Homan, MylesMyles Homan  Fr LS 48 Vargyas, JohnJohn Vargyas So K 49 Duncan, TylerTyler Duncan  So LS 65 Makowski, BenBen Makowski So P 96 Herr, JakeJake Herr  Fr	Head coach Darrell Hazell Coordinators/assistant coaches Ross Els (Defensive Coordinator / Safties) Terry Malone (Offensive Coordinator / Tight Ends) Marcus Freeman (Co-Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers) Darrell Funk (Offensive Line) Taver Johnson (Defensive Backs) Tim Lester (Quarterbacks) Randy Melvin (Defensive Line) Gerad Parker (Wide Receivers / Recruiting Coordinator) DeAndre Smith (Running Backs) Doug Boersma (Assistant Athletics Director - Sports Medicine) Duane Carlisle (Director of Sports Performance) Andrew Warsaw (Director of Football Operations) Mike Waugh (Director of Player Personnel) JMichael Jornard (Offensive Graduate Assistant) Zach Opsal (Defensive Graduate Assistant) Sean Robinson (Defensive Graduate Assistant) Justin Sinz (Offensive Graduate Assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: April 19, 2016

References

1. "Big Ten Announces 2016, 2017 Conference Schedules" (Press release). Purdue University Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
2. "2016 Purdue Boilermakers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 13, 2015.