2015 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2015 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference West Division
2015 record	2–10 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Darrell Hazell (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	John Shoop (3rd year)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style/Single back
Defensive coordinator	Greg Hudson (3rd year)
Base defense	4–3
Captain	Robert Kugler (5th year)
Captain	Danny Anthrop (4th year)
Captain	Frankie Williams (5th year)
Captain	Ja'Whaun Bentley (2nd year)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 57,236)

2015 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
#6 Michigan State xy$^		7	–	1					12	–	2
#4 Ohio State x		7	–	1					12	–	1
#12 Michigan		6	–	2					10	–	3
Penn State		4	–	4					7	–	6
Indiana		2	–	6					6	–	7
Rutgers		1	–	7					4	–	8
Maryland		1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
#9 Iowa xy		8	–	0					12	–	2
#23 Northwestern		6	–	2					10	–	3
#21 Wisconsin		6	–	2					10	–	3
Nebraska		3	–	5					6	–	7
Minnesota		2	–	6					6	–	7
Illinois		2	–	6					5	–	7
Purdue		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: Michigan State 16, Iowa 13
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 2, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Boilermakers competed in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. The team was led by head coach Darrell Hazell, who was in his third season at Purdue. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the West Division.

Previous season

The 2014 Purdue Boilermakers football team finished the regular season 3–9, 1–7 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the West Division. Their only conference win came against Illinois. The 2014 season marked the first time since 1993 that Purdue finished with the worst record in the Big Ten in back-to-back seasons.

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

2015 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
Markus Bailey LB	Hilliard, Ohio	Hilliard Davidson H.S.	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.7	Jul 13, 2014
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Fred Brown DT	Boutte, Louisiana	Hahnville H.S.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	--	Feb 1, 2015
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Andy Chelf S	Southlake, Texas	Carroll Senior H.S.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.5	Jun 10, 2014
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Wyatt Cook LB	Owings Mills, Maryland	McDonogh School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	--	Jul 1, 2014
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Evyn Cooper ATH	Buford, Georgia	Buford H. S.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	--	Dec 2, 2014
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Sawyer Dawson LB	Plant City, Florida	Plant City H. S.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	--	Jun 30, 2014
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Tim Faison DE	Tallahassee, Florida	Godby H. S.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	--	Nov 19, 2014
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Tario Fuller RB	Sugar Hill, Georgia	Lanier H. S.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	--	Jun 29, 2014
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Shayne Henley DE	Moorpark, California	Moorpark College	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	--	Dec 7, 2014
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Brycen Hopkins TE	Nashville, Tennessee	The Ensworth School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	--	Dec 7, 2014
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Markell Jones RB	Columbus, Indiana	Columbus East H. S.	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	4.6	Jun 24, 2014
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Michael Little DB	Sherman Oaks, California	Notre Dame H. S.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	--	Dec 7, 2014
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Anthony Mahoungou WR	Coalinga, California	West Hills College Coalinga	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	--	Dec 7, 2014
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Ben Makowski LS	Mishawaka, Indiana	Penn H. S.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	250 lb (110 kg)	--	Jun 13, 2014
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Matt McCann OL	Indianapolis, Indiana	Bishop Chatard H. S.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	305 lb (138 kg)	5.2	Jun 13, 2014
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Michael Mendez OL	Los Fresnos, Texas	Los Fresnos H. S.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	285 lb (129 kg)	--	Feb 4, 2015
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
David Rose DB	Oxon Hill, Maryland	Potomac H. S.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	--	Dec 19, 2014
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Joe Schopper K	Indianapolis, Indiana	Cathedral H. S.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	--	Aug 5, 2014
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Elijah Sindelar QB	Princeton, Kentucky	Caldwell County H. S.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	4.7	Feb 11, 2014
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Peyton Truitt OL	West Lafayette, Indiana	West Lafayette Junior-Senior H.S.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	284 lb (129 kg)	--	Aug 24, 2014
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Jess Trussell TE	Arlington, Texas	Martin H.S.	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	4.7	Jan 22, 2015
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Chazmyn Turner DE	Mooresville, North Carolina	Mooresville H.S.	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	--	Dec 7, 2014
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Larry Wells OL	Kenton, Ohio	Kenton H.S.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	310 lb (140 kg)	--	Jan 18, 2015
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Eddy Wilson DT	West Bloomfield, Michigan	West Bloomfield H.S.	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	--	Jan 17, 2015
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Richard Worship FB	Parma Heights, Ohio	Valley Forge H.S.	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	4.7	Jun 29, 2014
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Domonique Young WR	Norwalk, California	Cerritos College	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	--	Jan 29, 2014
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 62   Rivals: 63  247Sports: 65  ESPN: 55
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:

Schedule

Purdue announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3, 2013. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Boilermakers will host Big Ten foes Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Nebraska and will travel to Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern, and Wisconsin.

The Boilermakers hosted three of their four non conference games against Bowling Green, Indiana State and Virginia Tech. Purdue traveled to Huntington, West Virginia to face Marshall of the Conference USA on September 6.

Originally Purdue had Notre Dame scheduled instead of Virginia Tech, but due to scheduling conflicts the Hokies were scheduled instead of the Fighting Irish.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	3:00 PM	at Marshall*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	FS1	L 31–41	38,791
September 12	12:00 PM	#21 (FCS) Indiana State*	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPNews	W 38–14	41,158
September 19	3:30 PM	Virginia Tech*	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPNU	L 24–51	45,759
September 26	12:00 PM	Bowling Green*	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	BTN	L 28–35	33,162
October 3	12:00 PM	at #2 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ESPN2	L 21–24	74,418
October 10	3:30 PM	Minnesota	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPNU	L 13–41	33,780
October 17	12:00 PM	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	BTN	L 7–24	80,794
October 31	12:00 PM	Nebraska	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPNU	W 55–45	31,351
November 7	12:00 PM	Illinois	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Battle for the Purdue Cannon)	BTN	L 14–48	40,197
November 14	12:00 PM	at #24 Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	BTN	L 14–21	30,003
November 21	12:00 PM	at #6 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 20–40	62,920
November 28	12:00 PM	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	BTN	L 36–54	37,152
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

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Roster

2015 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 D. J. Knox So TE 2 Jonathan Curry  Jr QB 2 Elijah Sindelar Fr WR 3 Bilal Marshall  Jr RB 4 Keith Byers II  So WR 5 Domonique Young Jr WR 7 DeAngelo Yancey Jr RB 8 Markell Jones Fr WR 9 Dan Monteroso Jr TE 10 Matt Burke  So QB 11 David Blough  Fr QB 12 Austin Appleby  Jr WR 15 Trae Hart So WR 18 Camerson Posey  Jr QB 19 Aaron Banks Fr WR 20 Gregory Phillips So WR 21 Anthony Mahoungou So RB 23 Keyante Green  So RB 25 Tario Fuller Fr RB 28 David Yancey  So WR 33 Danny Anthrop (C) Sr RB 36 Richie Worship Fr RB 45 Lane Beeler  Fr TE 47 Micah Budzinski  So OL 51 Bearooz Yacoobi  Fr OG/C 53 Kirk Barron  Fr OL 55 Michael Mendez Fr C 57 Robert Kugler (C)  Sr OL 60 Eric Swingler  Fr OL 64 Dakota Jelinek  Fr OL 66 Cameron Cermin  Jr OL 68 Peyton Truitt Fr OL 70 Jordan Roos  Jr OL 71 Corey Clements Sr OL 72 Jason King  Jr OL 73 J. J. Prince  Jr OL 74 Martesse Patterson  Fr OT 75 David Heledin Sr OL 77 Joey Warburg  Jr OL 79 Matt McCann Fr WR 80 Jarrett Burgess Fr WR 81 Keenan Schon  So WR 82 Alex Hilger  Fr WR 83 Malcolm Dotson Fr TE 84 Jess Trussell Fr TE 85 Jordan Jurasevich  Sr WR 87 Shane Mikesky  Sr TE 88 Cole Herdman  Fr TE 89 Brycen Hopkins Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 1 Brandon Roberts  Fr CB 2 Da'Wan Hunte  So S 3 Leroy Clark Jr LB 4 Ja'Whaun Bentley (C) So S 5 Austin Logan Jr CB 6 Evyn Cooper Fr CB 6 Myles Norwood  So S 7 Robert Gregory  Jr S 8 Tim Cason  Fr CB 9 Anthony Brown Sr CB 10 Michael Little Fr RE 11 Antoine Miles  So RE 13 Gelen Robinson So DT 14 Ra'Zahn Howard Jr S 15 Andy Chelf Fr LB 16 Garret Hudson  So DT 17 Fred Brown Fr DT 18 Eddy Wilson Fr LB 19 Dezwan Polk-Campbell  So CB 20 David Rose Fr LB 21 Markus Bailey Fr LB 22 Sawyer Dawson Fr CB 24 Frankie Williams (C)  Sr CB 25 Antonio Blackmon  Fr CB 26 Stefan Certa Sr S 27 Evan Feichter  So LB 29 Jimmy Herman  Jr LB 32 Evan Pulliam  Jr CB 34 Austin Sullins Fr LB 36 Danny Ezechukwu  So LB 40 Tim Faison Fr S 41 Jacob Theineman  Fr LB 42 Andy James Garcia  Jr DB 46 Race Johnson  So DE 47 Shane Henley Jr DT 50 Keiwan Jones  Fr DE 51 John Strauser  So DT 52 Johnny Daniels  So DT 54 Jake Replogle Jr RE 55 Ryan DeBusk Jr LB 56 Wyatt Cook Fr DE 59 Langston Newton Jr DT 90 Will Colmery  Fr RE 91 Chazmyn Turner Fr DT 92 Ryan Watson Sr DE 95 Evan Panfil Jr DT 97 Michael Rouse III  Sr DE 98 Will Schott  Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 30 Thomas Meadows Sr K 31 Joe Schopper Fr K 37 Paul Griggs Sr K 38 Brian Bravo Fr K 43 Myles Homan Fr LS 48 John Vargyas Fr K 49 Tyler Duncan  Fr LS 65 Ben Makowski Fr LS 69 John Bednar  Jr LS 94 Grant Ellington Sr P 96 Jake Herr Fr	Head coach Darrell Hazell Coordinators/assistant coaches Greg Hudson (Defensive Coordinator) John Shoop (Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks) Jim Bridge (Offensive Line) Rubin Carter (Defensive Line) Marcus Freeman (Linebackers) Taver Johnson (Defensive Backs) Gerad Parker (Wide Receivers / Recruiting Coordinator) Terry Malone (Tight Ends) Jafar Williams (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) John Nussman (Offensive Graduate Assistant) Zach Opsal (Defensive Graduate Assistant) Mark Sheridan (Defensive Graduate Assistant) Camden Wentz (Offensive Graduate Assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: August 28, 2015