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Purdue University tight ends: the 2027 room.
Who's leaving, how much production comes back, and how open the room looks for a transfer. Rebuilt every night from public roster and stats pages.
Updated Oct 30, 2026
The short version
1 of the 8 tight ends on the 2026 roster project to leave before 2027.
The tight ends projected to return produced 92% of last season's production at the position.
Its opening score of 9 ranks 17th of 18 Big Ten tight end rooms.
No incoming signees or committed transfers are on record yet.
The room by class
| Class (2026) | Projected to leave | Share of last season's production | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR | 0 | 30% |
Classes with fewer than 3 tight ends aren't shown. Counts are rounded per class, so they may not add up to 1.
How open is it?
The opening score runs from 0 (no room) to 100 (wide open). 60% of it is the share of last season's tight end production that's projected to leave. 40% is how many starting spots aren't already held by returning starters or proven incoming transfers.
Tight ends here: 8% of production projected to leave, 0 incoming. Score: 9/100. It's a projection from public data, not a depth chart.
Would you start in this room?
TransferSight scores your stats against every tight end room in FBS.
Other Big Ten tight end rooms
| School | Projected to leave | Production returning | Opening score |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 2 of 7 | 29% | 77 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 3 of 7 | 36% | 72 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 3 of 10 | 30% | 70 |
| Northwestern University | 3 of 7 | 60% | 58 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2 of 7 | 56% | 54 |
| Pennsylvania State University | 2 of 9 | 60% | 52 |
| University of Minnesota | 3 of 8 | 61% | 51 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 2 of 8 | 66% | 48 |
| University of Oregon | 2 of 7 | 66% | 48 |
| University of Iowa | 2 of 9 | 65% | 25 |
| Ohio State University | 3 of 8 | 65% | 24 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | 2 of 8 | 68% | 23 |
| University of Michigan | 4 of 8 | 70% | 22 |
| Michigan State University | 2 of 8 | 78% | 15 |
| University of Southern California | 1 of 10 | 79% | 15 |
| University of Washington | 1 of 7 | 83% | 13 |
| Indiana University Bloomington | 0 of 6 | 94% | 6 |