Player Career

Joe Schopper Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Joe Schopper story

Joe Schopper built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a punter from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 31, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Joe Schopper's career was his field-position work: 249 punts, 10,204 punting yards, and 24 punts inside the 20 across 48 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Purdue. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 44 passing yards, 17 rushing yards, and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 48 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Purdue.

The arc is straightforward: Joe Schopper moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Purdue

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonPurdue0
2016 Regular SeasonPurdue00
2017 PostseasonPurdue00
2017 Regular SeasonPurdue00
2018 PostseasonPurdue00
2018 Regular SeasonPurdue00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Indiana

Week 13 · L 36-54 · Conference game

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Iowa

Week 12 · L 20-40 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Northwestern

Week 11 · L 14-21 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs Illinois

Week 10 · L 14-48 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Nebraska

Week 9 · W 55-45 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Purdue

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2016 Regular Season · Purdue

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Purdue

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

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Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games