Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Purdue
Tahj Ra-El
DB • 6'2" • 208 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA
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Tahj Ra-El shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
81
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
82
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Old Dominion
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Old Dominion • Memphis • Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Tahj Ra-El built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive back from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 21, spending time with Memphis, Old Dominion, and Purdue. The clearest part of Tahj Ra-El's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Old Dominion
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Tahj Ra-El, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Old Dominion. Tahj Ra-El shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 43.1 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Tahj Ra-El quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · DB
- Career Tackles
- 260
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Old Dominion
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Myers Park · Old Dominion
- High school pipeline
- Myers Park · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 110 tackles · DB 2nd (top 1%) · Big Ten 3rd (top 1%) · National 28th (top 1%)
Tahj Ra-El played DB for Old Dominion, Memphis, and Purdue. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tahj Ra-El recorded 260 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Purdue.
Recognition
Honors
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
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