2008 roster analytics, depth, and season stat leaders in one workspace.
Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette • IN
Scan talent concentration, class balance, transfer reliance, and player-level filtering without leaving the page.
Roster context
The roster tab connects player-level listings with the context that explains how the team is built: class year, position group, acquisition path, recruiting profile, and current season production.
For 2008, Purdue has 35 rostered players in the current viewable dataset. When recruiting coverage is limited, the page still keeps the base roster and season leaders available.
Roster Workspace
of 35 players
Analytics Summary
Quick-glance talent, experience, and portal context for the current roster.
Position health
A quick diagnostic that combines talent score, class experience, and transfer reliance into an opinionated roster read.
| Group | Talent | Experience | Portal risk | Verdict | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | High | High | Low | Stable | 13 players, 0% blue chips |
| RB | Medium | High | Low | Strength | 4 players, 0% blue chips |
| DB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 4 players, 0% blue chips |
| TE | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 2 players, 50% blue chips |
| WR | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 5 players, 0% blue chips |
| QB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 3 players, 0% blue chips |
| ST | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 2 players, 0% blue chips |
| DL | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 1 players, 0% blue chips |
| OL | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 1 players, 0% blue chips |
Showing 1-25 of 35 players
| 17 | Aaron Valentin | UR | WR | Sr | 6'1" | — | Freeport, NY, USA |
| — | Anthony Heygood | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| — | Arsenio Curry | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 7 | Brandon King | 3★ | CB | Sr | 5'11" | — | Warner Robbins, GA, USA |
| — | Brandon Whittington | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 37 | Carson Wiggs | 3★ | PK | Sr | 6'0" | — | Grand Prairie, TX, USA |
| 12 | Chris Bennett | UR | QB | Sr | 6'3" | 201 lbs | Dayton, OH, USA |
| 13 | Chris Summers | UR | P | Sr | 6'1" | — | Fishers, IN, USA |
| 89 | Colton McKey | 3★ | TE | Sr | 6'5" | 256 lbs | The Woodlands, TX, USA |
| — | Curtis Painter | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 25 | Dan Dierking | UR | FB | Sr | 5'10" | — | Wheaton, IL, USA |
| 9 | David Pender | 2★ | CB | Sr | 6'1" | — | Folkston, GA, USA |
| — | Desmond Tardy | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 4 | Dwight Mclean | UR | S | Sr | 6'1" | — | Corona, CA, USA |
| — | Frank Duong | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 44 | Frank Halliburton | 3★ | FB | Sr | 6'2" | — | Indianapolis, IN, USA |
| — | Greg Orton | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 54 | Jared Zwilling | UR | C | Sr | 6'4" | 293 lbs | Evansville, IN, USA |
| 33 | Jaycen Taylor | UR | RB | Sr | 5'10" | — | Hawthorne, CA, USA |
| 88 | Jeff Lindsay | 4★ | TE | Sr | 6'3" | — | Macomb, MI, USA |
| — | Jerry Wasikowski | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| — | Joe Whitest | UR | — | Sr | — | — | — |
| 14 | Joey Elliott | UR | QB | Sr | 6'2" | — | Evansville, IN, USA |
| 2 | Justin Siller | UR | WR | Sr | 6'3" | — | Detroit, MI, USA |
| 8 | Keith Smith | UR | WR | Sr | 6'2" | — | Fort Hood, TX, USA |
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Up to eight category leaders from the current team season.
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Signature roster score built from recruiting stars across the full roster.
RTI assigns 100 points to 5-stars, 80 to 4-stars, 60 to 3-stars, 40 to 2-stars, and 20 to unrated players. FBS rank appears only when matched recruiting coverage is at least 35%.
Rank hidden until coverage clears the recruiting threshold.
Coverage 26% of the roster with recruit matches.
See where the current roster stacks its most recruiting capital.
Clean FBS landscape view with the current roster highlighted and focused team context alongside it.
Current roster mix between portal additions and everyone else on the roster.
0% of the current roster.
100% of the roster remains non-transfer.
Weighted from class year to estimate how seasoned the roster is.
Veteran-heavy
Freshmen count as 1 point, sophomores 2, juniors 3, seniors 4.
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Season
2008