by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Purdue University-Main Campus, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Purdue plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Purdue men’s football team fields 126 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 364. The most recent cohort included 455 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports Purdue sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Barry Odom.
Across the school’s 13 sports, football ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Purdue men’s football program reported $83,144,029 in revenue against $37,193,229 in expenses, for a surplus of $45,950,800. This comes to about $61,685 in operating expense per athlete, or $7,772,335 per team.
Among the school’s 13 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 55% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 968 (954 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 985, football sits below average at 968.
When Purdue earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
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