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Purdue Football Records
All-time career leaders for Purdue Boilermakers football across 21 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.
Purdue Boilermakers team pageUpdated Oct 6, 2026
Passing records
Career Passing Yards
Top 18- 1Drew Brees1997–200011,792
- 2Curtis Painter2005–200811,163
- 3Mark Herrmann1977–19809,946
- 4David Blough2015–20189,734
- 5Kyle Orton2001–20049,337
- 1Drew Brees1997–200090
- 2Mark Herrmann1977–198071
- 3David Blough2015–201869
- 4Curtis Painter2005–200867
- 5Aidan O'Connell2019–202265
- 2Mark Herrmann1977–198075
- 3Curtis Painter2005–200846
- 4Drew Brees1997–200045
- 5David Blough2015–201843
- 6Bob DeMoss1945–194842
Career Pass Attempts
Top 20- 1Drew Brees1997–20001,678
- 2Curtis Painter2005–20081,648
- 3David Blough2015–20181,429
- 4Kyle Orton2001–20041,336
- 5Mark Herrmann1977–19801,309
- 1Aidan O'Connell2019–202266.7
- 2Jack Plummer2019–202164.8
- 3Robert Marve2010–201263.8
- 4Drew Brees1997–200061.1
- 5Joey Elliott2006–200961
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 20- 1Mike Alstott1992–19953,635
- 2Kory Sheets2005–20083,341
- 3Otis Armstrong1970–19723,315
- 4Devin Mockobee2022–20252,987
- 5Scott Dierking1973–19762,863
- 1Kory Sheets2005–200848
- 2Mike Alstott1992–199539
- 3Jerod Void2002–200536
- 4Perry Williams1966–196830
- 5Leroy Keyes1966–196829
Career Rushing Attempts
Top 20- 1Otis Armstrong1970–1972670
- 2Kory Sheets2005–2008664
- 3Mike Alstott1992–1995644
- 4Devin Mockobee2022–2025630
- 5Montrell Lowe1999–2002612
Receiving records
Career Receiving Yards
Top 20- 1John Standeford2000–20033,788
- 2Taylor Stubblefield2001–20043,629
- 3Dorien Bryant2004–20073,548
- 4Brian Alford1994–19973,029
- 5David Bell2019–20212,946
Total Offense & Scoring records
Career Total Offense
Top 18- 1Drew Brees1997–200012,692
- 2Curtis Painter2005–200811,511
- 3David Blough2015–20189,996
- 4Kyle Orton2001–20049,653
- 5Aidan O'Connell2019–20229,138
Career All-Purpose Yards
Top 20- 1Dorien Bryant2004–20076,219
- 2Kory Sheets2005–20084,944
- 3Mike Alstott1992–19954,710
- 4Akeem Hunt2011–20144,623
- 5Otis Armstrong1970–19724,601
Career Total Touchdowns
Top 18- 1Kory Sheets2005–200854
- 2Mike Alstott1992–199542
- 3Leroy Keyes1966–196837
- 4Jerod Void2002–200536
- 5Perry Williams1966–196831
Career Points
Top 20- 1Travis Dorsch1998–2001355
- 2Kory Sheets2005–2008324
- 3Carson Wiggs2008–2011293
- 4Mike Alstott1992–1995256
- 5Ben Jones2003–2005254
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 20- 1Kevin Motts1976–1979520
- 2Fred Strickland1984–1987479
- 3Eric Beatty1989–1992448
- 4Rod Woodson1983–1986445
- 5Brock Spack1980–1983384
Career Sacks
Top 20- 1Rosevelt Colvin1995–199835
- 2Shaun Phillips2000–200333.5
- 2Ryan Kerrigan2007–201033.5
- 4Jeff Zgonina1989–199229
- 4Akin Ayodele1999–200129
Career Interceptions
Top 20- 1Stuart Schweigert2000–200317
- 2Ricardo Allen2010–201313
- 2Cam Allen2019–202313
- 4Bob Corby1965–196711
- 4Don Anderson1981–198411
Career Tackles for Loss
Top 20- 1Jeff Zgonina1989–199272
- 2Rosevelt Colvin1995–199861
- 3Shaun Phillips2000–200360.5
- 4Keena Turner1976–197958
- 5Ryan Kerrigan2007–201057
Career Pass Breakups
Top 20- 1Sam Carter71
- 2Steve Jackson1987–199035
- 3Jimmy Young1990–199333
- 3David Pender2006–200933
- 5Bill Kay1977–198032
Kicking records
Career Field Goals Made
Top 20- 1Travis Dorsch1998–200168
- 2Skip Ohl61
- 3Carson Wiggs2008–201156
- 4Ben Jones2003–200543
- 5Mitchell Fineran2021–202242
Career Punts
Top 20- 1Shawn McCarthy1986–1989273
- 2Joe Schopper2015–2018249
- 3Cody Webster2010–2013232
- 4Scott Lougheed1969–1971190
- 5Danny Rogers1996–1999175
Returns records
Career Kick Return Yards
Top 19- 1Raheem Mostert2011–20142,289
- 2Dorien Bryant2004–20072,125
- 3Akeem Hunt2011–20141,747
- 4Chris Clopton1997–20001,553
- 5Rod Woodson1983–19861,535
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Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.