The 2022 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented

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in the West Division of the

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for the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

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was in his sixth season as the team's head coach. The Boilermakers played their home games at

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. Purdue finished the season 8–4, 6–3 in

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play to win the West division. As a result, they received a bid to the

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for the first time in program history, where they lost to

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. They received a bid to the Citrus Bowl where they lost to

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. On December 7, 2022, head coach Jeff Brohm accepted the head coach position at his alma mater

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. His brother and Purdue offensive coordinator

Brian Brohm Brian Joseph Brohm (born September 23, 1985) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently the interim head coach, quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator for Purdue University. He played college football at Louisv ...

served as interim head coach for the Boilermakers during the Citrus Bowl. On December 13, 2022, the school named former

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defensive coordinator Ryan Walters the team's new head coach. Walters will be the fourth youngest head football coach at the NCAA Division I FBS level.

Previous season

The Boilermakers finished the 2021 season 9–4, 6–3 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the West division. They finished the season with a 48–45 overtime victory over

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in the

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Offseason

Coaching changes

On January 5, 2022, Brad Lambert accepted a defensive coordinator position at Wake Forest. Two weeks later, cornerbacks coach James Adams followed Lambert to Wake Forest, while JaMarcus Shephard accepted an assistant coaching position at

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. Assistant offensive line coach

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also announced his retirement following the 2021 season. To replace these coaches, former Western Kentucky head coach and recent Purdue quality control coach

David Elson David Elson (born August 26, 1971) is an American football coach. He is the linebackers coach, and was previously a quality control coach, at Purdue University, a position he has held since 2021. Elson served as head football coach at Western Ken ...

was hired as linebacker coach, former UAB coach

Garrick McGee Garrick Ladell McGee (born April 6, 1973) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the wide receivers coach at Louisville. He was previously the quarterbacks coach at the University of Florida. McGee was the head football c ...

was brought in as wide receiver coach, and

Ashton Youboty Ashton Youboty (born July 7, 1984), is a Liberian-American football coach and former cornerback, who is the current cornerbacks coach at Purdue. He played college football at Ohio State for coach Jim Tressel from 2003 to 2006 and played in the ...

was hired as the cornerbacks coach. Ryan Wallace was also promoted to assistant offensive line coach.

Transfers

Outgoing Notable departures from the 2021 squad included: Incoming

Preseason

Recruits

The Boilermakers signed a total of 19 recruits.

Schedule

The 2022 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.

Game summaries

Penn State

Indiana State

at Syracuse

Florida Atlantic

at No. 21 Minnesota

at Maryland

Nebraska

at Wisconsin

Iowa

at No. 21 Illinois

Northwestern

at Indiana

vs. No. 2 Michigan (Big Ten Championship)

vs. No. 17 LSU (Citrus Bowl)

Rankings

Roster

Wide receiver Milton Wright was ruled academically ineligible for the 2022 season.

2022 NFL Draft

Boilermakers who were picked in the 2022 NFL Draft:

Awards and honors

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Weekly Awards

All-Conference Honors

References

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