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Purdue's best tight ends since 2004
Brycen Hopkins leads with 1,945 receiving yards in 40 games at Purdue; Payne Durham had 1,275.
Every tight end with 5 or more games at Purdue since 2004, ranked by receiving yards; the lines are each player's receiving yards game by game, the top 8 drawn. A link opens the player's page, where he has one, or his row on the board.
14 tight ends with 5+ games at Purduereceiving yards
| # | player | seasons | games | receiving yards | receptions | receiving touchdowns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brycen Hopkins | 2016–2019 | 40 | 1,945 | 130 | 16 |
| 2 | Payne Durham | 2019–2022 | 36 | 1,275 | 126 | 21 |
| 3 | Cole Herdman | 2015–2018 | 44 | 1,010 | 91 | 8 |
| 4 | Max Klare | 2023–2024 | 17 | 881 | 73 | 4 |
| 5 | Justin Sinz | 2011–2014 | 30 | 670 | 80 | 7 |
| 6 | Gabe Holmes | 2010–2014 | 31 | 552 | 63 | 5 |
| 7 | Garrett Miller | 2020–2023 | 19 | 456 | 51 | 3 |
| 8 | Dolapo Macarthy | 2012–2014 | 14 | 328 | 36 | 1 |
| 9 | George Burhenn | 2023–2026 | 11 | 302 | 24 | 3 |
| 10 | Paul Piferi | 2021–2022 | 12 | 204 | 15 | 2 |
| 11 | Drew Biber | 2022–2024 | 10 | 135 | 15 | 1 |
| 12 | Rico Walker | 2025 | 5 | 100 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | Jordan Jurasevich | 2014–2015 | 7 | 60 | 11 | 2 |
| 14 | Darius Pittman | 2017–2019 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
Also at Purdue: quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, defenders, kickers, punters. Every school and conference: schools, conferences. The games are ESPN's box scores since 2004 (the Method says where they fall short); a position is the roster's, else read off the box score, so a tight end from before 2014 may be listed with the wide receivers.