Jaden Mangham
Purdue Boilermakers
79
Solid

Jaden Mangham

Purdue BoilermakersSolid
FSDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Michigan
Projected Starter

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Jaden Mangham is the projected starter at FS for Purdue Boilermakers.

Redshirt senior · #2 · 6'2", 195 lbs

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Depth at FS · Purdue Boilermakers

  1. 1279Jaden ManghamStarter
  2. 22157Justin Denson Jr.

Purdue Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Wylie E. Groves, ranked #311 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 30 tackles, 0 INT, 2 PBU. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 79 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit4★ · #311 NatlTeam Share4%
Birmingham, MI
Jersey
#2
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
195 lbs
Transfer
Michigan

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—3002

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9000
National Rank
#311
High School
Wylie E. Groves
Hometown
Franklin, MI

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 73th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.95 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 79.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 73% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 17% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.95)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 11WMINNTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-13

Oct 3WILLTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-17

Sep 26LNDTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 49-10

Sep 20LUCLATKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 52-38

Sep 12LWAKETKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-36 2OT

Sep 4WINSTTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 44-19

Jaden Mangham's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

30 tkl · 2 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement27%
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