THIRD AND DATA

NFL draft

PurdueBoilermakers

The last 5 drafts, newest on the right. A draft year runs one behind its football season — the 2026 draft is the 2025 team.

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2005–2009

Selections per draft

13 across 5 drafts

Counted from zero, so the height of a point is its share of this team's best draft here.

14332

Selections by position

13 across 2005–2009

Color is the side of the ball; each segment is a position group. Offense 6 · Defense 7.

Draft selections by position group across 2005–2009: Quarterbacks 2, Tight ends 2, Offensive line 2, Defensive line 4, Linebackers 2, Defensive backs 1

2005

2004 Joe Tiller

1 selection

  1. 4-05Kyle Orton—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback

2006

2005 Joe Tiller

4 selections

  1. 2-22Bernard Pollard—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Back
  2. 4-30Ray Edwards—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
  3. 5-02Rob Ninkovich—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
  4. 5-34Charles Davis—No recruiting profile foundTight End

2007

2006 Joe Tiller

3 selections

  1. 1-26Anthony Spencer—No recruiting profile foundLinebacker
  2. 5-12Uche Nwaneri—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Guard
  3. 7-13Mike Otto—No recruiting profile foundOffensive Tackle

2008

2007 Joe Tiller

3 selections

  1. 1-30Dustin Keller—No recruiting profile foundTight End
  2. 3-29Cliff Avril—No recruiting profile foundDefensive End
  3. 4-35Stanford Keglar—No recruiting profile foundOutside Linebacker

2009

2008 Joe Tiller

2 selections

  1. 3-03Alex Magee—No recruiting profile foundDefensive Tackle
  2. 6-28Curtis Painter—No recruiting profile foundQuarterback

Stars are the player's recruiting rating, matched back to his high-school profile by athlete id — not a draft grade. Only 0 of 13 picks in this range could be matched: CFBD's links between draft picks and recruiting profiles thin out before the 2013 draft and are absent before 2009, so an em dash here usually means the link is missing rather than that the player was unrated.