Last confirmed: Purdue, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 245 lb · Tallahassee, FL · North Florida Christian
Garrett Hudson: LB · Purdue · #16.
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Garrett Hudson
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Garrett Hudson has played for three head coaches in three seasons at Purdue. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Wisconsin — Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-35vs No. 16 Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-21vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-3@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-28vs No. 8 Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-17vs Minnesota | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-17@ No. 7 Wisconsin | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 12-14@ Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-25vs Nebraska | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 29-10vs Illinois | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-23@ Northwestern | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 20 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Week 13 · 2017
W 31-24
vs Indiana
1 interception · 1 tackle · 21 interception return yards
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups31 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
52.8%
489 pass / 438 run
Plays / game
71.3
13 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
514 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Purdue, 32 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Darrell Hazell, Gerad Parker, and Jeff Brohm. Multi-era developmental context.
