J.P. Purvis
J.P. Purvis
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. J.P. Purvis has been at Mississippi State through three head coaches in four seasons. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles against Massachusetts, Week 10, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Mississippi State, 96 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Leach, Greg Knox, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 35 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 39 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 20 | 9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 96 | 32 | 2.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 56–7
vs Eastern Kentucky
1 TD · 1 TOT · 16 LONG
Dominant 49-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Andrew Mims’s 2021 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Darius Snow's graduate season at Michigan State (2024).
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