Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-3vs Maine | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-24@ East Carolina | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 26-21vs Charlotte | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#26
Kaleb Purdy
Senior defensive back on App State's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 185 lb · St. Louis, MO
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 855 nationally · Signed with Kansas
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior defensive back on App State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas in 2022.
- Transferred from Kansas to Tennessee Tech in 2025.
Kaleb Purdy
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Kaleb Purdy has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against East Carolina — Week 2, 2026.
15 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Kansas3-star out of De Smet Jesuit
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coaches2023–2024
App State
2026era →
Dowell Loggains
App State
Coaching transition mid-career: Shawn Clark → Dowell Loggains. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Career stats
Game log
Game by game
Kaleb Purdy's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 55–3
vs Maine
3 tackles · 1 solo tackles
Dominant 52-point win at home against Maine.
With M. Singleton — 291 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · -9 rush yds (5 car) · N. Branch — 44 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +4 tackles.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Kansas9-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2024Kansas5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning
2026App State3-0HC: Dowell Loggains · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (28th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Defensive profile
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
15tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%1 TFL15 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Pass share
47.7%
112 pass / 123 run
Plays / game
78.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
110 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Jacob Girgle’s 2016 season.
Matches Jacob on
Tackle volume
PD rate
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Tyson Russell's senior season at Vanderbilt (2024).
Matches Tyson on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Kaleb Purdy
The secondary · App State
- #17Ja'Torian Mack16 tackles · 2026
- #26Kaleb Purdy15 tackles · 2026
- #7Devin Henderson13 tackles · 2026
- Juan Berchal13 tackles · 2026
- #6Khalil Conley10 tackles · 2026
22 more on the roster · App State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology