Smiley Bradford
Purdue Boilermakers
77
Solid

Smiley Bradford

Purdue BoilermakersRebuilding
NBDefenseSolid
Projected Starter

Is Smiley Bradford starting?

Smiley Bradford is the projected starter at NB for Purdue Boilermakers.

Junior · #1 · 6'0", 195 lbs

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Depth at NB · Purdue Boilermakers

  1. 1177Smiley BradfordStarter
  2. 21557Vi'Naz Cobb

Purdue Starting Lineup

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Up next for Purdue

Purdue plays Maryland at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of East St. Louis, ranked #784 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 30 tackles, 1 INT, 6 PBU. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 85th-percentile production nationally — good for a 77 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #784 Natl2-Yr Total47 tacklesTeam Share7%Percentile85th
St. Louis, MO
Jersey
#1
Class
JR
Height
6'0"
Weight
195 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20253016
20241700

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8744
National Rank
#784
High School
East St. Louis
Hometown
East St. Louis, IL

Why this rating?

On a 73-rated defense; 85th-percentile production (×0.87 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 77.

Team defense (SP+)
73
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 85% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
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 31LPSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-17

Oct 17LWASHTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final L 38-26

Oct 11WMINNTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-13

Oct 3WILLTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-17

Sep 26LNDTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final L 49-10

Sep 20LUCLATKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-38

Sep 12LWAKETKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-36 2OT

Smiley Bradford's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

The People's Ratings

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Team Role

30 tkl · 6 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement47%
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