Purdue football transfer portal: Boilers add safety from Big 12 school
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WEST LAFAYETTE − Purdue football is stockpiling in the secondary.
On Friday morning, the Boilermakers added former Colorado safety John Slaughter, per Slaughter’s Instagram post.
He packages with Wednesday’s commitment of former Michigan State defensive back Justin Denson Jr., giving the Boilermakers four defensive back acquisitions out of the transfer portal.
Slaughter’s college career began at Tennessee, where he played in 23 games over two seasons.
Last season at Colorado, Slaughter made 25 tackles, intercepted two passes and forced a fumble in 11 games.
The full list of incoming and outgoing players is below.
Transfer portal players committed to Purdue football
| Player | Pos. | Previous school | Notable |
| Micah Banuelos | G | USC | Played 11 games in 2025 |
| Keyshawn Burgos | DE | Virginia Tech | 7 career TFL, 2.5 sacks |
| Mister Clark | DB | FIU | 63 tackles, 3 INT, 6.5 TFL in 2025 |
| Justin Denson Jr. | DB | Michigan State | 13 tackles in 2024 |
| Dylan Drennan | P | Buffalo | 44.8 yards per punt average in 2025 |
| Kylan Fox | TE | Central Florida | 16 rec., 137 yards, 1 TD in 2025 |
| Jerrick Gibson | RB | Texas | 115 car., 529 yards, 5 TD |
| Jojo Hayden | LB | Illinois | 26 tackles, 1.5 TFL in 2025 |
| Fame Ijeboi | RB | Minnesota | 495 yards, 3 TD in 2025 |
| Malik Knight | WR | Western Carolina | 47 rec., 774 yards, 7 TD in 2025 |
| Rodney Lora | DT | Central Florida | 22 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1 sack in 2025 |
| Nuku Mafi | OT | Oklahoma State | 12 starts at tackle in 2025 |
| Jaden Mangham | S | Michigan | 30 tackles, 2 TFL in 2025 |
| Hudson Miller | LB | Toledo | 42 tackles as starter for Purdue in 2024 |
| Curt Neal | DT | Illinois | 61 career tackles at Wisconsin, Illinois |
| Dee Newsome | CB | Samford | 17 tackles, 5 PBU in 2025 |
| Bisi Owens | WR | Penn | 138 rec., 1,664 yards, 11 TD in 3 seasons |
| Makai Saina | OL | USC | |
| Donovan Saunders | CB | Utah | 2 PBU, 7 tackles in 2025 |
| Wisdom Simms | DT | N. Carolina Central | 5.5 TFL, 3 sacks in 2025 |
| John Slaughter | S | Colorado | 25 tackles, 2 INT in 2025 |
| Anthony Speca | LB | Penn State | 14 tackles in 17 games |
| Boaz Stanley | OL | South Carolina | 21 career starts |
| Travis Terrell | RB | Jackson State | 607 yards, 5 TD, 6.0 ypc in 2025 |
| Xavier Townsend | WR | Iowa State | 84 career rec., 764 yards, 4 TD |
| Asaad Waseem | WR | Florida Atlantic | 66 rec., 699 yards, 5 TD in 2025 |
Purdue football players entering the transfer portal
| Player | Pos. | 2025 impact | New school |
| Arhmad Branch | WR | 14 rec., 212 yards, 2 TD | USF |
| Chalil Cummings | CB | 3 tackles, 2 PBU | |
| Carson Dean | LB | 3 games | |
| Sanders Ellis | LB | 6 tackles, 0.5 sack | Bowling Green |
| Tyrell Green | OL | Left team in season | |
| Jamarrion Harkless | DT | 13 tackles, 2.5 sacks | Kentucky |
| Jimmy Johnsen | OL | DNP | |
| Bradyn Joiner | C | Started all 12 games | Florida State |
| Demeco Kennedy | DT | 21 tackles, 3 TFL, 1.5 sacks | Louisville |
| Jaheim Merriweather | RB | 5 games, 2 car., 4 yards | |
| Marcus Moore | DT | 2 tackles | Miami (Ohio) |
| Spencer Porath | K | 15-17 FG, long of 53 | Notre Dame |
| Hank Purvis | OL | 11 games, 7 starts at guard | South Carolina |
| John Randle Jr. | OL | 2 games | Utah State |
| Alex Sanford Jr. | LB | 46 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1 FR | Pittsburgh |
| Malachi Singleton | QB | 59.4%, 439 pass yds., 5 TD, 2 INT; 202 rush yds., 1 TD | Appalachian State |
| Justin Schmidt | LS | DNP | Pittsburgh |
| Sterling Smith | S | 12 games, 3 tackles | Ball State |
| Joey Sumlin | LB | DNP | |
| Jaron Thomas | RB | 2 carries, 15 yards | Minnesota |
| Nitro Tuggle | WR | 34 rec., 500 yards, 4 TD | South Carolina |
| Rico Walker | TE | 9 rec., 100 yards |
This article originally appeared on Lafayette Journal & Courier: Purdue football transfer portal tracker
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