Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at Purdue
NCAA Division I · Big Ten · IN
Purdue signed 19 athletes for 2025-26 — including 2 international signees. What follows are their real high-school marks, not a program’s published walk-on line — the honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Purdue is a 39,864-student public campus in West Lafayette, IN and competes in the Big Ten. Tony Miller leads a staff of 7 covering 3 event groups.
“Median” is the middle signee’s PR; “range” runs from the fastest to the slowest mark in the class. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are converted to 1600m/3200m for comparison. Pulled from verified meet results.
Purdue program snapshot
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- Big Ten
- Campus
- West Lafayette, IN
- Enrollment
- 39,864 students
- T&F operating budget
- $2.3M men · $2.6M women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
Women's standards
US-based signees, marks verified against American high-school meet results.
Who recruits for Purdue
As listed on the program’s official coaching staff page. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, throws.
- Tony MillerTrack & Field and Cross Country Head CoachDistance
- Cam MillerTrack & Field Assistant Coach - SprintsSprints & Hurdles
- Chelsey FinkAdministrative Assistant
- Jamaal BarnesTrack & Field Assistant Coach - SprintsSprints & Hurdles
- Pashen LewisTrack & Field Assistant Coach
- Rebecca RichtmanTrack & Field and Cross Country Assistant CoachDistance
- Ricardo PageTrack & Field Assistant Coach - ThrowsThrows
Every Purdue coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every verified mark in Purdue's 2025-26 class
18 of the 19 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other one has no verified mark on record, so that athlete is left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: TX · GA · NC · MS · TN · OH · +4 more
+ 1 international signee in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Signed out of: MI · TX · IN · MO
+ 1 international signee in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Members see who each of these 18 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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This class’s marks, not a permanent standard: the range shifts every cycle as rosters and needs change. Progression, event fit, academics and open spots all factor into a real recruiting decision — fitting the range is a conversation-starter, not an offer.
Indiana restricts high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Indiana NIL rules →
More Big Ten recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Purdue recruits against.
- Illinois recruiting standards
- Indiana recruiting standards
- Iowa recruiting standards
- Maryland recruiting standards
- Michigan recruiting standards
- Michigan State recruiting standards
- Minnesota recruiting standards
- Nebraska recruiting standards
- Northwestern recruiting standards
- Ohio State recruiting standards
- Oregon recruiting standards
- Penn State recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events Purdue signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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