![]() ![]() That said, I’d love to see Graham Harrell use some 12 personnel incorporating both of them this fall. If the coaching staff sticks mostly with sets involving just one tight end, Piferi will likely be TE2 and rotate in if Miller stays healthy. The senior will likely split reps with a recovering Garrett Miller early on in the season. Not too shabby for a guy who was built like a relief pitcher a few years ago. Entering his final season at Purdue, he averages 13.6 yards per catch. Piferi is a rare type of tight end schematically he’s used primarily as a blocker, but when he’s targeted, it’s typically on routes exceeding ten yards. He appeared in all 14 games, tallying 10 receptions for 143 yards and a touchdown. In 2021, he saw action in five games, starting in one, receiving five passes for 61 yards and a touchdown.įollowing an injury to Garrett Miller in the summer of 2022, Piferi was thrust into his first season of serious playing time at his new position. No receptions, mostly blocking and special teams duty. Four years after getting buried in the QB depth chart, he says he is now 255 pounds (despite being listed at 240) and, depending on who you ask, has grown an inch from 6’5” to 6’6” and is the de facto leader of the tight end room.įollowing his switch to tight end, the Californian appeared in three games in 2020. Piferi came to West Lafayette as a tall, lanky three-star quarterback from Orange County. ![]() Evidently, the kid loves Purdue and really wants that coveted engineering degree (which, as he mentioned in spring practice, he would go on to earn last month). When Purdue asked him to change positions not so long after he enrolled, he easily could have transferred to a school that would let him stick to being a pocket passer. Paul Piferi has had an interesting career trajectory. “I’d be a liar if I told you it was easy.” - #89 Getting closer to kickoff, today we recognize a very important piece of the offensive puzzle.Ģ023 Projection: TE2/splitting reps at TE1 ![]()
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