page_title: Purdue Boilermakers football
section_title: Boilermakers in professional football
hierarchical_section_title: Purdue Boilermakers football / Boilermakers in professional football
caption_attribution_description: Washington Redskins vs. New Orleans Saints at Fed Ex Field...Final Score: Redskins 29 / Saints 24
context_page_description: The Purdue Boilermakers football team represents Purdue University in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision of college football. Purdue plays its home games at Ross–Ade Stadium on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The head coach of Purdue is Jeff Brohm, the 36th head coach in program history. The Boilermakers compete in the Big Ten Conference as a member of the West Division. Purdue had most recently been a part of the Leaders Division of the Big Ten, but moved to the West Division in 2014 due to conference expansion.
  With a 618–575–48 record at the conclusion of the 2019 season, Purdue has the 50th-most victories among NCAA FBS programs. Purdue was originally classified as a Major College school in the 1937 season until 1972. Purdue received Division I classification in 1973, becoming a Division I-A program from 1978 to 2006 and an FBS program from 2006 to the present. The Boilermakers have registered 64 winning seasons in their history, with 19 of those seasons resulting in eight victories or more, 10 seasons resulting in at least nine wins, and one season with ten victories or more.
context_section_description: Purdue has produced a total of 184 NFL draft selections.
  The following "Active" and "All-Star" lists account for past and present Purdue University football players that have participated in the National Football League, the Canadian Football League, and the Arena Football League.
caption: Drew Brees, currently of the New Orleans Saints
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