Josiah Hope brings SEC-caliber size and disruptive juice to Purdue’s defensive front
In the 2026 season, Josiah Hope is a freshman defensive lineman at Purdue who arrives with legit power-profile traits: roughly 6-foot-3 to 6-foot-4 and about 300+ pounds, plus a high school resume that included 61 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 2 forced fumbles in his junior year. He was rated as a four-star recruit by ESPN/247Sports Composite and is viewed as a physical trench piece with real backfield disruption upside. If you want an interior DL who can hold ground and flash violence, he fits. The wildcard is immediate playing time, but the ceiling is obvious.
