#85
Purdue · 2026

Luca Puccinelli

TESophomore6' 6", 265 lbsGlen Allen, VA
Purdue Boilermakers3-4 · TDC #71
Snap share
5%
1 of 2 started · likely 2–7%

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

1 plays · +0.4 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays+0.45
Passing+0.45
1st down+0.45
Standard downs+0.45
PuccinelliWR/TE average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays1%
Pass plays2%
Run plays0%
1st down3%
2nd down0%
3rd down0%
Standard downs2%
Passing downs0%
PuccinelliWR/TE average
2025 charting · Purdue

2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (1 of Puccinelli’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.

Charted targets
5
3 caught (60%)
Avg. depth of target
9.2
air yards per target
YAC per catch
1.7
5 yds after the catch
Air yards caught
19
of 24 yds on charted catches
Deep targets
0%
20+ air yards

Where he's targeted5 targets charted

60% comp9.2 avg. depth1.7 YAC/catch0% 20+ air yds0–0 TD–INT
101020203030LOSLeft, Behind air yards: noneLeft, 0–4 air yards: noneLeft, 5–9 air yards: 1 targets (20%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yLeft, 10–14 air yards: noneLeft, 15–19 air yards: 1 targets (20%), 1 caught (100%), 17 yds, 17.0 per target1100% · 17yLeft, 20–29 air yards: noneLeft, 30+ air yards: noneMiddle, Behind air yards: noneMiddle, 0–4 air yards: noneMiddle, 5–9 air yards: noneMiddle, 10–14 air yards: noneMiddle, 15–19 air yards: noneMiddle, 20–29 air yards: noneMiddle, 30+ air yards: noneRight, Behind air yards: 1 targets (20%), 1 caught (100%), 1 yds, 1.0 per target1100% · 1yRight, 0–4 air yards: noneRight, 5–9 air yards: 1 targets (20%), 1 caught (100%), 6 yds, 6.0 per target1100% · 6yRight, 10–14 air yards: noneRight, 15–19 air yards: 1 targets (20%), 0 caught (0%), 0 yds, 0.0 per target10% · 0yRight, 20–29 air yards: noneRight, 30+ air yards: none
fewer more targets
Direction and air yards come from the play-by-play (left / middle / right thirds of the field), so each glow sits in its zone rather than on an exact spot. Hover a zone for detail.

Career

2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnaps
2026 so farPurdue#71 · 3-425%
2025Purdue#100 · 2-1018%

Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Luca Puccinelli's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.

Game Log

Luca Puccinelli's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game

5.7 avg. game scoreBest: 5.7 vs Wake Forest (Week 2)0 of 1 games at 8.0+
Receiving
WkOpponentResultGame scoreRecYdsY/RTDLong
1Indiana StateW 44–19—no stats recorded
2Wake ForestL 36–385.711818.0018
3@UCLAL 38–52—no stats recorded
4Notre DameL 10–49—no stats recorded
5@IllinoisW 24–17—no stats recorded
6MinnesotaW 41–13—no stats recorded
7WashingtonL 26–38—no stats recorded
2026 · 1 game5.711818.0018

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions11613th / 1995
Yards181478th / 1981
Yards / catch18—
Touchdowns0—
Long18—

Snaps by Game

Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works

GameStartTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedSnap share
Wk 1 · Indiana State✓ TE74··—
Wk 2 · Wake Forest—82~24 (11–34)129%
Season1 GS48224 (11–34)15%

Position Room

8 TEs on the Purdue roster, ordered by rec

#PlayerPosClassRecYdsTDTgt shareEPA/play
81George BurhennTEJR913126%+0.93
Ar'mari TownsTE42604%+0.18
87Cooper McCutchanTEFR21205%-0.04
85Luca PuccinelliTESO11802%+0.45
16Kylan FoxTEJR—————
41Jon GrimmettTEFR—————
43Jackson BerrymanTESO—————
94Luke ShorterTEFR—————

Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Purdue depth chart →