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Tahj Ra-El

Purdue · Safety · 2025

TKL
110
INT
0
PD
5

Career totals · 1 season with stats

Scouting Report

In 2025, Ra-El recorded 110 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss.

In 17-0 that career earns a 70 overall, the 5th-highest safety rating at Purdue since 1990 and No. 31 among all safeties of the 2025-Present era.

Season by Season

Tahj Ra-El season-by-season statistics at Purdue
SeasonTklTFLPD
20251102.55

Seasons with tracked stats at Purdue. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Purdue Teammates

  1. 74Mani Powell2025LB
  2. 68Devin Mockobee2021-25RB
  3. 67C.J. Nunnally2025EDGE
  4. 67Charles Correa2025LB
  5. 66Ryan Browne2023-25QB
  6. 66Myles Slusher2025S
  7. 66Nitro Tuggle2025WR
  8. 65Arhmad Branch2023-25WR
  9. 65Michael Jackson III2025WR
  10. 65Landon Heard2023-25S

Full Purdue all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  2. 90Ahmaad MosesSMU · 2022-25S
  3. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  4. 86Bishop FitzgeraldUSC · 2025S
  5. 83Michael TaaffeTexas · 2022-25S
  6. 83Jamel JohnsonTCU · 2023-25S
  7. 80Bray HubbardAlabama · 2023-25S
  8. 80Louis MooreIndiana · 2022-25S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.