Purdue fired offensive coordinator Graham Harrell on the heels of a 1-3 begin to the 2024 season, the college introduced Sunday. The Boilermakers misplaced 28-10 at residence towards Nebraska in Week 5. 

“Selections like this are by no means simple,” Purdue coach Ryan Walters mentioned in a press release. “After evaluating our begin to the season, I felt that it was finest for our group to make a change now. We’re appreciative of Graham’s contributions to our program and need him the most effective going ahead.” 

Purdue went almost 4 quarters with out scoring towards the Cornhuskers earlier than quarterback Hudson Card accomplished a 15-yard landing cross with simply over 4 minutes left within the recreation. Card logged his third straight recreation with fewer than 200 yards passing, and the Boilermakers rushed for less than 50 yards whereas averaging simply 1.6 yards per carry. 

That was the second time this season that Purdue failed to achieve 100 yards speeding as a group. In three straight video games towards FBS opponents, following a 49-0 win towards FCS Indiana State within the season opener, the Boilermakers averaged 12.7 factors per recreation. They at present rank fifteenth within the Huge Ten in complete offense (322 yards per recreation) and scoring offense (21.8 factors per recreation). 

Purdue did common 23.9 factors per recreation in 2023 — Harrell’s first 12 months calling performs — which was good for sixth within the Huge Ten, however the Boilermakers solely scored no less than 20 factors towards three Huge Ten opponents. Purdue additionally averaged simply 211.2 yards passing per recreation final season, its lowest mark since 2014. 

The 39-year-old Harrell, a adorned former quarterback at Texas Tech, got here to West Lafayette in December 2022 after one season because the offensive coordinator at West Virginia. He was additionally the offensive coordinator at USC (2019-21) and North Texas (2016-18).