App State Mountaineers · S RoomS
Kaleb Purdy
Class RS SR/TRFrom Tennessee Tech (transfer)Ht / Wt 5'11" · 185 lbHometown St. Louis, MO · DeSmet Jesuit
Depth-chart placement
Current role
FS1Placement
StarterRoom
SafetyExperience
5-SRLast change
Updated 2026-07-29S room context
View full depth chart →Kaleb Purdy holds the FS · Starter spot in App State Mountaineers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
Transfer history
2026Tennessee Tech→App State Mountaineers
Background & career
Kaleb Purdy is a defensive back from St. Louis, Missouri who attended DeSmet Jesuit High School, where he recorded 59 tackles and three interceptions as a senior. He began his college career at Kansas, redshirting in 2022 before appearing in three games in 2023 and registering four tackles across 11 games in 2024. Purdy transferred to Tennessee Tech and played as a redshirt junior in 2025, accumulating tackles for loss and defensive production including an interception and a sack. He now joins App State as a redshirt senior.
Kansas2022 – 2024
Tennessee Tech2025
App State2026 — presentPrevious schoolTennessee TechRecruiting3-star · No. 852 nationalOriginSt. Louis, MO · DeSmet Jesuit