Breeon Ishmail holds the DE · Backup spot in Purdue Boilermakers’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Breeon Ishmail is a 6'4", 265-pound defensive end from Cincinnati, Ohio who transferred to Purdue from Michigan. A three-star recruit in the 2023 class, he redshirted his freshman year in 2023, then played in eight games during the 2024 season at Michigan, including one kickoff return for six yards at Washington. In 2025, his first year at Purdue, Ishmail appeared in all 12 games with four starts, recording 20 total tackles, 2 tackles-for-loss, 1 sack, and 1 fumble recovery. He posted seven tackles and his first collegiate sack versus Ohio State on November 8.

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