Ian Jeffries holds the NT · Starter spot in Purdue Boilermakers’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Ian Jeffries is a nose tackle from Southaven, Mississippi who played at Arkansas State before joining Purdue. At 6'4" and 303 pounds, Jeffries was a three-star recruit in the 2023 class. During his redshirt freshman year at Arkansas State in 2024, he appeared in 13 games and recorded 41 tackles, 4.5 tackles-for-loss, and 3.5 sacks. In his 2025 sophomore season with the Boilermakers, Jeffries appeared in all 12 games with six starts, accumulating 20 tackles, 3.0 tackles-for-loss, and 1.0 sacks.

Arkansas State2023 – 2024

Purdue2025 — present