Jaden Mangham holds the FS · Starter spot in Purdue Boilermakers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jaden Mangham is a 6'2", 195-pound free safety from Birmingham, Michigan who played at Wylie E. Groves High School before beginning his college career at Michigan State. As a freshman in 2022, he appeared in nine games with two starts and recorded 20 tackles. During his sophomore season in 2023, Mangham earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors after appearing in 11 games with 10 starts, accumulating 53 tackles, seven passes defended, four interceptions and a forced fumble. He spent 2024 redshirted at Michigan as a junior. In 2025, his redshirt junior year at Michigan, Mangham appeared in 13 games with five starts, posting 30 tackles, two tackles-for-loss and two passes defended. He now transfers to Purdue as a redshirt senior.

Michigan State2022 – 2023

Michigan2024 – 2025

Purdue2026 — present