Purdue Boilermakers · WR RoomWR

#0 Jaylan Hornsby

Class  RS SO/TRFrom  Syracuse (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'3" · 215 lbHometown  Winslow Township, NJ

Depth-chart placement

Current role

Placement

Backup

Room

Wide Receiver

Experience

3-SO

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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WR room context

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Jaylan Hornsby holds the WR-X · Backup spot in Purdue Boilermakers’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

WR-X · StarterXavier TownsendStarter

WR-Z · StarterBisi OwensStarter

WR-SL · StarterAsaad WaseemStarter

WR-X · BackupJaylan HornsbyBackup

WR-Z · BackupCorey SmithBackup

WR-SL · BackupJesse WatsonBackup

Transfer history

2026Syracuse→Purdue Boilermakers

Background & career

Jaylan Hornsby is a redshirt sophomore member of the Purdue roster. He is from Winslow Township, NJ. He joined the program as a transfer from Syracuse. He was rated a 3-star recruit in the 2024 class.

Syracusethrough 2025

Purdue2026 — present

Previous schoolSyracuseRecruiting3-star · No. 579 nationalOriginWinslow Township, NJ