Brandon Purdy

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
5-10
Weight:
176
Position:
KP
Hometown:
Kalispell, Mont.
High School:
Glacier HS

2019: Spring Semester 2019 Dean’s List … Will resume his starting role as placekicker in 2019

2018: Missed the season with injury … Named “Best player in the FCS to wear #39” by Hero Sports prior to the season

2017: Third-team All-Big Sky … HERO Sports FCS All-America honorable mention… Received an honorable mention for STATS FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week … Earned Montana’s nomination for ROOT Sports Big Sky Player of the Week four times … Statistically the best kicker in the Big Sky in 2017 … Was No. 3 in the Big Sky in overall scoring with 89 points and No. 2 in scoring by kick … Made 88.2 percent of his field goal attempts (15/17), the best percentage in the Big Sky … His 88.2 FG percentage was third-best in the nation … Averaged 1.36 FG/Game, the seventh-best average in the nation … His scoring average of 8.1 points per-game were the eleventh-most in the nation and third-best in the Big Sky … Went 44/47 on PATs, the tenth-best percentage in the league … Nailed a career-long field goal of 47 yards and went 3-3 on FGs against Northern Colorado to earn a National Player of the Week honorable mention … Also went 3-3 against Montana State and Portland State

2016: Purdy played in five games as the backup kicker … Made 12-of-13 extra point attempts … Made two of his three field goal attempts with a long of 38 yards … Made eight PAT’s against Idaho State … 18 points scored.

HIGH SCHOOL: Went 8/12 on field goals and 57/62 on PATs for the Glacier Wolf pack his senior year… A two-year letter winner in football… A four-year letter winner in soccer… Rated a four-star kicker by Kohl’s Professional Kicking Camps.

PERSONAL: Purdy is management & entrepreneurship major at UM.