CAREER: Lettered one season (2024) at Duke after being a five-year member (2019-20-21-22-23) and three-year letterwinner (2021-22-23) of the football program at Pennsylvania ... Academic All-ACC selection in 2024 ... Second Team All-Ivy League selection in 2023 ... experienced action in 41 career games (28 starts), serving as a valuable member of Duke's special teams during the 2024 campaign and appearing in all 13 contests ... two-time CSC Academic All-District Team selection (2022-23).
2024: Academic All-ACC selection ... experienced action in all 13 games ... a valuable member of Duke's special teams units ... on the field for 70 snaps.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Five-year member (2019-20-21-22-23) and three-year letterwinner (2021-22-23) at Pennsylvania ... named a Second Team All-Ivy League selection in 2023 … saw action in 28 career games (all starts) at tackle … two-time CSC Academic All-District Team selection (2022 and 2023) … helped the Quakers’ offense average 286.1 yards per game in 2023 to rank second in the Ivy League and eighth in FCS … also created holes in 2023 for freshman RB Malachi Hosley to rush for 723 yards with seven TDs en route to Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors … four-year letterwinner at Episcopal Academy and played for coach Todd Fairlie … named a team captain and a two-time All-Inter-Ac and all-area selection (2017 and 2018) … added All-Southeastern PA recognition and honorable mention All-State praise in 2018 … recipient of the 2018 Mini Maxwell Award and the 2019 National Football Foundation Philadelphia Chapter Scholar-Athlete Award … also lettered in basketball and lacrosse … helped Episcopal Academy to the 2016-17 Inter-Ac championship.
PERSONAL: Graduated from Pennsylvania in December 2023 with a degree in economics ... added a master’s degree in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in May 2025... son of Steve Purcell and Audrey Rostick.