Andrew Sowinski Season 2023

#26
PositionWR
Weight205 lbs
Height6-0
YearRedshirt Junior
HometownIndianapolis, Ind.
CAREER AT PURDUE
• Appeared in 37 games with six starts
• Caught 19 passes for 178 yards with a career-long 24-yarder in 2022
• Added 11 punt returns for 53 yards (4.8-yard average) 
• Returned seven kickoffs for 130 yards (18.6-yard average)

2024 / AS A SENIOR
• Appeared in all 12 games as a reserve wide receiver and return specialist
• Had five catches for 38 yards
• Returned six kicks for 130 yards (21.67 average) and six punts for 36 yards (6.0 average)
• Caught two passes for 20 yards and had a 14-yard punt return vs. Indiana State (Aug. 31)
• Produced 14 punt return yards at Michigan State (Nov. 22)
• Had 113 kick return yards that included a career-long 40-yarder at No. 10 Indiana (Nov. 30)
• Named Academic All-Big Ten for the fourth time

2023 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR          
• Appeared in six games with two starts against Michigan (Nov. 4) and Minnesota (Nov. 11)
• Totaled three receptions for 29 total yards against the Golden Gophers
• Made one punt return for three yards on a rainy day at Virginia Tech (Sept. 9)
• Caught a pass for a successful two-point conversion against Nebraska (Oct. 28), the Boilermakers’ first two-point conversion since 2019 against Indiana
• Named Academic All-Big Ten

2022 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
Named Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 12 games with four starts, primarily on special teams and at wide receiver
• Recorded a career-high 96 receiving yards on nine catches
• Had a career-high 34 receiving yards and four catches against Nebraska (Oct. 15)
• Made a career-long 24-yard reception against Michigan (Dec. 3)
• Was one of two players to return a kick and a punt in 2022
• Returned two punts for 14 total yards

2021 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Named Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in seven games, including six of the final seven, primarily used on special teams
• Caught two passes against UConn (Sept. 11)

2020 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Did not play

PERSONAL
• Undergraduate degree in marketing 
• Currently pursuing his MS in Global Supply Chain Management 
• Parents: Kevin and Elizabeth
• Father played baseball at Buffalo 
• Siblings: Ben, Patrick, Nicholas, Mary
• Sister Mary is a member of Purdue track & field team
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Senior
2024

WR
6-0 / 205 lbs
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Redshirt Sophomore
2022

WR
6-0 / 195 lbs
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Redshirt Freshman
2021

WR
6-0 / 195 lbs
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Freshman
2020

WR
6-0 / 170 lbs