Tahj Ra-El Season 2025

2025 / AS A SENIOR
• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Coaches, Media)
• Started all 12 games
• Totaled a team-high 110 tackles, 2.5 tackles-for-loss, one fumble recovery and five passes defended
• Finished tied for third in the Big Ten in tackles and was second in tackles during league games with 87
• Had seven tackles and a TFL in his Purdue debut vs. Ball State (Aug. 30)
• Recorded nine tackles in back-to-back games against Notre Dame (Sept. 20) and Illinois (Oct. 4)
• Broke up a season-high three passes and totaled 11 tackles at Northwestern (Oct. 18)
• Totaled a season-high 15 tackles and recovered a fumble vs. Rutgers (Oct. 25)
• Had 13 total tackles, including a season-high 11 solo, at Michigan (Nov. 1)
• Produced 10 tackles and broke up  pass vs. Ohio State (Nov. 8)
• Concluded the season with 12 tackles vs. Indiana (Nov. 28)

2024 / AS A SENIOR AT MEMPHIS
• Appeared in four games with two starts
• Recorded 19 tackles and an interception
• Had an interception in Memphis’ victory at Florida State
 
2023 / AS A JUNIOR AT OLD DOMINION
• Started all 13 of Old Dominion’s games at safety
• Had 84 tackles, 5.5 tackles-for-loss, six pass breakups and one interception
• Produced three double-digit tackle games
• Recorded his first-career interception in the Famous Toastery Bowl vs. Western Kentucky
• Made a career-high 12 tackles at Marshall
• Led FBS defensive backs with a 90.7 run defense grade (minimum 350 run defense snaps) according to PFF
 
2022 / AS A SOPHOMORE AT OLD DOMINION
• Saw action in all 12 games and started two at safety
• Credited with 40 tackles and one pass breakup
• Had a season-high 10 tackles vs. Georgia Southern
 
2021 / AS A FRESHMAN AT OLD DOMINION
• Appeared in 11 games at safety and on special teams
• Recorded nine tackles and one pass breakup
• Had two tackles in the Myrtle Beach Bowl vs. Tulsa
• Made a season-high three tackles in a victory over Hampton
 
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Myers Park High School in North Carolina
• Named to the 202-21 North Carolina vs. South Carolina Shrine Bowl roster
• Third Team All-Charlotte Observer as a safety his junior year
• Credited with 44 tackles, 6.0 tackles-for-loss and two interceptions his junior season
• Scored two touchdowns in high school on an interception and fumble recovery