Myles Purchase
| Iowa State Cyclones – No. 5 | |
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| Position | Defensive back |
| Class | Senior |
| Major | Communication Studies |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Cherry Creek High School |
Myles Purchase is an American football cornerback for the Iowa State Cyclones.
Early life and high school
[edit]Purchase attended Cherry Creek High School located in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Coming out of high school, Purchase was rated as a three-star recruit, where he committed to play college football for the Iowa State Cyclones.[1][2]
College career
[edit]During Purchase's first collegiate season in 2021, he appeared in all 13 games for the Cyclones, where he notched 13 tackles with a half tackle being for a loss, and a pass deflection.[3][4] Heading into the 2022 season, Purchase earned a starting spot in the Cyclones secondary.[5] During Purchase's first two seasons as a starter in 2022 and 2023, he totaled 97 tackles with seven being for a loss, a sack, 18 pass deflections, and a forced fumble in 25 games.[6][7][8] In week ten of the 2024 season, Purchase recorded his first career interception, in a loss versus the Texas Tech Red Raiders.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Saunders, Patrick. "Meet all-everything Cherry Creek star Myles Purchase: "There are very few things that he can't do"". The Denver Post. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ Stansburry, Jared. "RECRUITING: Cyclones land CO defensive back Myles Purchase". CycloneFanatic. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Myles Purchase 2021 Game Logs". Sports Reference. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ Newman, Kyle. "Myles Purchase, Gunnar Helm and all the former Cherry Creek stars impacting the College Football Playoff race". The Denver Post. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ Hertel, Aylssa. "How Myles Purchase's competitive spirit earned him a starting spot on Iowa State's defense". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Myles Purchase". Sports Reference. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ Gray, Rob. "Iowa State senior CB Myles Purchase merges inner calm with a sense of ugency". The Gazette. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ Gray, Rob. "Iowa State's Myles Purchase hopes to build on strong finish to the season in the Liberty Bowl". The Gazette. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Iowa State corner Myles Purchase speaks after loss to Texas Tech". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved 9 November 2024.