Biography
• At Navy: Enters the fall listed as the starter at left guard ...has started 19 games during his career (0 Fr // 6 So // 13 Jr), including each of the last 18 ...was selected to wear David Forney’s #68 this year ... will be a leader on the offensive line this fall ... has earned 2 varsity letters.
• 2024: Garnered Honorable Mention All-AAC recognition ... member of Navy’s starting offensive line unit that was named to the Joe Moore Awards’ Midseason Honor Roll ... helped pave the way for Navy to score 31 points in its win over Army, the second-most points scored against the Black Knights this season ... also allowed Blake Horvath to become the first Navy QB to rush (196) and pass (107) for over 100 yards against Army since Keenan Reynolds did it in 2015 with 163 yards rushing and 113 yards passing ... additionally, Horvath accounted for 4 touchdowns against the Black Knights, the most TDs responsible for by a Navy player since Dec. 7, 2002, when Craig Candeto rushed for 6 TDs and passed for another in a 58-12 route over Army ... Navy amassed 458 yards of total offense (293R / 165P) at East Carolina, the 3rd most this season ... under the line’s protection, Eli Heidenreich became the first Navy player in program history with 100 yards rushing and receiving in the same game, as the Mids defeated Air Force in Colorado Springs for the first time since 2012 ... Navy’s line paved the way for the Mids to score 38 or more points in their first 4 games for the first time in program history ... Navy’s 143 combined points in its first-3 games (49 Bucknell / 38 Temple / 56 Memphis) are the most by the Mids since 1918 when they scored 150 points ... made a spectacular block that sprung teammate Eli Heidenreich free for a 74-yard touchdown at UAB ... against Memphis, Navy racked up 566 yards of total offense (361R / 205P), the 29th most in program history and the most since Nov. 1, 2019, when the Mids totaled 573 yards (408R / 165P) against UConn ... led an offensive line that allowed Navy to amass 438 total yards (264R / 173P) in the opener against Bucknell ... it marked the most yards by the Mids since their 510-yard day against SMU on Oct. 14, 2022 ... additionally, it was the first time Navy has thrown 3 touchdowns in a game since Nov. 2, 2017 (3 vs. Temple).
• 2023: A starter in 6 of the 12 games in which he played ... part of an offensive line that allowed QB Xavier Arline (10-11, 90.2) to break the school record for single-game completion percentage (min. 10 completions) against East Carolina, a mark that was previously held by Marco Pagnanelli, who completed 88.2 percent (15-17) of his passes against Duke on Oct. 2, 1982 ... with 331 yards rushing against North Texas, the line helped allow Navy to rush for over 300 yards for the first time since the 2022 SMU contest (Oct. 14 / 372 yards) ... part of an offensive line that allowed Navy to throw for 163 yards against Wagner, the most since the Mids threw for 239 yards against SMU on Oct. 31, 2020 ... made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ opener against Notre Dame where he also earned the start.
• 2022: Did not see any varsity action.
• High School / Personal: A 2021 graduate of Bishop Carroll Catholic High School in Wichita, Kan., Purvis attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2021-22 academic year ... three-sport athlete who earned letters in football (3), track & field (3) and wrestling (2) ... three-time All-City performer, who earned First-Team All-Metro and First-Team All-State (Kan.) as a senior ... a state qualifier in wrestling his senior year ... grandfather, John Purvis, attended Kansas State where he was a four-year member of the baseball team ... father, Kent, attended Kansas where he was a member of the football team for one year ... brother, Hank, who played at UNLV in 2024, opted to transfer to Purdue for the 2025 campaign ... son of Kent and Maggie Purvis ... majoring in general science.
