CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Purdue’s 2021 Most Outstanding Wrestler
• Three-time Most Dominant Wrestler (2020, 2021, 2022)
• 2020 NWCA First Team All-America
• Four-time NCAA Championships 125-pound qualifier (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• Ranks second on Purdue career back points list (522)
• Finished No. 19 in program history with 96 career wins
• Tied for the No. 16 win percentage in program history at 96-37 (.722)
• Owns four spots on Purdue’s season record list for back points (No. 6: 156; 2019-20, No. 8: 120; 2017-18, No. 11: 114; 2018-19, No. 16: 90; 2021-22)
2021-22 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
• Went 19-6 in his final collegiate season, including a team-best 13-2 dual record and 6-2 conference dual mark.
• Qualified for his fourth career NCAA Championships, earning the No. 9 seed at 125 pounds.
• Ranked in every collegiate poll of the season, earning a season-high mark of No. 6 in the country via TheOpenMat.com, and securing top-10 national rankings in nine weeks.
• Finished with 27 career technical falls, the most by a Boilermaker since 2009.
• Posted 90 back points on the season, growing his career total to 522, good for second all-time at Purdue.
• Won his first 10 matches of the season, including six via bonus points.
• Took second at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Invitational, posting a 4-1 tournament record with a pair of technical falls.
• Scored decisive bonus points with a 16-1 technical fall in Purdue’s 18-15 team victory at No. 9 Nebraska.
• Knocked off No. 9 Patrick McKee 8-3 as Purdue secured its first win over Minnesota since 2004.
• Advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament, earning an automatic bid to NCAA’s before defaulting from the tournament and taking sixth place.
• Academic All-Big Ten
2020-21 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR#
• Stats
• Went 11-6 at 125 pounds, including a 6-3 dual record and an 8-6 mark against ranked opponents
• Ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation via The Open Mat, TrackWrestling and WIN Magazine, Purdue’s highest ranked individual since Christian Brunner rose to No. 2 at 197 in 2019-20
• Advanced to the Round of 12 at NCAA’s, moving into the championship quarterfinals before losing in the blood round, 5-4 to Wisconsin’s Eric Barnett
• Defeated No. 8 seed RayVon Foley in the second round 2-1, avenging a regular-season loss to the No. 8 ranked Spartan
• Finished as the Big Ten Championship runner-up at 125 pounds for the second straight season, marking the Boilermakers’ first two-time finalist since 2003-04 (Ryan Lange, 174)
• Had the lowest seed (No. 7) of any Boilermaker to reach the finals since Doug Withstandley advanced to the championship match at 141 pounds unseeded in 2004
• Posted Purdue’s highest ranked win of the season at the Big Ten Championships, taking out No. 6 Liam Cronin of Nebraska in the second round in sudden victory 3-1
• Increased his career technical fall total to 21, posting a 16-0 win over Northwestern’s Matt Vinci and an 18-0 win over Iowa’s Aaron Cashman
• Posted a dual-winning fall over Rutgers’ Nic Aguilar in the dual against the Scarlet Knights, sticking him in 4:29
• Wrestled 14 of his 17 matches against ranked opponents
• Ranked fourth on the team with 100 total points and third on the squad with 26 dual points
• Led the team with 42 back points
• Earned his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering
2019-20 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Stats (PDF)
• Named the inaugural recipient of the Purdue Wrestling Most Dominant Wrestler award
• Finished 26-5 overall at 125 pounds, good for the No. 17 single-season win percentage in program history (.839)
• Went 15-2 in dual competition, including a 7-2 conference dual mark
• Led the team with 15 bonus point wins, including nine technical falls
• Tied for fifth in NCAA Division I with eight technical falls against DI opponents
• Earned First Team All-America honors via the No. 5 seed at the NCAA Championships
• Was the 2020 Big Ten Runner-Up at 125 pounds, Purdue’s first conference finalist since 2010
• Led the Boilermakers in total points (299), dual team points (63) and back points (156)
• Earned a national ranking as high as No. 5 in the country at 125 from various ranking sources
• Opened the season with a third-place performance at the Michigan State Open, avenging his only loss of the tournament in the third-place match with a 5-3 decision over Penn’s Michael Colaiocco
• Posted the Boilermakers’ fastest technical fall of the season at MSU, needing 1:34 for an 18-0 victory over Ohio State’s Malik Heinselman
• Swept the Journeymen Northeast duals with two technical falls and a 10-2 major decision over No. 20 Brandon Courtney
• Took second at the Cliff Keen Last Vegas Invitational, advancing to the championship match with four wins, including a 6:03 fall over Courtney and a 6-2 decision over sixth-ranked Alex Mackall of Iowa State
• Opened the Big Ten dual schedule with an 11-2 major decision over No. 7 Michael DeAugustino of Northwestern in a road win over the No. 13 Wildcats
• Notched three straight bonus-point wins in conference matches against Maryland, Rutgers and Minnesota, posting an 18-0 technical fall of Brandon Cray in 3:40, topping No. 15 Nic Aguilar by major decision 11-2, and scoring a 20-5 technical fall over No. 14 Patrick McKee in 6:27
• Rallied from an 8-1 first-period deficit to earn a 9-8 decision over No. 15 Eric Barnett of Wisconsin
• Earned the No. 2 seed at the Big Ten Championships, where he posted a 15-0 technical fall over Nebraska’s Alex Thomsen and 6-0 victory over No. 12 DeAugustino in the semifinals
2018-19 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats
2017-18 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
Tournaments
• Placed second at Michigan State Open (11/5)
• Placed sixth at Navy Classic (11/18)
• Jim Koch Open 125-pound champion (12/2)
• Placed eighth at Midlands Championships (12/29-30)
• Greyhound Open 125-pound champion (1/28)
• Competed at U23 Freestyle World Team Trials at 57 kg (6/2-3)
Team Leader
• Technical falls (6), shutouts (7), fastest technical fall (1:18), points scored in a match (23), points scored in the first period (133), points per match (8.9), four-point nearfalls (27), back points (120), point differential (+142)
Season Notes
• Wrestled all but one match at 125 pounds ... filled in at 133 in one of his three dual appearances.
• Earned the No. 7 spot on Purdue’s top-20 record list for back points in a season with 120 (6 - 2NF, 27 - 4NF) ... scored back points in 16 of his 26 matches ... nine of his wins earned bonus points (3 MD, 6 TF) ... needed just 1:18 for an 18-0 technical fall against LIU Post’s Nick Conetta in his first career dual.
• Outscored his opponents 223-81 for the highest point differential on the team at +142 ... held opponents to a team-low 3.1 points per match.
• Had four wins over 2018 NCAA qualifiers (Ryan Millhof, Arizona State - 12-2; Ibrahim Bunduka, George Mason - 8-0; Christian Moody, Oklahoma - 7-1; and Michael McGee, Old Dominion - 8-1) ... had narrow losses to two-time All-American and 2015 runner-up Zeke Moisey of West Virginia (7-2) and All-American Sebastian Rivera of Northwestern (3-1) ... Moody was ranked 20th when Schroder beat him at the Michigan State Open ... also beat No. 18 Johnny Jimenez of Wisconsin (7-2; Michigan State Open).
• Closed out the season by winning the Greyhound Open ... won first three matches by technical fall to become the first Boilermaker to have three or more consecutive technical falls since Logan Brown had four on Dec. 20, 2009.
• Major decisioned a pair of top-10 seeded wrestlers at Midlands: No. 4 Ryan Millhof of Arizona State (12-2) and Minnesota’s seventh-seeded Steve Polakowski (10-0) ... Millhof was ranked 14th nationally.
• Won six straight matches spanning the Jim Koch Open and Midlands, including a pair of technical falls and a pair of major decisions.
• Met teammate Luke Welch in the Michigan State Open finals and the seventh-place match at Midlands.
2016-17 / AS A FRESHMAN
Season Notes
• Redshirted
• Competed at 125 pounds at Eastern Michigan Open (unattached) (11/5)
• Placed fourth at 125 pounds at Northern Iowa Open (unattached) (12/3)
• Purple Raider Open 125-pound champion (unattached) (1/15)
• Greyhound Open 125-pound champion (unattached) (2/5)
• Competed at UWW Junior Men’s Freestyle Junior National Championships at 55 kg (5/28)
• Competed in freestyle at University Nationals at 57 kg (6/4)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Ranked as the No. 10 120-pounder by WIN Magazine, 11th by FloWrestling and No. 17 by InterMat ... listed as the No. 99 overall recruit of 2016 by FloWrestling.
• Three-time Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 state champion ... won back-to-back titles at 119 pounds in 2014 and 2015, was the 112-pound champ in 2013.
• Outscored first three opponents of 2016 MHSAA tournament 40-3 with technical falls in the first round and semifinals at 119 pounds ... used less than 4:30 to register both technical falls (1:53, 2:34) ... had a decision in the quarterfinals ... dropped a 6-4 sudden victory heartbreaker in the finals.
• 2016 Michigan Grappler High School Dream Team second team selection.
• High school record of 189-7 (53-0, 44-4, 47-1, 45-2).
• Two-time FloNationals finalist at 113 pounds ... won the title in 2014, was runner-up in 2015.
• Placed eighth at 120 pounds at 2015 Super 32 Challenge.
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Devin James-Allen Schroder
• Major: Industrial engineering
• Minor: Management
• Birthday: July 14, 1997
• City Born: Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Parents: Brian and Jennifer
• Siblings: Two younger brothers, Chase and Dawson
• Notes: Father wrestled at Grand Valley State University ... high school teammate of former Boilermaker Nate Limmex
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• Purdue’s 2021 Most Outstanding Wrestler
• Three-time Most Dominant Wrestler (2020, 2021, 2022)
• 2020 NWCA First Team All-America
• Four-time NCAA Championships 125-pound qualifier (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
• Ranks second on Purdue career back points list (522)
• Finished No. 19 in program history with 96 career wins
• Tied for the No. 16 win percentage in program history at 96-37 (.722)
• Owns four spots on Purdue’s season record list for back points (No. 6: 156; 2019-20, No. 8: 120; 2017-18, No. 11: 114; 2018-19, No. 16: 90; 2021-22)
2021-22 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
• Went 19-6 in his final collegiate season, including a team-best 13-2 dual record and 6-2 conference dual mark.
• Qualified for his fourth career NCAA Championships, earning the No. 9 seed at 125 pounds.
• Ranked in every collegiate poll of the season, earning a season-high mark of No. 6 in the country via TheOpenMat.com, and securing top-10 national rankings in nine weeks.
• Finished with 27 career technical falls, the most by a Boilermaker since 2009.
• Posted 90 back points on the season, growing his career total to 522, good for second all-time at Purdue.
• Won his first 10 matches of the season, including six via bonus points.
• Took second at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Invitational, posting a 4-1 tournament record with a pair of technical falls.
• Scored decisive bonus points with a 16-1 technical fall in Purdue’s 18-15 team victory at No. 9 Nebraska.
• Knocked off No. 9 Patrick McKee 8-3 as Purdue secured its first win over Minnesota since 2004.
• Advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament, earning an automatic bid to NCAA’s before defaulting from the tournament and taking sixth place.
• Academic All-Big Ten
2020-21 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR#
• Stats
• Went 11-6 at 125 pounds, including a 6-3 dual record and an 8-6 mark against ranked opponents
• Ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation via The Open Mat, TrackWrestling and WIN Magazine, Purdue’s highest ranked individual since Christian Brunner rose to No. 2 at 197 in 2019-20
• Advanced to the Round of 12 at NCAA’s, moving into the championship quarterfinals before losing in the blood round, 5-4 to Wisconsin’s Eric Barnett
• Defeated No. 8 seed RayVon Foley in the second round 2-1, avenging a regular-season loss to the No. 8 ranked Spartan
• Finished as the Big Ten Championship runner-up at 125 pounds for the second straight season, marking the Boilermakers’ first two-time finalist since 2003-04 (Ryan Lange, 174)
• Had the lowest seed (No. 7) of any Boilermaker to reach the finals since Doug Withstandley advanced to the championship match at 141 pounds unseeded in 2004
• Posted Purdue’s highest ranked win of the season at the Big Ten Championships, taking out No. 6 Liam Cronin of Nebraska in the second round in sudden victory 3-1
• Increased his career technical fall total to 21, posting a 16-0 win over Northwestern’s Matt Vinci and an 18-0 win over Iowa’s Aaron Cashman
• Posted a dual-winning fall over Rutgers’ Nic Aguilar in the dual against the Scarlet Knights, sticking him in 4:29
• Wrestled 14 of his 17 matches against ranked opponents
• Ranked fourth on the team with 100 total points and third on the squad with 26 dual points
• Led the team with 42 back points
• Earned his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering
2019-20 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
• Stats (PDF)
• Named the inaugural recipient of the Purdue Wrestling Most Dominant Wrestler award
• Finished 26-5 overall at 125 pounds, good for the No. 17 single-season win percentage in program history (.839)
• Went 15-2 in dual competition, including a 7-2 conference dual mark
• Led the team with 15 bonus point wins, including nine technical falls
• Tied for fifth in NCAA Division I with eight technical falls against DI opponents
• Earned First Team All-America honors via the No. 5 seed at the NCAA Championships
• Was the 2020 Big Ten Runner-Up at 125 pounds, Purdue’s first conference finalist since 2010
• Led the Boilermakers in total points (299), dual team points (63) and back points (156)
• Earned a national ranking as high as No. 5 in the country at 125 from various ranking sources
• Opened the season with a third-place performance at the Michigan State Open, avenging his only loss of the tournament in the third-place match with a 5-3 decision over Penn’s Michael Colaiocco
• Posted the Boilermakers’ fastest technical fall of the season at MSU, needing 1:34 for an 18-0 victory over Ohio State’s Malik Heinselman
• Swept the Journeymen Northeast duals with two technical falls and a 10-2 major decision over No. 20 Brandon Courtney
• Took second at the Cliff Keen Last Vegas Invitational, advancing to the championship match with four wins, including a 6:03 fall over Courtney and a 6-2 decision over sixth-ranked Alex Mackall of Iowa State
• Opened the Big Ten dual schedule with an 11-2 major decision over No. 7 Michael DeAugustino of Northwestern in a road win over the No. 13 Wildcats
• Notched three straight bonus-point wins in conference matches against Maryland, Rutgers and Minnesota, posting an 18-0 technical fall of Brandon Cray in 3:40, topping No. 15 Nic Aguilar by major decision 11-2, and scoring a 20-5 technical fall over No. 14 Patrick McKee in 6:27
• Rallied from an 8-1 first-period deficit to earn a 9-8 decision over No. 15 Eric Barnett of Wisconsin
• Earned the No. 2 seed at the Big Ten Championships, where he posted a 15-0 technical fall over Nebraska’s Alex Thomsen and 6-0 victory over No. 12 DeAugustino in the semifinals
2018-19 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Stats
Tournaments
• Placed third at 125 pounds at Princeton Open (11/4)
• Placed fourth at Journeymen Collegiate Classic 125-pound A draw (11/11)
• Placed eighth at 125 pounds at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational as the No. 7 seed (11/30)
• Placed eighth at 125 pounds at Big Ten Championships as the No. 9 seed (3/9-10)
• Competed at 125 pounds at NCAA Championships as the No. 17 seed (3/21-22)
Team Leader
Team Leader
• Major decisions (6), points scored in the first period (130), first period point differential (+80), four-point nearfalls (26), back points (114); tied for team lead in bonus point wins (11; 6 MD, 4 TF, 1 F)
Career Highs Set
Career Highs Set
• Total wins (21), ranked opponent wins (5), decisions (10), major decisions (6), bonus point wins (11; 6 MD, 4 TF, 1 F), winning streak (7), times score first (15), points scored in the second (57) and third (43) periods, riding time (31:55), reversals (4), riding time points (8), total points scored (234)
Season Notes
Season Notes
• Went 2-2 at first NCAA Championships ... won a pair of matches in wrestlebacks ... put up bonus points in a 12-4 major decision over Army’s No. 33 Trey Chalifoux ... tilted his way past No. 15 Elijah Oliver of Indiana to win 9-4 in the second round of wrestlebacks.
• Bowed out following 4-2 (SV1) loss to No. 10 Brent Fleetwood of North Dakota State ... an escape and a locked hands called allowed Schroder to go up 2-1, but a point for Fleetwood’s 1:26 of riding time pushed the match into sudden victory ... the Bison’s winning takedown of Schroder came 19 seconds in.
• Secured automatic bid to NCAA Championships with 10-4 upset of seventh-seeded Zeke Moisey of Nebraska ... Schroder stormed back from a four-point nearfall by the Husker in the second period with back-to-back reversals and a four-point nearfall of his own.
• Went 2-3 at Big Ten Championships to place eighth ... opened the tournament with a commanding 13-5 major decision over eighth-seeded Malik Heinselman of Ohio State in his first match since Feb. 10.
• Both of Schroder’s wins at Big Tens were over ranked opponents: No. 18 Heinselman and No. 17 Moisey.
• Missed last four duals due to injury.
• One of two Boilermakers to surpass 100 points scored in the first period (130) ... has surpassed over 200 total points scored in back-to-back seasons.
• Team leader with five dual bouts resulting in bonus points (3 MD, 2 TF) ... six of first 11 matches were with bonus points (2 MD, 3 TF, 1 F) ... second consecutive season with at least half of his wins coming with bonus points.
• Went undefeated in January to build a 5-0 mark in Big Ten duals.
• Owns a pair of wins against Gabe Townsell of Stanford ... took a 4-2 (SV1) decision in the Princeton Open quarterfinals ... a five-point second period lifted Schroder to an 11-7 place-clinching victory in Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational wrestlebacks.
• Recorded first pin of his career by sticking Trey Chalifoux of Army in 6:10 in the opening bout of the Journeymen Collegiate Classic ... Schroder medically forfeited his last two matches to place fourth.
2017-18 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Stats
Tournaments
• Placed second at Michigan State Open (11/5)
• Placed sixth at Navy Classic (11/18)
• Jim Koch Open 125-pound champion (12/2)
• Placed eighth at Midlands Championships (12/29-30)
• Greyhound Open 125-pound champion (1/28)
• Competed at U23 Freestyle World Team Trials at 57 kg (6/2-3)
Team Leader
• Technical falls (6), shutouts (7), fastest technical fall (1:18), points scored in a match (23), points scored in the first period (133), points per match (8.9), four-point nearfalls (27), back points (120), point differential (+142)
Season Notes
• Wrestled all but one match at 125 pounds ... filled in at 133 in one of his three dual appearances.
• Earned the No. 7 spot on Purdue’s top-20 record list for back points in a season with 120 (6 - 2NF, 27 - 4NF) ... scored back points in 16 of his 26 matches ... nine of his wins earned bonus points (3 MD, 6 TF) ... needed just 1:18 for an 18-0 technical fall against LIU Post’s Nick Conetta in his first career dual.
• Outscored his opponents 223-81 for the highest point differential on the team at +142 ... held opponents to a team-low 3.1 points per match.
• Had four wins over 2018 NCAA qualifiers (Ryan Millhof, Arizona State - 12-2; Ibrahim Bunduka, George Mason - 8-0; Christian Moody, Oklahoma - 7-1; and Michael McGee, Old Dominion - 8-1) ... had narrow losses to two-time All-American and 2015 runner-up Zeke Moisey of West Virginia (7-2) and All-American Sebastian Rivera of Northwestern (3-1) ... Moody was ranked 20th when Schroder beat him at the Michigan State Open ... also beat No. 18 Johnny Jimenez of Wisconsin (7-2; Michigan State Open).
• Closed out the season by winning the Greyhound Open ... won first three matches by technical fall to become the first Boilermaker to have three or more consecutive technical falls since Logan Brown had four on Dec. 20, 2009.
• Major decisioned a pair of top-10 seeded wrestlers at Midlands: No. 4 Ryan Millhof of Arizona State (12-2) and Minnesota’s seventh-seeded Steve Polakowski (10-0) ... Millhof was ranked 14th nationally.
• Won six straight matches spanning the Jim Koch Open and Midlands, including a pair of technical falls and a pair of major decisions.
• Met teammate Luke Welch in the Michigan State Open finals and the seventh-place match at Midlands.
2016-17 / AS A FRESHMAN
Season Notes
• Redshirted
• Competed at 125 pounds at Eastern Michigan Open (unattached) (11/5)
• Placed fourth at 125 pounds at Northern Iowa Open (unattached) (12/3)
• Purple Raider Open 125-pound champion (unattached) (1/15)
• Greyhound Open 125-pound champion (unattached) (2/5)
• Competed at UWW Junior Men’s Freestyle Junior National Championships at 55 kg (5/28)
• Competed in freestyle at University Nationals at 57 kg (6/4)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Ranked as the No. 10 120-pounder by WIN Magazine, 11th by FloWrestling and No. 17 by InterMat ... listed as the No. 99 overall recruit of 2016 by FloWrestling.
• Three-time Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 state champion ... won back-to-back titles at 119 pounds in 2014 and 2015, was the 112-pound champ in 2013.
• Outscored first three opponents of 2016 MHSAA tournament 40-3 with technical falls in the first round and semifinals at 119 pounds ... used less than 4:30 to register both technical falls (1:53, 2:34) ... had a decision in the quarterfinals ... dropped a 6-4 sudden victory heartbreaker in the finals.
• 2016 Michigan Grappler High School Dream Team second team selection.
• High school record of 189-7 (53-0, 44-4, 47-1, 45-2).
• Two-time FloNationals finalist at 113 pounds ... won the title in 2014, was runner-up in 2015.
• Placed eighth at 120 pounds at 2015 Super 32 Challenge.
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Devin James-Allen Schroder
• Major: Industrial engineering
• Minor: Management
• Birthday: July 14, 1997
• City Born: Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Parents: Brian and Jennifer
• Siblings: Two younger brothers, Chase and Dawson
• Notes: Father wrestled at Grand Valley State University ... high school teammate of former Boilermaker Nate Limmex
# - Student-athlete's eligibility may have been impacted by NCAA Legislative Actions concerning COVID-19