Author: Mike Schumann

Depending on personnel groupings, Indiana can play three safeties at once — free, strong and rover.  And as of Thursday morning they only have five safeties projected on the 2025 roster.  So there is a clear need on the backend of the defense going forward, both for starters and depth. The Hoosiers do have 10 players at cornerback right now for 2025, and some of the roles are interchangeable, especially rover.  So there could be moves made from within to balance things out. Indiana has one starter returning at safety in 2025, and that player, Amare Ferrell, is very versatile. …

Indiana made a major addition to their wide receiver room on Christmas Eve. Appalachian State wideout Makai Jackson has signed with the Hoosiers for 2025 according to multiple reports. As a junior for the Mountaineers in 2024, Jackson finished with 46 catches for 745 yards and five touchdowns.  He earned third-team All-Sun Belt Conference. In two seasons with Appalachian State, Makai Jackson amassed 73 catches for 1,163 yards and seven touchdowns. He also ran five times for 90 yards and a score.  He had five catches for 49 yards against Curt Cignetti and James Madison in 2023. A product of…

Indiana will have brothers in their quarterback room next year. And IU almost certainly has their starting QB for the 2025 season. According to multiple reports, Fernando Mendoza has committed to the Hoosiers.  He’ll join his brother, freshman quarterback Alberto Mendoza in Bloomington next month. ESPN’s Pete Thamel appeared to be the first to break the news. Mendoza was one of the top overall players available in the portal.  He also considered Missouri, Georgia, UCLA, and others.  He took visits to at least IU, Missouri and Georgia over the past couple weeks. While leading Cal to a 6-6 season, the…

IU football has not seen a player selected in the NFL Draft for two years. That run of futility was preceded by them having at least one player selected every year from 2014-2022. It looks like a new streak will begin in 2025, as several Hoosiers have the potential to be chosen by an NFL franchise in April. ESPN’s Matt Miller projects as many as five IU players could be selected in next spring’s draft.  Here’s how Miller suggested that might go for the Hoosiers: Round 3: DE Mikail Kamara Round 4: QB Kurtis Rourke Round 6: DT CJ West…

Indiana has solidified its running back room for the 2025 season. According to multiple reports, Maryland transfer Roman Hemby will play for the Hoosiers next season. Hemby led the Terps in 2024 in carries (134), rushing yards (607) and touchdown runs (six). He also caught 40 passes for 273 yards and one score. Over four seasons at Maryland, Hemby played in 42 games and amassed 2,347 yards on the ground with 22 touchdowns. He averaged 4.9 yards per carry.  He has also caught 112 passes for 921 passing yards and five touchdowns.  Hemby is eighth all-time in Maryland program history…

The unquestioned leader of Indiana’s defense is coming back for his senior year season. Linebacker Aiden Fisher announced on social media Sunday evening “More work to be done. Run it back,” signaling his intent to utilize his final year of eligibility in Bloomington. Named a FWAA first-team All-American and first-team All-Big Ten, Fisher led the team and ranked third in the Big Ten in total tackles at 108 stops on the season.  He started all 12 games and chipped in eight-plus tackles in eight games on the season, with four double-digit tackle games.  He had 4.0 tackles for loss, 1.5…

Upton Sinclair wrote that “it is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” One-by-one they’ve lined up on the national airwaves and on social media, and took turns wasting your time with absurd takes. Captive to their masters at Disney, parent company of ESPN and ABC, (Read: Networks not part of the Big Ten’s media rights deal), we’ve heard one nauseating claim after another how an 11-1 team from the Big Ten wasn’t supposed to be in the 12-team College Football Playoff. Say what? It started during the live broadcast,…

The quest for a convincing basketball game continues. Indiana fell behind by seven with 12:42 left in the first half before eventually grinding their way to a 41-38 halftime lead.  The Hoosiers started the second half strong, outscoring the Mocs 20-10 out of halftime.  But they went cold and let Chattanooga back within four on multiple occasions in the final few minutes before finally closing things out. Let’s take a deeper look at how IU won 74-65 with our latest edition of The Report Card. Indiana (9-3, 1-1) will have the week off before hosting Winthrop next Sunday. COACHING (D)…

Indiana’s historic run to the College Football Playoff would not have happened without a good start by backup quarterback Tayven Jackson against Washington. But Jackson hasn’t been able to carve out a consistent role in two years at IU, and he’s back in the transfer portal according to multiple reports.  On3’s Pete Nakos was the first to report it. A product of Greenwood, Ind. and the younger brother of Trayce Jackson-Davis, Jackson transferred to Indiana following the 2022 season after starting his college career at Tennessee. After Kurtis Rourke suffered a broken thumb, Jackson completed 11-of-19 passes against Washington for…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana defeated Chattanooga on Saturday afternoon at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall by a final score of 74-65. The Hoosiers led 41-38 at halftime.  They were led in the game by Malik Reneau and Mackenzie Mgbako, with 14 points apiece. The three keys to the game, highlights, and final stats are below. Indiana (9-3) will return to action on Dec. 29 against Winthrop. Watch: Woodson, Reneau and Mgbako discuss win over Chattanooga THREE KEYS TO THE GAME 1. Defense improves after slow start.  Chattanooga started the game 11-of-19 from the field, and that led them to as much…