Indiana has multiple elite weapons at its offensive skill positions, and that was recognized on a national stage on Friday. Each of Michael Penix, Jr., Stevie Scott and Whop Philyor were included on the prestigious Maxwell Award preseason watch list. The Maxwell Award recognizes the most outstanding player in college football after each season. IU legend Anthony Thompson won the award after his senior season in 1989. Below are the other preseason watch lists that other Indiana players have been named to this summer. Tiawan Mullen – Bednarik Stevie Scott – Doak Walker Whop Philyor – Biletnikoff Peyton Hendershot –…
Author: Mike Schumann
During each offseason The Daily Hoosier plays coaching staff for a day and examines the IU roster for playing time. Now that the 2020-21 roster is set and team activities are well underway, it is time to allocate the minutes for the upcoming season. Head coach Archie Miller has indicated a preference for not utilizing the 13 permitted scholarship players, and for the second season in a row that will be the case in Bloomington. IU will have 11 players on a free ride for 2020-21, and that makes our job a bit easier. Miller has generally used a rotation…
Former IU basketball star Eric Gordon’s twelfth season in the NBA has been like no other. The Indianapolis native dealt with injuries prior to the pandemic, and the time off has allowed him to get healthy and transform his physique. He discusses all of that and Houston’s chance to win the NBA title in the bubble in Orlando. Gordon is averaging 14.5 points per game in 28.5 minutes of action thus far for the 2019-20 campaign. Houston will begin play on July 31 against Dallas in Orlando. See more former Hoosiers discuss the NBA’s resumption of play: Romeo Langford Thomas…
Indiana added talent to its defensive backfield on Thursday night. Ellenwood, Georgia based safety Jordan Grier has verbally committed to play football at IU. Grier broke the news on his Twitter page. https://twitter.com/TreGrier/status/1286428623503798272?s=20 The 6-foot and 185 pound Grier chose Indiana over a list of schools that included Kansas, Kansas State, Pittsburgh, Appalachian State, Charlotte, East Carolina, Memphis, and South Florida. In total he had more than 20 offers. Grier recorded 56 tackles and he returned four interceptions for touchdowns as a junior for Cedar Grove. The Saints went 13-2 and won the Georgia AAA State Championship in 2019. Grier’s…
Indiana offensive lineman Harry Crider is on the watch list for the prestigious Wuerffel Trophy. The Wuerffel Trophy honors college football players who have made a positive impact through community service. Crider joins the following IU players on preseason watch lists: Tiawan Mullen – Bednarik Stevie Scott – Doak Walker Whop Philyor – Biletnikoff Peyton Hendershot – John Mackey Below is the full release from IU Athletics on iuhoosiers.com, including more on Crider’s role in the community. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Wuerffel Trophy announced its Watch List today and Indiana senior offensive lineman Harry Crider is one of 114 honorees.…
A strange and stressful pandemic journey for minor league baseball players is turning into a momentous occasion for a former IU pitcher. Left-hander Caleb Baragar has made the San Francisco Giants opening day roster as Major League Baseball gets set to kick-off its long awaited 2020 season. This is Baragar’s first appearance on an MLB roster after spending four seasons in the minor leagues. Baragar was a late addition to the Giants’ 60-man roster and seemed like a long shot to make the opening day squad. But a couple strong exhibition outings were enough to convince the Giants to keep…
Watch as former Indiana star OG Anunoby discusses his time off during the pandemic and the resumption of NBA action later this month. In his third season in the league, Anunoby is putting up career best numbers across the board. The 6-foot-8 wing is averaging 10.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.4 steals and .7 blocks in 30.1 minutes of action per contest. Anunoby is shooting 50.7 from the field overall and 38.1 percent from behind the three-point arc. Toronto will begin play on August 1 against the Lakers in Orlando. See more former Hoosiers discuss the NBA’s resumption of…
National recruiting service 247Sports released their latest class of 2022 basketball recruiting rankings on Wednesday. Below we highlight where Indiana targets and prospects landed in the updated look at the class that reflects some AAU summer evaluation as well as prioritization by college coaches. The names mentioned below range from players that Indiana is keeping an eye on to those that they have offered and are recruiting heavily. Note: These are 247Sports’ own in-house rankings and not the industry aggregated 247Sports Composite. To see the complete 247Sports’ 2022 rankings, GO HERE. To compare to Rivals’ top 150 released in early…
The latest piece of Indiana’s 2020-21 non-conference schedule emerged on Wednesday. But the larger question remains — will Indiana play a non-conference schedule this winter? The D1 Docket obtained public records that indicate IU will host Western Michigan on Nov. 13 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. https://twitter.com/TheD1Docket/status/1285989326963318786 The Big Ten recently announced that it canceled all 2020 football non-conference games, but that ruling does not apply to men’s basketball. In a recent interview, IU head coach Archie Miller seemed to imply a preference for a conference only schedule for basketball as well. “Everything is a moving part,…
Former IU forward Noah Vonleh took a few questions with the media as he prepares to participate in the NBA’s resumption of play later this month in Orlando. Vonleh was dealt midseason to the Denver Nuggets, a team that currently stands third in the Western Conference standings. The Nuggets are Vonleh’s sixth team in six NBA seasons. For the 2019-20 season, Vonleh is averaging 3.8 points and 3.7 rebounds in 11 minutes per contest. While the 2013-14 season wasn’t a memorable year for the IU program, Vonleh certainly made his mark in Bloomington. On his way to Big Ten Freshman…