Indiana is slated to have one of the top guards in the class of 2025 on campus. Junior 5-star Meleek Thomas is planning to take an official visit to IU, national analyst Rob Cassidy of Rivals is reporting. “I want to go take more official visits,” Thomas told Cassidy, who has already been to Pitt, Auburn, Kentucky, Penn State, and others. “I’m going to take officials to UConn, Arkansas, and Indiana.” Thomas has already been on multiple unofficial visits to Bloomington in 2022, including when Indiana hosted North Carolina. “The atmosphere is crazy there. It’s (Bloomington) a basketball town,” he…
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Two former Hoosiers signed training camp deals with the New York Giants, while another was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks. One-year wide receiver DeQuece Carter and veteran long-snapper Sean Wracher will both be with the Giants for training camp. After transferring in from Fordham following the 2022 season, Carter appeared in all 12 IU games in 2023 with three starts. Carter caught 27 passes for 395 yards and three TDs on the year for Indiana. His 90-yard receiving touchdown at Penn State (10/28) was the third longest passing play in IU history and fifth longest play from scrimmage in program…
As Indiana shows interest in transfer portal prospects we’ll provide a quick profile with our transfer portal names to know series. Of course we’ll cover prospects more if things progress beyond initial interest. Next up is in Clemson guard Alex Hemenway, who hails from Newburgh, Ind. Hemenway was with Clemson since the beginning of the 2019-20 season. Over the course of five seasons, he averaged 5.3 points and made 25 starts in 95 appearances. The 6-foot-4 guard is best known for his ability from beyond the arc, shooting 42.9% from 3-point range throughout his career with the Tigers. He shot…
Former IU football defensive end Andre Carter will get his shot to make an NFL roster. The honorable mention All-Big Ten performer signed a free agent deal with Jacksonville on Saturday following the NFL Draft. Carter was among the most disruptive defensive linemen in the Big Ten and finished his one season on campus with 49 tackles, 11.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks. Per Pro Football Focus, Carter ranked No. 8 in the Big Ten in total pressures (sacks, hits and hurries) at 32 and his 697 total snaps played were No. 4 among Big Ten defensive linemen. Former…
Former Indiana linebacker Aaron Casey didn’t get drafted, but he has signed a free agent deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. The All-Big Ten performer met with the AFC North franchise earlier in the week. Now he’ll try to follow in the footsteps of several recent IU linebackers who have seen the field in the NFL. Casey was among the nation’s best at the linebacker position with 109 tackles on the 2023 season, which included a Big Ten-best 20.0 tackles for loss – a total that ranked No. 2 in the FBS at the end of the regular season. The only…
Watch below as The Daily Hoosier caught up with priority IU basketball recruiting target Braylon Mullins on Saturday in Westfield, Ind. The 6-foot-5 Mullins is a consensus 4-star and top-100 recruit in the 2025 class. Mullins averaged 25 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 3.2 steals per game for Greenfield Central H.S. (Greenfield, Ind.) this season. He shot 56% from the field overall, including 43% from three on 142 attempts. To see Mullins’ 2023-24 junior season highlights, GO HERE. https://youtu.be/f93KkquCPuE For complete coverage of IU basketball recruiting, GO HERE. The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly”…
IU football picked up a commitment from a class of 2025 top-40 cornerback on Friday evening. 6-foot-1 and 173-pound Chris McCorkle announced his commitment to Indiana on his social media pages. The Hoosiers offered him in January, and McCorkle has scheduled an official visit to Indiana on May 31. The Sarasota, Fla. (Cardinal Mooney H.S.) product plays both sides of the ball in high school. He posted 13 receptions for 371 yards and seven TDs on offense, and added 37 tackles, nine interceptions and 15 pass break-ups on defense. According to the On3 Industry Average, McCorkle is a 3-star, the…
Luke Goode will follow in the footsteps of his father and uncles. The 6-foot-7 Illinois wing announced he is transferring to Indiana. Goode immediately gives IU a potent three-point shooting threat on the perimeter. In 20.1 minutes per game in 2023-24, Goode averaged 5.7 points and 3.6 rebounds per contest for the Illini. His shooting splits were 45.5% from two, 38.9% from three, and 65.2% from the foul line. Goode ranked first on the Fighting Illini in 3-point percentage and second in 3-pointers made (61). For his three-year college career, Goode has made 38.8% of his three-point shots on 219…
As Indiana shows interest in transfer portal prospects we’ll provide a quick profile with our transfer portal names to know series. Of course we’ll cover prospects more if things progress beyond initial interest. Next up is Monmouth center Nikita Konstantynovskyi. Konstantynovskyi told The Daily Hoosier he’s had multiple conversations with Indiana recently. With three scholarships still open, the frontcourt is still an area of need for the 2024-25 season. The 6-foot-10 and 245-pound Konstantynovskyi is coming off his most productive season of college basketball — his lone season at Monmouth. He started in 32 of 33 games this past season…
Indiana nabbed a perimeter sniper familiar with the Big Ten from the transfer portal on Thursday evening. Former Penn State guard Shay Ciezki announced on her Instagram page she’s headed to Bloomington. The 5-foot-7 Ciezki spent her first two years of college with Penn State. In 2023-24, she averaged 11.5 points, 2.4 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game. Her shooting splits were 42.3% overall, 36.8% from three and 90.2% from the free throw line. Ciezki was named honorable mention All-Big Ten. The Buffalo, N.Y. product was Penn State’s top option at guard during her two seasons in Happy Valley. As…