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IU football: A position-by-position look at what we know about the 2025 roster (UPDATED)
A second college football transfer portal window is set to begin April 16-25, and that lines up with IU concluding ...
Watch: IU football special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Grant Cain
Watch as IU football special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Grant Cain joined Rhett Lewis on the Under the ...
IU doesn’t tackle in spring football, prioritizing fundamentals and safety
As player safety measures in football have become increasingly prevalent and important in recent years, tackling outside of games has ...
Indiana OL Austin Barrett to enter transfer portal
Indiana offensive lineman Austin Barrett is entering the transfer portal, he announced on social media Friday. View this post on ...
Watch: IU football RB Kaelon Black spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football running back Kaelon Black met with the media this week in connection with the program's spring ...
Consistency is the next step for Indiana receiver Omar Cooper Jr.
After a breakout 2024 season, Omar Cooper Jr. is eyeing continued progression with Indiana football. The Indianapolis native took a ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti gives update one week ahead of spring game
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media on Thursday in Bloomington. Cignetti took questions as the ...
Watch: IU football RB Lee Beebe, Jr. spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football redshirt junior running back Lee Beebe, Jr. met with the media this week in connection with ...
IU Football: A look at the program’s known future opponents through 2031
LATEST UPDATE: Delaware announced a 2028 game at Bloomington Below are all of the known games on the future slate ...
RB Roman Hemby noticed better IU football offense, culture, fans….everything in 2024
Roman Hemby arrived at Maryland in 2021, right after Tom Allen led IU through two of their best seasons in ...
Watch: IU football RB Roman Hemby spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football running back Roman Hemby met with the media on Tuesday in Bloomington as the program continues ...
Hoosier Sounds: IU football OT Carter Smith on the Hoosiers Connect podcast
Watch as IU football offensive tackle Carter Smith joined the Hoosiers Connect podcast. Former IU women's basketball player Sydney Parrish ...
Watch: IU football defensive lineman Tyrique Tucker spring media Q&A
Watch as IU football interior defensive lineman Tyrique Tucker met with the media in connection with spring practice. Tucker is ...
Curt Cignetti mentioned in future NFL Hall of Famer’s retirement video
In some respects, Curt Cignetti and Julio Jones helped launch each other's careers. Cignetti was the receivers coach at Alabama ...
Watch: IU football defensive coordinator Bryant Haines gives a spring update
Watch as IU football defensive coordinator Bryant Haines joined Rhett Lewis on "Under the Hood" to provide a spring practice ...
Watch: IU football WR Omar Cooper, Jr. spring media Q&A
Watch as IU football wide receiver Omar Cooper, Jr. met with the media this week in connection with the program's ...
Watch: IU football wide receiver E.J. Williams spring Q&A
Watch as IU football receiver E.J. Williams met with the media on Thursday in Bloomington Williams initially entered the transfer ...
IU football: Cignetti expects 2024 starting guard Drew Evans back practicing in the fall
Indiana's 2024 offensive line was never quite the same after Drew Evans went down with a season-ending injury. To be ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti gives spring practice update
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media on Tuesday in Bloomington. Indiana concludes spring practice on ...
Indiana WR Tyler Morris out for 2025 season with knee injury
Indiana football has been dealt a big blow during spring practice. IU head coach Curt Cignetti announced on Tuesday that ...
Watch: IU football CB D’Angelo Ponds spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football All-American cornerback D'Angelo Ponds met with the media in connection with the program's spring practice sessions ...
Watch: IU football edge Mikail Kamara spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football edge rusher Mikail Kamara met with the media to discuss spring practice and the upcoming 2025 ...
Watch: IU football QB Fernando Mendoza spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football quarterback Fernando Mendoza met with the media this week. Mendoza transferred to Indiana from California during ...
With his brother’s help, Fernando Mendoza is getting acclimated to Indiana football
When most quarterbacks join a new college program, they'll start learning the playbook when they get to campus, or after ...
Watch: IU football transfer OL Pat Coogan spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football offensive lineman Pat Coogan met with the media on Thursday in Bloomington. Coogan transferred to IU ...
Watch: IU football WR Elijah Sarratt on the Hoosiers Connect podcast
Watch below as IU wide receiver Elijah Sarratt joined the Hoosiers Connect podcast hosted by IU women's basketball great Mackenzie ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti on the Under the Hood podcast
Watch below as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined the Under the Hood podcast with former Hoosiers player and radio ...
Watch: IU football spring practice Q&A’s with Fisher, Ferrell, Sarratt and Smith
Watch below as IU football's Aiden Fisher, Amare Ferrell, Elijah Sarratt and Carter Smith met with the media on Tuesday ...
Former IU football running back Justice Ellison back with the program in support role
After a solid college career, Justice Ellison appeared to have a shot to get some consideration for a role at ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti discusses first spring practice of 2025
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media following his team's first spring practice. Indiana's spring practice ...
Cignetti sees silver lining in IU football’s season ending loss
IU football coach Curt Cignetti is always on the hunt for complacency in his program. And coming off a record ...
IU football moves date of 2025 spring game
IU football has the moved the date of the 2025 spring game. The Hoosiers will wrap up their spring practice ...
Watch: Former IU football players Walker, Price and Williams discuss their Pro Days
Watch below as former IU football players Jailin Walker, Myles Price and Ke'Shawn Williams met with the media following their ...
Key upcoming dates for IU football as spring practice approaches
The IU football program has been training with the strength and conditioning staff over since everyone returned to campus, but ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined the Hoosiers Connect podcast
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined Pete Yonkman of Hoosiers Connect to review the 2024 season and look ...
Here’s where IU football and their 2025 opponents rank in initial ESPN SP+
With the first and primary round of transfer portal activity in the books and spring practice right around the corner, ...
Watch: Former IU football QB Kurtis Rourke talks injuries, 2024 season at NFL Combine
Watch as former IU football quarterback Kurtis Rourke met with the media in Indianapolis on Friday in connection with the ...
Former IU football DT CJ West makes strong impression at NFL Combine
Former Indiana defensive tackle C.J. West is helping his NFL Draft stock once again this week. West garnered significant attention ...
“Hate everything about them”: Former IU football center Mike Katic unloads on Purdue
It doesn't get much sweeter than beating your rival 66-0 on Senior Night. And in November, former IU football center ...
Preseason 2025 betting odds show more belief in IU football despite more challenging schedule
Indiana football entered foreign territory in 2025. The program set a new win total record. It contended for a Big ...
Further detail on IU football contracts with Chandler Whitmer and Bryant Haines
Through public record request, The Daily Hoosier obtained copies of the fully executed contract between Indiana and quarterbacks coach and co-offensive ...
Watch: IU football linebacker Aiden Fisher on the Hoosiers Connect podcast
Watch as IU football linebacker Aiden Fisher joined former women's basketball star Mackenzie Holmes on the latest edition of the ...
Watch: IU football DC Bryant Haines’ speech at Broyles Award ceremony
Watch below as IU football defensive coordinator Bryant Haines gave a speech at the Broyles Award ceremony on Thursday evening ...
IU football’s Kurtis Rourke and C.J. West receive NFL Combine invites
Two former IU football players will be representing the program at the 2025 NFL Draft Combine. Quarterback Kurtis Rourke and ...
IU football “didn’t lose anyone in long-term plans” to portal, but gained a few back
In this era of extreme player mobility, one fairly reliable measure of the health of a program is roster retention ...
IU football’s Cignetti hints at reason behind transfer by CB Jamier Johnson
Jamier Johnson started the first 11 games of the 2024 season for Indiana and averaged nearly 60 snaps a contest ...
Video and transcript: IU football coach Curt Cignetti talks 2025 roster
IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media via Zoom on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the program's 2025 roster ...
IU football: Curt Cignetti’s history of QB development convinced Fernando Mendoza
Based in Miami, the Mendoza family will be able to focus all of their energy on Saturdays toward Bloomington in ...
Watch: IU football QB Fernando Mendoza on why he picked Hoosiers, outlook for 2025
Watch as new IU football quarterback Fernando Mendoza sat down for the Hoosiers Connect podcast. Mendoza and Pete Yonkman discuss ...
IU football picks up commitment from Notre Dame transfer OL Pat Coogan
Indiana has made a massive addition to the 2025 roster. Literally and figuratively. 6-foot-5 and 310-pound Notre Dame starting center ...
Two Hoosiers set to play in Super Bowl LIX
If you're unsure who to root for in Super Bowl LIX, perhaps two Hoosiers on one of the teams will ...
IU football roster notes as program turns page to 2025
The IU football program updated their 2025 roster on Wednesday afternoon, and that always brings about a few updates on ...
IU football: Cornerback Jamier Johnson is no longer with the program
Indiana loaded up at cornerback during the offseason via the transfer portal. That led to questions since both starters were ...
Here’s how the sports books peg IU football’s 2025 national title odds
Coming off an appearance in the 2024 College Football Playoff, Indiana is seen as a longshot to win the 2025 ...
Watch: A journey back through the complete historic 2024 IU football season
Watch as Don Fischer and Curt Cignetti lead you back through Indiana's historic 2024 football season, week-by-week. In Cignetti's first ...
“I want everyone to be clear, we are not satisfied”
Curt Cignetti made a splash when he stepped on the basketball court in 2023, just hours after his formal introduction ...
Reports: Defensive coordinator Bryant Haines agrees to reworked contract with IU football
Indiana football is sweetening the deal for defensive coordinator Bryant Haines. Per a report from 247Sports, IU has given Haines ...
Date and time set for 2025 IU football spring game
Indiana football's 2025 spring game will be on Saturday, April 19 at Noon ET inside Memorial Stadium. Under head coach ...
Former IU football star Antwaan Randle El headed to Chicago Bears
Former IU football star Antwaan Randle El is headed home. And he's one step away from becoming an NFL head ...
IU AD Scott Dolson announces changes, promises more as IU football season ticket renewal begins
In a mass e-mail, IU Director of Athletics Scott Dolson formally kicked off IU football's season ticket renewal efforts. Dolson ...
IU football ranked No. 10 in final AP top-25 for 2024 season
Despite their only losses coming to the two teams that played in Monday's national championship, Indiana dropped a spot and ...
Here’s where ESPN placed IU football in way-too-early preseason 2025 rankings
Just minutes after the 2024 college football season finally came to an end, the page was turned. In year two ...
There were a lot of eyeballs on IU football in 2024
Indiana had four-straight sellouts to close the 2024 season. But there were even more eyeballs watching the Hoosiers on television ...
“We think he’s gonna give us something”: Cignetti excited about Fernando Mendoza
IU coach Curt Cignetti has a long record of success with quarterbacks. A former QB himself at West Virginia, Cignetti ...
Curt Cignetti says Kurtis Rourke’s knee was a concern throughout the 2024 season
A somewhat startling report two weeks indicated quarterback Kurtis Rourke played the entire 2024 IU football season with a torn ...
IU football coach Curt Cignetti names his final top-5, leaves out SEC completely
If Curt Cignetti has any plans to stop being edgy in 2025, he didn't start on Thursday. The now second-year ...
Watch: Curt Cignetti discusses new QB Mendoza, Rourke playing through knee injury
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined ESPN's Pete Thamel on the College GameDay podcast. Cignetti discusses new quarterback ...
IU football gets commitment from NC State transfer safety Devan Boykin
The IU football program picked up a commitment from NC State transfer defensive back Devan Boykin on Tuesday, multiple national ...
IU football formally announces 31 newcomers for spring semester and practice
The Indiana football program and head coach Curt Cignetti formally announced 31 newcomers have joined the program on campus to start ...
Former IU football coach Tom Allen on the move again after one season at Penn State
Indiana will play at Penn State in 2025, but they won't have to face the defense of their former head ...
IU football transfer portal: Notable difference in Power Four transfers, and biggest remaining needs
After the most successful season in program history, Indiana football is continuing its upward trajectory. Head coach Curt Cignetti said ...
Indiana football positional scholarship breakdown rolled forward to 2025
TOTAL: 80 as of 4/11/25) (Although new rules allow them to go up to 105, Indiana is expected to keep ...
McFadden and Westbrook-Ikhine headline 2024 seasons by former Hoosiers in the NFL
The 2024 NFL regular season came to end last weekend. Several former Indiana players saw action during the year, headlined ...
IU football lands commitment from Tennessee transfer TE Holden Staes
Indiana has picked up a commitment from Tennessee transfer tight end Holden Staes. A product of Atlanta, Staes has caught ...
“So happy for them”: Tom Allen stayed in touch with IU players, noticed program’s progress
Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen -- man it feels strange to type that -- told reporters on Wednesday he ...
Watch: Kirk Herbstreit talks at length about his comments on Indiana, Big Ten, SEC
Watch below as ESPN college football personality Kirk Herbstreit sat down with On3's Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman and discussed ...
Pitt transfer CB Ryland Gandy commits to Indiana
Pittsburgh transfer cornerback Ryland Gandy announced his commitment to Indiana on Monday. HOO HOO HOO HOOSIERS‼️ pic.twitter.com/8BbYh8VIeZ — Ryland Gandy ...
IU football gets commitment from Michigan transfer WR Tyler Morris
Indiana picked up a commitment from Michigan transfer wide receiver Tyler Morris on Saturday. The 5-foot-11 and 185-pound Morris has ...
Offensive lineman Kahlil Benson is transferring back to IU football
Offensive lineman Kahlil Benson is transferring back to Indiana after one season at Colorado. Benson started the first four games ...
IU football adds Old Dominion transfer QB Grant Wilson from the portal
Indiana has added a second veteran quarterback from the transfer portal. Old Dominion transfer signal-caller Grant Wilson is headed to ...
IU football picks up commitment from Ohio State transfer OT Zen Michalski
Indiana has made a major addition to their offensive line for 2025. Ohio State transfer offensive tackle Zen Michalski has ...
Report indicates IU football QB Kurtis Rourke chose to play 2024 season with torn ACL
Kurtis Rourke's 2024 season at Indiana was already going down as the greatest by a quarterback in program history. But ...
Ranking IU football’s defensive needs in the transfer portal by position group
Indiana has a solid core returning to a defense that seemed to improve as 2024 rolled on and ended up ...
Ranking IU football’s offensive needs in the transfer portal by position group
Indiana has already made five additions to the 2025 offense via the transfer portal, adding several players who appear set ...
CB D’Angelo Ponds confirms return, IU football to have three returning All-Americans on defense
Indiana's defense has a returning foundation to build on a wildly successful 2024 season. On the defensive line, at linebacker, ...
IU football makes addition of new QB coach Chandler Whitmer official, Cignetti comments
Indiana has formally announced Chandler Whitmer as the new quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator. As previously reported here, Whitmer takes ...
IU football transfer portal tracker following the 2024 regular season (UPDATED)
The offseason reshuffling of rosters is well underway. As we do each season, below is a tracker for the 2024 ...
IU football: Edge rusher Venson Sneed is in the transfer portal
Edge rusher Venson Sneed became the latest player to enter the transfer portal following Indiana's 2024 season. Sneed spent three ...
IU football: Cornerback JoJo Johnson enters the transfer portal
Indiana's significant 2025 depth at cornerback has led to the departure of veteran JoJo Johnson. After two seasons in Bloomington, ...
Transferring back: Former IU safety Louis Moore returning to the Hoosiers in 2025
Former IU safety Louis Moore is returning to the Hoosiers in 2025. That's according to multiple Saturday morning reports. Moore ...
IU football: Tight end Brody Kosin is in the transfer portal
Indiana has only seen a handful of defections since the transfer portal opened this month, but a promising young tight ...
Indiana football’s biggest offensive position of need in the transfer portal: Offensive line
Indiana has made significant additions via the transfer portal over the last few weeks at every offensive position but one ...
Legacy of historic 2024 Indiana football season? ‘This team will be remembered for decades’
Indiana football's historic season was less about individual moments of brilliance, and more about the collection of many such moments ...
Indiana football’s biggest defensive position of need in the transfer portal: Safety
Depending on personnel groupings, Indiana can play three safeties at once -- free, strong and rover. And as of Thursday ...
All-American edge rusher Mikail Kamara announces return to IU football
If Curt Cignetti wrote a wish list to Santa Claus for Christmas, he just got his top request under the ...
Highlight reels: New IU football quarterback Fernando Mendoza
Watch below a selection of highlights of new Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza. Mendoza's commitment to Indiana was announced on Wednesday ...
IU football adds Appalachian State transfer WR Makai Jackson from the portal
Indiana made a major addition to their wide receiver room on Christmas Eve. Appalachian State wideout Makai Jackson has signed ...
Cal transfer QB Fernando Mendoza commits to IU football
Indiana will have brothers in their quarterback room next year. And IU almost certainly has their starting QB for the ...
Here are the five IU football players ESPN says could be chosen in 2025 NFL Draft
IU football has not seen a player selected in the NFL Draft for two years. That run of futility was ...
Maryland transfer RB Roman Hemby has signed with Indiana
Indiana has solidified its running back room for the 2025 season. According to multiple reports, Maryland transfer Roman Hemby will ...