Author: Mike Schumann

The days of college athletes, and especially men’s college basketball players, leaving school early to take a chance on making it at the next level appear to be gone. With players now making good money via revenue sharing and name, image and likeness, the risk/reward calculation is keeping more and more of them in school. Data published on X by Jonathan Givony of Draft Express indicates only 71 players entered the 2026 NBA Draft early this year. That figure is down from 106 last year, and a fraction of the peak of 363 in 2021 — the year NIL began…

While it moves forward with a plan for all college athletes to be granted five years of eligibility, the NCAA appears intent on such a rule not applying to competitors who exhaust their eligibility under the current rules in 2025-26. The Division I Board of Directors on Monday directed the Division I Cabinet to advance an age-based eligibility concept that, if adopted in its current form, would permit student-athletes up to five years of eligibility beginning the regular academic year after they turn 19 or graduate from high school, whichever happens earlier. Under that model, Division I student-athletes would no…

Former IU football quarterback Brendan Sorsby is entering a gambling addiction program. His current team, Texas Tech, said in a Monday afternoon release Sorsby is on an indefinite leave of absence. A highly sought after quarterback in the most recent transfer portal cycle, Sorsby is reportedly under investigation by the NCAA for a long-term pattern of sports gambling. ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Sorsby’s sports gambling does include bets on Indiana games when he was a freshman at IU in 2022. “According to ESPN sources, Sorsby bet on Indiana football while redshirting for IU as a true freshman in 2022, a…

Indiana has completed spring practice and now turns the page to summer workouts and the start of fall camp in early August. What does the IU depth chart look like for the reigning national champs? Here’s an estimation of where things stand for the offense. We’ll follow up with the defense later in the week. ———————————– QUARTERBACK 1 – Josh Hoover 2 – Grant Wilson Hoover is the clear No. 1 for 2026.  Younger quarterbacks Tyler Cherry and Jacob Bell, both redshirt freshmen, made good impressions this spring and will look to continue to develop.  One of them could potentially…

Much like the 2025 season, IU football was front and center throughout the 2026 NFL Draft. Every round of the draft included at least one former Indiana player. The all-time program-best eight picks in the 2026 edition of the draft gives Indiana 10 selections over the last two seasons, which nearly equal the total number from the prior 10 years combined (11). The eight total draft picks in the 2026 event ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten and tied for No. 7 nationally among college programs. All five offensive position groups were represented (QB, RB, WR, TE, OL) in…

San Francisco forward Junjie Wang is a transfer portal name to know for IU basketball. Listed at 6-foot-9 and 250-pounds by San Francisco, the product of Xuzhou, China has one year of eligibility remaining. Wang’s career averages are 6.3 points and 2.7 rebounds with 43.4% shooting overall including 32.1% from three. As a junior in 2025-26, Wang appeared in 33 games for San Francisco, making 24 starts.  He averaged 8.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.5 steals, and 0.3 blocks in 20.3 minutes per game.  Wang hot 42.6 percent from the field, 34.2 percent from beyond the arc (on 111…

Several former IU football players have signed NFL undrafted free agent deals following the 2026 NFL Draft. Here is a quick summary of the players who have signed free agent deals: Mikail Kamara, Edge, San Francisco 49ers E.J. Williams, Wide Receiver, Las Vegas Raiders Roman Hemby, Running Back, Las Vegas Raiders Devan Boykin, Safety, Pittsburgh Steelers Mark Langston, Long Snapper, Buffalo Bills Louis Moore, Safety, Miami Dolphins Jonathan Brady, Wide Receiver, Las Vegas Raiders (camp invite) Mitch McCarthy, Punter, New England Patriots (camp invite) Khalil Benson, Offensive Tackle, Kansas City Chiefs (camp invite) This story will be updated if any…

At least until 8 p.m. Thursday evening, Richard Corbett “Corby” Davis stands alone as the only IU football player to be selected as the first overall pick in the NFL Draft. For a while it looked like his playing days would come to an end before he could ever go pro. Hailing from Lowell, Ind., Davis’ senior season was delayed a year, as he had an issue with boils on his skin that caused him to miss the 1936 campaign. He came back with a vengeance in 1937. According to “Glory of Old IU” by Bob Hammel and Kit Klingelhoffer,…

As the college football world struggled to understand how Indiana coach Curt Cignetti orchestrated the greatest turnaround in the history of sports, a wave of unfounded allegations ensued. One popular cope for fans of other teams was that Cignetti and Indiana bought their way to a 16-0 season and a national title. That noise intensified enough that just moments after winning the championship game in Miami, Cignetti addressed his team’s roster budget in the opening remarks of his postgame press conference. “I would like to say our NIL is nowhere near what people think it is, so you can throw…

If there’s one down side to the Curt Cignetti era at Indiana, it would be that it’s likely going to be a relatively short run. Cignetti becomes a senior citizen in less than two months.  His 65th birthday is on June 2. And that leaves an obvious question. How much longer will Cignetti coach football? After achieving the ultimate goal for a college coach in January, the thought of retirement entered Cignetti’s mind, even if he knows he’s not ready for it. “If I was smart, I’d probably retire,” Cignetti said at the national championship postgame press conference in Miami. …