Indiana picked up a commitment from Florida based safety Phillip Dunnam on Tuesday. The 6-foot-1 and 180 pound Dunnam attends North Miami Beach High School in Miami, Fla. Dunnam made the announcement on his social media pages. “I am extremely excited to announce my commitment to further my academic and football career at Indiana University,” Dunnam wrote in a graphic attached to his Twitter post. “I want to thank my family for all their sacrifices, as well as my coaches and teammates for all of their support throughout this process.” A Miami Herald All-Dade 5A-Ind. first-team selection as an athlete,…
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IU quarterback Michael Penix, Jr. was named to the The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award watch list on Tuesday. The award is presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback. Penix completed 124-of-220 passes (56.4 percent) for 1,645 yards with 14 touchdowns and four interceptions in 2020, and he rushed for a pair of touchdowns. He averaged a Big Ten-leading 274.2 passing yards per game (18th nationally) and recorded a 136.54 pass-efficiency rating. The Tampa, Fla. product played in six games before suffering a season ending knee injury against Maryland. Full release from IU Athletics: PENIX NAMED TO DAVEY O’BRIEN…
With Indiana’s main class of 2022 targets beginning to come into focus, it is time to bring back our annual profile pages for the priority prospects. These pages are a one-stop shop for all the latest information on the key IU basketball recruits you want to know about. To help you stay abreast of all of the latest news for Indiana’s top 2022 recruiting targets, you can refer back to all of our recruit profile pages from our recruiting drop down menu. At the bottom of each profile page is all recent coverage of the individual player, including both original…
Legendary IU basketball coach Bob Knight made an appearance at a reunion for former players on Sunday night in West Baden, Ind. Knight made a brief statement to the crowd of players and their families during the event. The 80 year old Knight has made several recent appearances at IU related events, including his return to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for an IU basketball game in February, 2020. https://twitter.com/i/status/1417138071594840068 Find us on Facebook: thedailyhoosier You can follow us on Twitter: @daily_hoosier The Daily Hoosier –“Where Indiana fans assemble when they’re not at Assembly” Seven ways to support completely free IU…
With limited live evaluation periods and limited resources, where a college coaching staff chooses to spend its time in 2021 makes a statement. When the head coach and all three assistants appear together to watch one player, the message is clear — “We want you, and we want you now.” National 247Sports recruiting analyst Eric Bossi reported on Saturday that Indiana had all four of its coaches (head coach Mike Woodson, and assistants Kenya Hunter, Dane Fife and Yasir Rosemond) on site at the Nike EYBL Peach Jam to watch national top-30 guard Jalen Hood-Schifino. With national circuit events currently…
Some of the country’s top college quarterbacks are spending the weekend down in Louisiana and IU signal caller Michael Penix, Jr. is among them. Penix is one of several quarterbacks selected to serve as a counselor for this year’s Manning Passing Academy. The four-day event, which began on Thursday and runs through Sunday, is held at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. It serves as one of the country’s premier football camps. The Manning Passing Academy prides itself on helping high school quarterbacks, running backs, receivers and tight ends realize their full potential on and off the football field. Now,…
Watch below as freshman tight end Aaron Steinfeldt met with the media for an introductory Q&A session. The 6-foot-5 and 245 pound Steinfeldt played tight end at Bloomington North High School. He was two-time all-state, all-area and first-team all-conference selection. Steinfeldt was the Indiana Football Coaches Association Mr. Football position award winner. He closed his career with 94 receptions (2nd in school history), 1,444 yards and 12 touchdowns. The local product hauled in 31 passes for 603 yards and five scores his senior campaign. Bloomington North won its first conference championship in 2019 and its first sectional game in seven…
A few months of spring and summer basketball have brought out some new names on the IU class of 2023 radar. 6-foot-8 Carmel, Ind. forward Sam Orme is a player who has the Midwest high majors intrigued with his length and rapidly emerging skillset. The Daily Hoosier first reported Indiana’s contact with Orme in mid-June soon after direct contact with the class of 2023 became permissible on June 15. https://twitter.com/daily_hoosier/status/1406307640427286536?s=20 Orme was first or second off the bench for Carmel’s 2020-21 state championship squad, which speaks to the depth of that program more than anything. He averaged 5.8 points and…
Below are a couple lengthy highlight reels from Adidas 3SSB action last weekend in Hoover, Ala. involving IU class of 2023 targets Reed Sheppard and Gabe Cupps. Indiana offered both players last week. Sheppard and Cupps play up a year for the Midwest Elite AAU squad based out of Ohio. Sheppard is No. 3, while Cupps is No. 2 in the below videos. In the first video they face former IU 2022 target Isaac McKneely (No. 10), while in the second they face current IU 2022 target Favour Aire (No. 12). For more information on Sheppard, GO HERE. For more…
IU has announced that three athletes will share the school’s “Athlete of the Year” honor in connection with the 2020-21 athletics year ended on June 30. Women’s basketball’s Grace Berger, men’s soccer’s Victor Bezerra and diver Andrew Capobianco all claimed the distinction. Each of the three were able to achieve significant individual accomplishments while helping their respective teams compete at the very top of their sports. The full release from IU, including quotes from AD Scott Dolson and all three coaches, follows. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University Department of Athletics has announced that women’s basketball guard Grace Berger, men’s…