Author: Mike Schumann

Indiana’s wave of class of 2026 news continued into Thursday evening as Kansas-based center Ethan Taylor announced he’d received an offer from the the IU staff. The 7-foot-1 and 245-pound Taylor specifically thanked new IU assistant coach Rod Clark when announcing his offer on X. Taylor also has high major offers from Missouri, Oklahoma, Purdue and Tennessee so far.  Clark was an assistant coach at Tennessee until recently and he’s from the Kansas City area.  Tennessee offered Taylor last June. Looking at the national recruiting sites, Taylor is a consensus 4-star, and on average ranked No. 49 overall in the…

The new Indiana staff has re-offered class of 2026 point guard Tay Kinney this week. Kinney is the No. 18 overall player in the 2026 class according to the latest On3 industry average.  He’s a consensus national top-5 point guard in the class. The prior IU staff offered Kinney a scholarship in February of 2024. In December Kinney announced his recruitment is down to 15 schools — Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Cincinnati, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Louisville, Notre Dame, Oregon, Purdue, Tennessee, and Xavier. The school to note of those 15 appears to be Tennessee, where new IU assistant…

Indiana offered class of 2026 combo guard Prince-Alexander Moody on Thursday. He announced the offer on his X page. After a great conversation with @Coach_DeVries I just received an offer from @IndianaMBB Go Hoosiers!! Thank you Coach DeVries, I am grateful! Thank you Lord! 🙌🏾🙌🏾 I will Stay Da Course @RayBrew4 🙏🏾🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/DInfp6a9Di — Prince -Alexander Moody (@prince_a_moody) May 8, 2025 The 6-foot-4 and 180-pound Moody attends Bishop McNamara H.S. in Maryland. According to the average of the national recruiting sites, Moody is a 4-star recruit, the No. 108 overall player in the 2026 class, and the No. 27 shooting…

Indiana is capitalizing on relationships in the Washington D.C. metro area to get involved in one of the most competitive recruitments in the class of 2026. Jordan Smith, Jr. announced on Thursday afternoon he received an offer from the new IU staff. Smith is a 5-star prospect according to ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals.  He’s a consensus national top-10 prospect and the No. 1 shooting guard in the glass. Playing for Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.), Smith helped lead his nationally ranked high school team to a 27-6 record against national and top regional competition. On film the 6-foot-2 Smith looks the…

With spring practice out of the way and majority of roster reconstructions complete, it’s time to look ahead to rankings for the 2025 football season. Indiana was nowhere to be found in any preseason models last year — human or computer. But after an 11-2 season that included an 8-1 Big Ten record and a CFP appearance, the perception of IU football has changed dramatically under the direction of second-year head coach Curt Cignetti. ESPN’s Mark Schlabach published his “2025 post-spring Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings” on Thursday and slotted Indiana in as the preseason No. 17 team.  If IU is…

IU football coach Curt Cignetti has spent his entire life around college football, and he’s seen plenty of change along the way. But there’s been nothing like the last five years, as name, image and likeness (NIL) and the transfer portal have completely reshaped the landscape of college athletics. Cignetti didn’t lead a team on the field as head coach until he was 50, so while some coaches around his age (63) have stepped away in the face of this new era, he’s just hitting his prime as the leader of a Power Four program.  And that has meant this…

Crown Point, Ind. tight end and linebacker Trevor Gibbs announced his verbal commitment to Indiana at his high school Wednesday evening. The 6-foot-4 and 235-pound Gibbs chose IU over his five other finalists:  Iowa, Purdue, Cincinnati and Boston College. “The best in Indiana play for Indiana,” he said in a commitment video released Wednesday: Congrats Trev!!! pic.twitter.com/a4341wWEOC — Crown Point Football (@CPdogsfootball) May 7, 2025 According to the On3 Industry average rankings, Gibbs is a 3-star, No. 778 overall, the No. 62 linebacker, and the No. 6 player in the state of Indiana. During his junior season, Gibbs hauled in…

One name to keep an eye on as Indiana looks to complete its 2025-26 roster is forward Sebastian Wilkins. The 6-foot-8 and 210-pound Wilkins attends Brewster Academy, the same N.H. program that produced current Hoosier Reed Bailey. Wilkins was a recruiting target of Darian DeVries at West Virginia prior to the coaching change.  According to a report by Adam Zagoria, Indiana is trying to secure a visit by Wilkins.  The Daily Hoosier has confirmed there has been dialogue between Wilkins and the new IU staff, but no visit date has been solidified at this time. A product of Canton, Mass.,…

Former IU defensive tackle C.J. West is well positioned to compete for a starting role with the San Francisco 49ers in 2025. NFL.com analyst Chad Reuter named West one of 16 day three NFL Draft selections who has a chance to start. After an impressive season with the Hoosiers, West was chosen in the fourth round with the No. 113 overall pick by San Francisco. How improbable would starting as a rookie be for West? Reuter says most players selected on the third day of the NFL draft (rounds 4 through 7) are typically expected to contribute as reserves or…

IU coach Curt Cignetti has said on multiple occasions the financial situation in the Big Ten was part of the appeal when Indiana came calling in 2023. A new report by Steve Berkowitz of USA Today highlights just how advantageous being a member of the league has become. The conference distributed approximately $63.2 million to each of its 12 longest-tenured schools including IU in connection with the 2023-24 league year ended June 30, 2024.  That represented a 4.5% increase in revenue over the prior year, but just the beginning of what’s to come under the league’s new media rights deal.…