Indiana head football coach Tom Allen said earlier this week that he takes pride in the program’s NFL Draft streak. For six straight years a former IU player had heard his name called at the annual event. Now the run stands at seven. Guard Simon Stepaniak was chosen by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 2020 draft on Saturday afternoon. Stepaniak was the 209th overall selection, and he is the tenth former IU player to be chose by the Packers. https://twitter.com/packers/status/1254155534468554752?s=20 https://twitter.com/SimonStepaniak/status/1254171447876034561?s=20 Stepaniak started 31 games (30 at right guard, 1 at left guard) and appeared…
Author: Mike Schumann
The state of Indiana has several national top-500 talents in the class of 2022, and the IU football program has been working diligently to build relationships early. After a strong 2019 season that saw the Hoosiers finish 8-5, the message that Indiana is a place for state’s best to not only play but thrive is resonating. Indianapolis (Ind.) defensive end Joe Strickland is one of the top ranked players at his position in the country. 247Sports currently has him slotted at the No. 14 defensive end, and the No. 163 player overall. Strickland has made several visits to Indiana, and…
Former IU head coach Kevin Wilson couldn’t keep Greenwood, Ind. defensive end Jovan Swann in state in 2016. But Tom Allen was able to convince Swann to come home for his final season of college football. And while IU would have loved to have seen Swann play out his entire career in Bloomington, the Hoosiers may be getting his best year. Because while the 6-foot-2 and 270 pound Swann left his home state four years ago as a kid just out of high school, he returns as a graduate transfer — and a grown man. “I’m really excited about Jovan…
IU head coach Tom Allen sat down with his daughter Brittney on her “The BreakDown” podcast. The interview provides a fun look inside the Allen household during the pandemic as the head coach and his daughter work and study at home together. You might especially enjoy the last few minutes as Brittney provides a revealing look at what Coach Allen is like at home as a husband and a dad. https://soundcloud.com/breakdown365/father-daughter-quarantine-questions 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 coverage at…
The Indiana University men’s basketball current and projected scholarship table is below. We will update this periodically as necessary. Last Updated: April 23, 2020: (Damezi Anderson announces his intent to transfer). This version of the table assumes that 2021 commit Khristian Lander will not reclassify into the class of 2020.) 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 coverage at no additional cost to you.
Indiana forward Damezi Anderson has put his name in the transfer portal. He made the announcement on his Instagram account. The South Bend, Ind. product struggled to get on track during his two seasons at IU. Early during his sophomore season Anderson had the look of a player that had improved substantially. Anderson started the season 17-of-36 (47.2 percent) from the field overall including 8-of-21 (38 percent) from three-point range through nine games. The 6-foot-7 Anderson came to IU with the reputation of a scorer-shooter appeared ready to take a nice step forward in season two. Instead, Anderson would never…
For six straight NFL Drafts, at least one former Hoosier football star has heard his name called. There will be some anxious moments in 2020 as the program looks to keep the streak going. Sending players to the NFL is obviously something that college football teams can hang their hat on when it comes to recruiting, and IU’s recent consistency is a source of pride for the head coach. “Definitely something that we’re proud of, IU head coach Tom Allen said of the program’s streak on a video conference on Wednesday. “It involves way more people than myself. Previous coaches,…
Indiana head football coach Tom Allen gave an update on Wednesday via a zoom press conference. Allen touched on a number of topics including his home life, the current location of players, their strength plans, thoughts on the addition of Jovan Swann, and the status of tight end Peyton Hendershot. See also: Coordinators Sheridan and Wommack adapting during pandemic. https://youtu.be/DFnnln3bl0M Video credit – IU Athletics 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 coverage at no additional cost to you.
The first sign that IU tight end Peyton Hendershot might return to the team surfaced on Wednesday. On a Zoom conference call Indiana head coach Tom Allen indicated that the North Salem, Ind. product has been involved with the team in a “modified way” recently. Of course the team is not meeting live during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, but Hendershot has been allowed to participate in various virtual position and team meetings. “We brought him back in a modified way, back with our team,” Allen said. “We continue to monitor the situation as he works through some things we don’t…
We’ve written here on several occasions that Archie Miller’s tenure at Indiana may be defined by his recruiting class of 2021. The 2021 in-state group is one of the best that Indiana has seen in a long time, and when the class arrives in Bloomington it will give Miller a roster full of players that he has brought into the program. Things could not have gotten off to a better start with the 2021 group when five-star Evansville, Ind. based point guard Khristian Lander committed in February. Miller also landed his top 2021 center target in April, and now things…