Author: Mike Schumann

After no first round picks for more than 30 years, could IU football see multiple first round selections in back-to-back years? Could the Hoosiers tie or break records just set in 2026 with two or even three first round selections in the 2027 NFL Draft? There’s a long way to go to next year’s draft, and much will change between now and then.  So chalk this up to pure entertainment at this point. But here’s what some outlets are thinking as it relates to IU football players one year out from the 2027 NFL Draft. Three players on the 2026…

Pete Thamel of ESPN is reporting the expansion of the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments to 76 teams is on track to be formalized in the upcoming weeks and would begin this coming season. Thamel’s reporting suggest the expansion was pushed by the Power 4 conferences to generate more at-large bids for teams in those leagues.  The Indiana men were one of the first teams out of the field each of the last two years and would have been an at-large selection under the new format. Under the anticipated new approach, 52 teams will qualify for the traditional 64-team bracket,…

Indiana is in the running to add another freshman to the 2026-27 squad. The Hoosiers are one of six finalists for 6-foot-9 and 205-pound forward Ladarius Givan.  A former Mississippi State commit, Givan reopened his recruitment in January. Givan’s final six schools are Indiana, LSU, Seton Hall, Mississippi State, NC State and UCF, Sam Kayser of League Ready is reporting. Kayser said on X Givan begins a visit to UCF today and plans to head to Indiana and potentially Seton Hall next. Givan initially committed to Mississippi State as a sophomore. He opted to not sign with the Bulldogs in…

IU football is in the final four schools for class of 2027 offensive tackle Conner Rutherford. Rutherford is also still considering Miami, Minnesota, and NC State. A 6-foot-6 and 300-pound offensive tackle from Chillicothe, Ohio.  He’s a multi-sport athlete, also competing in wrestling. He has played on both the offensive and defensive lines in high school, but he’s an offensive line prospect for IU. Rutherford is a consensus 3-star prospect, the No. 723 overall player in the class, and the No. 50 offensive tackle. The Hoosiers formally entered Rutherford’s recruitment with an offer this month and they’ve been showing increasing…

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…