Author: Seth Tow

Indiana football’s national championship celebration is headed to Washington D.C. The Hoosiers are set to visit the White House on Monday, May 11, a source confirmed to The Daily Hoosier. The Herald-Times reported the news first. The tradition of championship sports teams visiting the White House and the president of the United States dates back to the 1800s. The undefeated Indiana men’s basketball team in 1976 was the first men’s college basketball team to attend a White House celebration; college football champions have gone to Washington since Alabama in 1961. IU will become the latest group to visit the White…

BLOOMINGTON — When Josh Hoover thought about his wide receivers at Indiana, he smiled. Hoover has played with some receivers at TCU that made it to the NFL, namely Savion Williams. But IU’s duo of Charlie Becker and Nick Marsh are an entirely different caliber. Both are projected as potential first round picks in the 2027 NFL Draft. The Athletic released an early mock draft looking through a loaded class for next year, which had Becker at No. 11 and Marsh at No. 20. “They’re good players,” Hoover said after IU’s spring game. “I have great expectations for both of…

Indiana football has now seen a program-record eight players selected in the 2026 NFL Draft. Linebacker Aiden Fisher set that mark Saturday evening, as the Houston Texans took him in the seventh round at No. 243 overall. He’s the second defensive player taken from Indiana this year, along with cornerback D’Angelo Ponds. IU’s previous record came in 1976, when seven Hoosiers were picked. Fisher was Indiana’s primary leader on and off the field ever since Curt Cignetti took over in December 2023. He led the Hoosiers with 118 tackles in 2024, and finished second in 2025 with 97. The Fredericksburg,…

IU football has tied another historic milestone during the 2026 NFL Draft. Indiana now has seven players whose names have been called in Pittsburgh, tying a program record for most players taken in one draft. Center Pat Coogan joined the party during the sixth round, going to the Tennessee Titans at No. 194 overall. Coogan earned Rose Bowl MVP honors in January after Indiana’s 38-3 rout over Alabama, on its way to winning the national championship. The center didn’t allow a sack all season, and he played 100 percent of IU’s snaps throughout all 16 games. Coogan transferred to IU…

Indiana tight end Riley Nowakowski has been selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft at No. 169 overall. Nowakowski is the sixth IU player taken in the draft, joining Fernando Mendoza (Las Vegas), Omar Cooper Jr. (New York Jets), D’Angelo Ponds (Jets), Kaelon Black (San Francisco), and Eljiah Sarratt (Baltimore). Nowakowski transferred to Indiana last season from Wisconsin and enjoyed a breakout season. He entered Bloomington seen as a block-first tight end, but proved to be a two-way threat at the position. He caught 32 passes for 387 yards with two touchdowns last…

Elijah Sarratt has joined the IU football party at the NFL Draft. The wide receiver became the fifth Hoosier taken in Pittsburgh, drafted in the fourth round at No. 115 overall by the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday. In the first round on Thursday, quarterback Fernando Mendoza went No. 1 overall to the Las Vegas Raiders, and receiver Omar Cooper Jr. was drafted by the New York Jets. Cornerback D’Angelo Ponds joined Cooper with the Jets in the second round Friday, and then running back Kaelon Black went to the San Francisco 49ers in the third round. This is now the first time…

Kaelon Black is the fourth IU football player selected in the first two days of the NFL Draft. The running back has been taken by the San Francisco 49ers Friday, in the third round at No. 90 overall. Cornerback D’Angelo Ponds went to the New York Jets in the second round earlier on Friday. In the first round on Thursday, quarterback Fernando Mendoza went No. 1 overall to the Las Vegas Raiders, and receiver Omar Cooper Jr. was also drafted by the Jets. This is now the first time since 1988 that Indiana’s had four players selected in the same NFL…

For the first time in 10 years, three Indiana football players have been picked in the NFL Draft. And this is the first time ever that those three players have all come off the board in the first two rounds. Cornerback D’Angelo Ponds is the latest Hoosier whose name was called in Pittsburgh. The New York Jets selected him in the second round at No. 50 overall, reuniting him with former IU receiver Omar Cooper Jr.. He’s IU’s first pick in day two of the NFL Draft, after Fernando Mendoza and Cooper both went in Thursday’s first round. Ponds blossomed into a…

BLOOMINGTON — IU football’s spring game has come and gone, bringing its 2026 spring camp to a close. The Hoosiers avoided injuries during Thursday’s event at Memorial Stadium, and head coach Curt Cignetti said they only suffered one significant injury during spring at all — cornerback Ryland Gandy got rolled up on by another defender. The team was shorthanded in several areas, though, as a number of key players were still recovering from offseason surgeries or minor injuries accrued during spring. IU will now enter summer with eyes on the start of fall camp in late July or early August.…

Indiana wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. is an NFL Draft first-round pick. The Indianapolis native was selected by the New York Jets with the No. 30 overall pick Thursday evening in Pittsburgh. Cooper is the second IU player taken in the 2026 draft, after quarterback Fernando Mendoza went No. 1 overall to the Las Vegas Raiders. This is now the first-ever NFL Draft with multiple Hoosiers selected in the first round. The Hoosiers called Cooper’s number time and time again in 2025, and he came up with a lot of big plays. None will stick out in history more than his…