For four seasons linebackers Cam Jones and Micah McFadden were teammates in Bloomington.
Both played key roles in the 2019 and 2020 seasons that saw the Hoosiers go a combined 14-7 and make back-to-back appearances in January bowl games.
McFadden left IU for the NFL following the 2021 season. He was drafted by the New York Giants and has spent the last four seasons there. He re-signed with the franchise earlier this month.
Originally a fifth-round draft choice by the Giants in 2022, McFadden has played in 48 regular-season games with 36 starts in four seasons. His career numbers include 264 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, 15 quarterback hits, six passes defensed, six sacks, five fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles, and an interception.
McFadden suffered a foot injury in the team’s 2025 opener at Washington and missed the rest of the season.
Before the injury, he was coming off a 2024 campaign in which he finished with a team-leading and career-high 107 tackles (60 solo). He recorded six quarterback hits, a career-high three sacks, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery.
McFadden played in 45 games with 31 starts for Indiana and was an All-Big Ten selection. A two-time team captain, he was also honored twice with the program’s Anthony Thompson Most Valuable Player Award.
Jones originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Kansas City in 2023, the year the franchise won its most recent Super Bowl. He has played 44 regular-season games (two starts) for the Chiefs (2023-24) and New York Jets (2025).
His career numbers include 24 tackles on defense and 17 more on special teams.
Jones has also appeared in four postseason games, including Super Bowl LIX.
Jones was released by the Chiefs at the end of training camp last season and was acquired off waivers by the Jets the following day. Teaming there with former Hoosier Marcelino McCrary-Ball, he played in 10 games in 2025 after seeing time in all 17 in each of his first two seasons.
Prior to the NFL, Jones became the third three-time captain (2020-22) in Indiana University history, joining Antwaan Randle El (1999-2001) and Emmett King (1895-97).
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