Indiana football has been dealt a big blow during spring practice.
IU head coach Curt Cignetti announced on Tuesday that wide receiver Tyler Morris suffered a non-contact knee injury and will require surgery. He will miss the entire 2025 season.
Morris transferred to IU from Michigan during this past offseason. He recorded 248 receiving yards on 23 catches with two touchdowns as a junior in 2024. He scored a memorable touchdown for the Wolverines in their Rose Bowl victory Alabama on Jan. 1, 2024, en route to winning the 2023 national championship.
This isn’t the first serious injury Morris has endured in his football career. He missed his entire senior year of high school due to a torn ACL.
Without Morris, Indiana is left with 10 wide receivers in spring camp. Cignetti also said Appalachian State transfer Makai Jackson has been limited the last two practices with a hamstring injury. Redshirt sophomore tight end Sam West has moved over to slot receiver with the second-stringers at times, but Cignetti said that move has been out of necessity to help the Hoosiers get through practices.
“We’re thin number-wise, that’s for sure, right now. We’re going to bring a number of walk-ons in the summer, in fall camp, so we got enough. I think the freshmen, in time, will be OK. (Myles) Kendrick and (Lebron) Bond are with us right now. And I like the guys that are out there,” Cignetti said. “I like our top-line guys. I like (Omar) Cooper, (Elijah) Sarratt, E.J. (Williams Jr.), (Charlie) Becker. I like those guys. And I think Bond and Kendrick, they have a future. Will we go shopping for another capable guy, in case we have an injury? Perhaps. We also have (Davion) Chandler coming in the fall, but he’s a freshman.”
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