Indiana has lost a potential starting cornerback to the transfer portal.
Kobee Minor arrived in Bloomington (from Texas Tech) along with his brother Darryl (from UTEP), and he’ll now follow his brother into the portal.
In his lone season at IU, Minor was named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten.
He made 29 tackles on the season and was credited with four pass breakups in 615 total snaps played on the season. Of the 615 snaps, 339 of those came in pass coverage. Among FBS cornerbacks with 300 coverage snaps played, Minor led the Big Ten and was No. 7 nationally with just 18 receptions allowed (339 coverage snaps).
Indiana is down to seven scholarship cornerbacks on their 2024 roster.
Back from last season are Jamier Johnson, JoJo Johnson, and Jamari Sharpe. The Hoosiers also added Austin Peay transfer Cedarius Doss from the portal, and they have three incoming freshman — Dontrae Henderson, Josh Philostin, and Christian Peterson.
New head coach Curt Cignetti has successfully recruited several players out of the transfer portal from his prior stop, James Madison. Last week, JMU cornerback D’Angelo Ponds entered the transfer portal, and he could be a player to watch for Indiana. Ponds was selected to the Football Writers Association of America Freshman All-America Team in 2023.
A Second Team All-Sun Belt corner, Ponds finished his rookie campaign with 51 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions, 13 pass breakups and two fumble recoveries. Ponds ranked second in the Sun Belt and tied for 13th nationally with 15 total passes defended and led the league with 12 during conference play.
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