Wisconsin transfer safety Preston Zachman is headed to Indiana according to multiple Sunday reports.
The 6-foot-1 and 212-pound Zachman will be entering his seventh and final season of college football in 2026.
He has played in 35 career games (20 starts, nearly 1,500 snaps), all with Wisconsin, and has 130 tackles and seven interceptions.
Zachman will help fill the void to be left by starters Louis Moore and Devan Boykin.
In 2025 Zachman played in three games and had 12 tackles and two interceptions. He missed the final nine games of 2025 due to a leg injury. Both of the takeaways came in the second half of the season opener against Miami (Ohio). Zachman was named Big Ten defensive player of the week.
Zachman is seeking a medical hardship waiver to play the seventh season in 2026. After only playing three games, he should qualify.
In 2024 he started all 12 games at safety for the Badgers and made a career-high 58 tackles (39 solos), two interceptions, three TFLs and four pass breakups.
In 2023 Zachman played in all 13 games, making five starts. He totaled 49 tackles and two interceptions.
In 2022 Zachman played in six games before missing the rest of the season due to injury. He had 11 tackles and 0.5 TFLs, and grabbed his first career interception in the season opener vs. Illinois State.
In the 2020 season that did not count against eligibility, Zachman played one game. He didn’t play at all in 2021 and took a redshirt season.
Out of Southern Columbia H.S. in Elysburg, Pa., Zachman was a three-star high school recruit by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals in the class of 2020.
More transfer portal information:
- Portal tracker: More IU prospects and players coming and going.
- Position-by-position look at Indiana in 2026.
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