Safety Bryson Bonds is foregoing a potential additional season of eligibility to join the IU football staff as a special teams assistant.
He shared the following post on his social media accounts Monday afternoon.
Bonds suffered a season-ending injury on kickoff coverage in week one against Old Dominion. He could have filed for a medical hardship waiver to return for the 2026 season.
The longest-tenured safety on the roster in 2025, Bonds was with Indiana since 2020.
Bonds played in 48 career games and had 43 career tackles. Most of his action has been on special teams, and he was a key contributor in that role. He made an immediate impression on the IU staff in 2020.
“The one that strikes me as much as any freshman that I’ve seen in a number of years is Bryson Bonds,” then defensive coordinator Kane Wommack said when asked about freshmen that were standing out at 2020 fall camp.
The 6-foot and 202-pound Bonds figured to be a key depth piece at safety for IU this season, potentially even filling in as a starter if Louis Moore would have been deemed ineligible in connection with his lawsuit against the NCAA.
Bonds follows in the footsteps of 2024 running back Justice Ellison, who joined the staff ahead of the 2025 campaign.
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