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Multiple former IU football players sign undrafted free agent deals
This disappointment of going undrafted has quickly passed for several former Hoosiers. Below are the IU players who have signed ...
Watch: Kurtis Rourke meets with media after being selected by San Francisco
With its seventh-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers selected Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke. His post-draft ...
Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke picked by San Francisco in the NFL Draft
Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke is NFL-bound. The Ohio transfer was selected in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft on Saturday ...
Watch: C.J. West meets with media after being selected by San Francisco
The San Francisco 49ers selected Indiana football defensive tackle CJ West with the 113th overall pick in the fourth round ...
Indiana defensive tackle CJ West gets drafted by 49ers in 4th round
Indiana defensive lineman CJ West is off the board. The interior defensive lineman became IU's first NFL Draft pick since ...
Four transfer portal areas of interest for Indiana football
Recruitment season is already in full swing for Indiana football. Just over a week after the spring game, the Hoosiers ...
IU football: Position-by-position look at 2025 roster changes (UPDATE – Collins, Farmer to portal)
A second college football transfer portal window is set to begin April 16-25, and that lines up with IU concluding ...
NFL Draft preview: CJ West in position to snap Indiana football’s drought
The 2025 NFL Draft has arrived, and Indiana football appears likely to snap a multi-year drought. IU has gone two ...
Watch: Documentary on Kurtis Rourke on playing through torn ACL, prepping for NFL Draft
Former IU quarterback Kurtis Rourke will be an interesting name to watch in the latter rounds of the 2025 NFL ...
ESPN panel tabs IU football’s D’Angelo Ponds one of five best DBs in college football
Cornerback D'Angelo Ponds just completed his sophomore season at Indiana, but he stands among the best-of-the-best in college football. After ...
Watch: IU football cornerbacks coach Rod Ojong on Under the Hood
Watch as IU cornerbacks coach Rod Ojong sat down with Rhett Lewis for an episode of Under the Hood. Ojong ...
IU football coach Curt Cignetti says the big money in college football is “kind of scary”
After an 11-2 season that saw Indiana reach the College Football Playoff, the football program is seeing unprecedented support in ...
Hoosier Sounds: IU CB D’Angelo Ponds on the Hoosiers Connect podcast
Watch as IU football cornerback D'Angelo Ponds joined Mackenzie Holmes on the Hoosiers Connect podcast. As a sophomore in 2024, ...
IU football got through spring practice relatively injury free
If job one was to get through spring practice relatively injury free, mission accomplished there for IU football. Coach Curt ...
IU football loses defensive linemen Marcus Burris, Robby Harrison to transfer portal
The college football spring transfer portal window is open, and Indiana has lost a couple key depth pieces along the ...
Watch: IU football’s Coogan, Ponds, Fisher and Smith discuss 2025 spring game
Watch below as Indiana's Pat Coogan, D'Angelo Ponds, Aiden Fisher and Carter Smith met with the media following the 2025 ...
Three takeaways from Indiana’s spring game
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football's spring game has come and gone. The Hoosiers wrapped up their spring camp Thursday night at ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti recaps the 2025 spring game
IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media on Thursday evening following the 2025 spring game at Memorial Stadium ...
IU football 2025 spring game: Live updates and postgame recap video
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana's 2025 spring football game is Thursday evening at 8 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. Follow along by ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti gives spring update to NBC Sports
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined NBC Sports for a spring interview. Cignetti covered a number of topics ...
Former IU coach, ESPN legend Lee Corso to retire after one more GameDay appearance
ESPN announced on Thursday legendary College GameDay personality Lee Corso will retire. The outlet says Corso will make his final ...
Three things to watch for during Indiana football’s spring game
Indiana football wraps up its spring camp on Thursday evening with its spring game. This will be the public's first ...
Watch: IU football specialists Radicic, McCarthy and Langston spring media Q&As
Watch as IU football specialists Nico Radicic (K), Mitch McCarthy (P) and Mark Langston (LS) met with the media this ...
IU football: Tight end Sam West announces he’s entering the transfer portal
Greensburg, Ind. product Sam West showed promise during his time at IU. But he'll play out the latter part of ...
IU football releases fan details for 2025 spring game
Indiana football concludes 2025 spring practice with the spring game on Thursday. The program released details for the game on ...
Hoosier Sounds: IU transfer OL Pat Coogan on the Hoosiers Connect Podcast
Watch as Indiana transfer offensive lineman Pat Coogan joined the Hoosiers Connect Player's Perspective podcast. The 6-foot-5 Coogan transferred to ...
Watch: IU football special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Grant Cain
Watch as IU football special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Grant Cain joined Rhett Lewis on the Under the ...
IU doesn’t tackle in spring football, prioritizing fundamentals and safety
As player safety measures in football have become increasingly prevalent and important in recent years, tackling outside of games has ...
Indiana OL Austin Barrett to enter transfer portal
Indiana offensive lineman Austin Barrett is entering the transfer portal, he announced on social media Friday. View this post on ...
Watch: IU football RB Kaelon Black spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football running back Kaelon Black met with the media this week in connection with the program's spring ...
Consistency is the next step for Indiana receiver Omar Cooper Jr.
After a breakout 2024 season, Omar Cooper Jr. is eyeing continued progression with Indiana football. The Indianapolis native took a ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti gives update one week ahead of spring game
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media on Thursday in Bloomington. Cignetti took questions as the ...
Watch: IU football RB Lee Beebe, Jr. spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football redshirt junior running back Lee Beebe, Jr. met with the media this week in connection with ...
IU Football: A look at the program’s known future opponents through 2032
LATEST UPDATE: Indiana will play a 2032 game at UConn. Below are all of the known games on the future ...
RB Roman Hemby noticed better IU football offense, culture, fans….everything in 2024
Roman Hemby arrived at Maryland in 2021, right after Tom Allen led IU through two of their best seasons in ...
Watch: IU football RB Roman Hemby spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football running back Roman Hemby met with the media on Tuesday in Bloomington as the program continues ...
Hoosier Sounds: IU football OT Carter Smith on the Hoosiers Connect podcast
Watch as IU football offensive tackle Carter Smith joined the Hoosiers Connect podcast. Former IU women's basketball player Sydney Parrish ...
Watch: IU football defensive lineman Tyrique Tucker spring media Q&A
Watch as IU football interior defensive lineman Tyrique Tucker met with the media in connection with spring practice. Tucker is ...
Curt Cignetti mentioned in future NFL Hall of Famer’s retirement video
In some respects, Curt Cignetti and Julio Jones helped launch each other's careers. Cignetti was the receivers coach at Alabama ...
Watch: IU football defensive coordinator Bryant Haines gives a spring update
Watch as IU football defensive coordinator Bryant Haines joined Rhett Lewis on "Under the Hood" to provide a spring practice ...
Watch: IU football WR Omar Cooper, Jr. spring media Q&A
Watch as IU football wide receiver Omar Cooper, Jr. met with the media this week in connection with the program's ...
Watch: IU football wide receiver E.J. Williams spring Q&A
Watch as IU football receiver E.J. Williams met with the media on Thursday in Bloomington Williams initially entered the transfer ...
IU football: Cignetti expects 2024 starting guard Drew Evans back practicing in the fall
Indiana's 2024 offensive line was never quite the same after Drew Evans went down with a season-ending injury. To be ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti gives spring practice update
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media on Tuesday in Bloomington. Indiana concludes spring practice on ...
Indiana WR Tyler Morris out for 2025 season with knee injury
Indiana football has been dealt a big blow during spring practice. IU head coach Curt Cignetti announced on Tuesday that ...
Watch: IU football CB D’Angelo Ponds spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football All-American cornerback D'Angelo Ponds met with the media in connection with the program's spring practice sessions ...
Watch: IU football edge Mikail Kamara spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football edge rusher Mikail Kamara met with the media to discuss spring practice and the upcoming 2025 ...
Watch: IU football QB Fernando Mendoza spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football quarterback Fernando Mendoza met with the media this week. Mendoza transferred to Indiana from California during ...
With his brother’s help, Fernando Mendoza is getting acclimated to Indiana football
When most quarterbacks join a new college program, they'll start learning the playbook when they get to campus, or after ...
Watch: IU football transfer OL Pat Coogan spring practice media Q&A
Watch as IU football offensive lineman Pat Coogan met with the media on Thursday in Bloomington. Coogan transferred to IU ...
Watch: IU football WR Elijah Sarratt on the Hoosiers Connect podcast
Watch below as IU wide receiver Elijah Sarratt joined the Hoosiers Connect podcast hosted by IU women's basketball great Mackenzie ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti on the Under the Hood podcast
Watch below as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined the Under the Hood podcast with former Hoosiers player and radio ...
Watch: IU football spring practice Q&A’s with Fisher, Ferrell, Sarratt and Smith
Watch below as IU football's Aiden Fisher, Amare Ferrell, Elijah Sarratt and Carter Smith met with the media on Tuesday ...
Former IU football running back Justice Ellison back with the program in support role
After a solid college career, Justice Ellison appeared to have a shot to get some consideration for a role at ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti discusses first spring practice of 2025
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media following his team's first spring practice. Indiana's spring practice ...
Cignetti sees silver lining in IU football’s season ending loss
IU football coach Curt Cignetti is always on the hunt for complacency in his program. And coming off a record ...
IU football moves date of 2025 spring game
IU football has the moved the date of the 2025 spring game. The Hoosiers will wrap up their spring practice ...
Watch: Former IU football players Walker, Price and Williams discuss their Pro Days
Watch below as former IU football players Jailin Walker, Myles Price and Ke'Shawn Williams met with the media following their ...
Key upcoming dates for IU football as spring practice approaches
The IU football program has been training with the strength and conditioning staff over since everyone returned to campus, but ...
Watch: IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined the Hoosiers Connect podcast
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined Pete Yonkman of Hoosiers Connect to review the 2024 season and look ...
Here’s where IU football and their 2025 opponents rank in initial ESPN SP+
With the first and primary round of transfer portal activity in the books and spring practice right around the corner, ...
Watch: Former IU football QB Kurtis Rourke talks injuries, 2024 season at NFL Combine
Watch as former IU football quarterback Kurtis Rourke met with the media in Indianapolis on Friday in connection with the ...
Former IU football DT CJ West makes strong impression at NFL Combine
Former Indiana defensive tackle C.J. West is helping his NFL Draft stock once again this week. West garnered significant attention ...
“Hate everything about them”: Former IU football center Mike Katic unloads on Purdue
It doesn't get much sweeter than beating your rival 66-0 on Senior Night. And in November, former IU football center ...
Preseason 2025 betting odds show more belief in IU football despite more challenging schedule
Indiana football entered foreign territory in 2025. The program set a new win total record. It contended for a Big ...
Further detail on IU football contracts with Chandler Whitmer and Bryant Haines
Through public record request, The Daily Hoosier obtained copies of the fully executed contract between Indiana and quarterbacks coach and co-offensive ...
Watch: IU football linebacker Aiden Fisher on the Hoosiers Connect podcast
Watch as IU football linebacker Aiden Fisher joined former women's basketball star Mackenzie Holmes on the latest edition of the ...
Watch: IU football DC Bryant Haines’ speech at Broyles Award ceremony
Watch below as IU football defensive coordinator Bryant Haines gave a speech at the Broyles Award ceremony on Thursday evening ...
IU football’s Kurtis Rourke and C.J. West receive NFL Combine invites
Two former IU football players will be representing the program at the 2025 NFL Draft Combine. Quarterback Kurtis Rourke and ...
IU football “didn’t lose anyone in long-term plans” to portal, but gained a few back
In this era of extreme player mobility, one fairly reliable measure of the health of a program is roster retention ...
IU football’s Cignetti hints at reason behind transfer by CB Jamier Johnson
Jamier Johnson started the first 11 games of the 2024 season for Indiana and averaged nearly 60 snaps a contest ...
Video and transcript: IU football coach Curt Cignetti talks 2025 roster
IU football coach Curt Cignetti met with the media via Zoom on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the program's 2025 roster ...
IU football: Curt Cignetti’s history of QB development convinced Fernando Mendoza
Based in Miami, the Mendoza family will be able to focus all of their energy on Saturdays toward Bloomington in ...
Watch: IU football QB Fernando Mendoza on why he picked Hoosiers, outlook for 2025
Watch as new IU football quarterback Fernando Mendoza sat down for the Hoosiers Connect podcast. Mendoza and Pete Yonkman discuss ...
IU football picks up commitment from Notre Dame transfer OL Pat Coogan
Indiana has made a massive addition to the 2025 roster. Literally and figuratively. 6-foot-5 and 310-pound Notre Dame starting center ...
Two Hoosiers set to play in Super Bowl LIX
If you're unsure who to root for in Super Bowl LIX, perhaps two Hoosiers on one of the teams will ...
IU football roster notes as program turns page to 2025
The IU football program updated their 2025 roster on Wednesday afternoon, and that always brings about a few updates on ...
IU football: Cornerback Jamier Johnson is no longer with the program
Indiana loaded up at cornerback during the offseason via the transfer portal. That led to questions since both starters were ...
Here’s how the sports books peg IU football’s 2025 national title odds
Coming off an appearance in the 2024 College Football Playoff, Indiana is seen as a longshot to win the 2025 ...
Watch: A journey back through the complete historic 2024 IU football season
Watch as Don Fischer and Curt Cignetti lead you back through Indiana's historic 2024 football season, week-by-week. In Cignetti's first ...
“I want everyone to be clear, we are not satisfied”
Curt Cignetti made a splash when he stepped on the basketball court in 2023, just hours after his formal introduction ...
Reports: Defensive coordinator Bryant Haines agrees to reworked contract with IU football
Indiana football is sweetening the deal for defensive coordinator Bryant Haines. Per a report from 247Sports, IU has given Haines ...
Date and time set for 2025 IU football spring game
Indiana football's 2025 spring game will be on Saturday, April 19 at Noon ET inside Memorial Stadium. Under head coach ...
Former IU football star Antwaan Randle El headed to Chicago Bears
Former IU football star Antwaan Randle El is headed home. And he's one step away from becoming an NFL head ...
IU AD Scott Dolson announces changes, promises more as IU football season ticket renewal begins
In a mass e-mail, IU Director of Athletics Scott Dolson formally kicked off IU football's season ticket renewal efforts. Dolson ...
IU football ranked No. 10 in final AP top-25 for 2024 season
Despite their only losses coming to the two teams that played in Monday's national championship, Indiana dropped a spot and ...
Here’s where ESPN placed IU football in way-too-early preseason 2025 rankings
Just minutes after the 2024 college football season finally came to an end, the page was turned. In year two ...
There were a lot of eyeballs on IU football in 2024
Indiana had four-straight sellouts to close the 2024 season. But there were even more eyeballs watching the Hoosiers on television ...
“We think he’s gonna give us something”: Cignetti excited about Fernando Mendoza
IU coach Curt Cignetti has a long record of success with quarterbacks. A former QB himself at West Virginia, Cignetti ...
Curt Cignetti says Kurtis Rourke’s knee was a concern throughout the 2024 season
A somewhat startling report two weeks indicated quarterback Kurtis Rourke played the entire 2024 IU football season with a torn ...
IU football coach Curt Cignetti names his final top-5, leaves out SEC completely
If Curt Cignetti has any plans to stop being edgy in 2025, he didn't start on Thursday. The now second-year ...
Watch: Curt Cignetti discusses new QB Mendoza, Rourke playing through knee injury
Watch as IU football coach Curt Cignetti joined ESPN's Pete Thamel on the College GameDay podcast. Cignetti discusses new quarterback ...
IU football gets commitment from NC State transfer safety Devan Boykin
The IU football program picked up a commitment from NC State transfer defensive back Devan Boykin on Tuesday, multiple national ...
IU football formally announces 31 newcomers for spring semester and practice
The Indiana football program and head coach Curt Cignetti formally announced 31 newcomers have joined the program on campus to start ...
Former IU football coach Tom Allen on the move again after one season at Penn State
Indiana will play at Penn State in 2025, but they won't have to face the defense of their former head ...
IU football transfer portal: Notable difference in Power Four transfers, and biggest remaining needs
After the most successful season in program history, Indiana football is continuing its upward trajectory. Head coach Curt Cignetti said ...
Indiana football positional scholarship breakdown rolled forward to 2025
TOTAL: 78 (as of 4/24/25) (Although new rules allow them to go up to 105, Indiana is expected to keep ...
McFadden and Westbrook-Ikhine headline 2024 seasons by former Hoosiers in the NFL
The 2024 NFL regular season came to end last weekend. Several former Indiana players saw action during the year, headlined ...
IU football lands commitment from Tennessee transfer TE Holden Staes
Indiana has picked up a commitment from Tennessee transfer tight end Holden Staes. A product of Atlanta, Staes has caught ...
“So happy for them”: Tom Allen stayed in touch with IU players, noticed program’s progress
Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Allen -- man it feels strange to type that -- told reporters on Wednesday he ...