SETTING THE SCENE • RV/RV Indiana (0-1, 0-1 B1G East) opens its 62nd season at Memorial Stadium (52,656; FieldTurf) against Idaho (1-0) on Saturday, Sept. 11. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. EST on BTN. • The Hoosiers and Vandals are meeting for the first time. • This is IU's first meeting against a Big Sky Conference foe. • Indiana has won six of its last seven home games, including an unblemished 3-0 mark in 2020, and are 7-2 at Memorial Stadium since the start of 2019. • The Hoosiers are 43-18 in Memorial Stadium openers with wins in 17 of their last 19 and 34 of their last 39, highlighted by last year's 36-35 overtime victory over No. 8 Penn State.
THE COACHES • The 2020 American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year, Tom Allen is 24-23 (.511) in his fifth season as Indiana head football coach. His 24 wins over his first four years are the most for an IU head coach during that span. Allen was also named the 2020 Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year (Big Ten coaches vote) and the Dave McClain Coach of the Year (Big Ten media vote). (full bio on page 14) • Paul Petrino is in his ninth season as Idaho's head coach. He owns a 31-59 (.344) career record and a 21-33 (.389) mark in the Big Sky Conference. Petrino led the Vandals to a victory in the 2016 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
NEWS & NOTES • Indiana is 14-8 overall and 11-6 in Big Ten play since the start of 2019. • IU's 14 wins share fourth and 11 victories are fourth in the B1G during that span. • The Hoosiers were ranked in the 2021 preseason for the first time since 1969. • Indiana appeared in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll for the 11th-straight week, a program record. • The team voted WR Ty Fryfogle, TE Peyton Hendershot, LB Cam Jones, DB Marcelino McCrary-Ball, LB Micah McFadden, and QB Michael Penix Jr. season captains. • Jones, McCrary-Ball, McFadden, and Penix were also 2020 captains. • IU has won 11 of its last 15 league games. • The Hoosiers (6-2, 6-1 Big Ten) finished the 2020 season with a No. 12 final rating from the Associated Press, their highest final ranking since 1967 (No. 4). • Indiana's 11 B1G wins over 2019-20 tied for the most in school history over a two-year span (1987-88). • IU has played in consecutive January bowl games (2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl and 2021 Outback Bowl) for the first time in school history.
2021 INDIANA SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/TV S.4 at 18/18 Iowa L, 6-34 S.11 Idaho 7:30 pm/BTN S.18 7/8 Cincinnati Noon/ABC or ESPN S.25 at Western Kentucky 8 pm/CBSSN O.2 at 11/13 Penn State TBA O.16 RV/RV Michigan State Noon O.23 3/3 Ohio State TBA O.30 at RV/RV Maryland Noon N.6 at RV/RV Michigan TBA N.13 --/RV Rutgers TBA N.20 Minnesota TBA N.27 at Purdue TBA D.4 B1G Championship Game [1] 8 pm/FOX [1] - at Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis -B1G East Division games in bold -Rankings are AP/Coaches -All game times Eastern
2021 IDAHO SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/TV S.4 Simon Fraser W, 68-0 S.11 at RV/RV Indiana 7:30 pm/BTN S.18 at Oregon State 3:30 pm/PAC-12 O.2 UC Davis 10 pm/ESPN+ O.9 Portland State 5 pm/ESPN+ O.16 at Eastern Washington 4 pm/ROOT O.23 Montana 7:30 pm/ESPN+ O.30 Northern Arizona 4 pm/ESPN+ N.6 Southern Utah 4 pm/ESPN+ N.13 at Montana State 3 pm/ESPN+ N.20 at Idaho State 3 pm/ESPN+ -Big Sky Conference games in bold
TALE OF THE TAPE IU IDAHO Points Scored 6.0 68.0 Rushing Yds. 77.0 316.0 Passing Yds. 156.0 277.0 Total Yds. 233.0 593.0 Total Plays 64.0 70.0 First Downs 11.0 27.0 Time of Possession 32:04 27:03 3rd Down Conversion 33.3% 70.0% 4th Down Conversion 100.0% 50.0% Red Zone Scores 2-2 7-9 Red Zone TDs 0-2 6-9 Sacks By 2-15 5-37 TFLs By 6-27 15-53 Interceptions 0-0 1-32 Fumbles Recovered 2-0 0-0 Field Goals 2-2 1-1 Kick Return Yds. 0.0 36.5 Punt Return Yds. -2..0 11.7 Points Allowed 34.0 0.0 Rushing Yds. Allowed 158.0 13.0 Passing Yds. Allowed 145.0 77.0 Total Yds. Allowed 303.0 90.0
Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. EST Date: Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021
Location: Memorial Stadium (52,656; FieldTurf) - Bloomington, Ind. TV: BTN: Mark Followill (p-b-p), Matt Millen (analyst) & Elise Menaker (sideline)
Radio: IU Radio Network; Sirius 108, XM 202, SXM App 965: Don Fischer, Buck Suhr & Joe Smith
STAT LEADERS Passing
Michael Penix Jr.: 14-31, 156 Yds, 0 TD, 3 INT Rushing
Stephen Carr: 19-57, 0 TD, 3.0 Avg Receiving
Ty Fryfogle: 5-84, 0 TD, 16.8 Avg Defense
DL Ryder Anderson: 7 T, 1 S, 2 TFL DL Weston Kramer: 7 T, 1 TFL
S Raheem Layne: 6 T, 1 FF
STAT LEADERS Passing
CJ Jordan: 7-12, 161 Yds, 2 TD, 0 INT Rushing
Roshaun Johnson: 10-87, 3 TD, 10.2 Avg Receiving
Hayden Hatten: 2-106, 1 TD, 53.0 Avg Defense
DL Noah Elliss: 8 T, 1.5 TFL LB Hogan Hatten: 7 T, 1 S, 3 TFL
LB Tre Walker: 7 T, 2 TFL
IDAHO (1-0) AT RV/RV INDIANA (0-1, 0-1 B1G)
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INDIANA QUICK FACTS University Facts Location: Bloomington, Ind. Population: 85,755 Founded: 1820 Joined Big Ten: 1899 First Year of Big Ten Football: 1900 Enrollment: 48,514 Nickname: Hoosiers Colors: Cream and Crimson Marching Band: Marching Hundred President: Pamela Whitten Director of Athletics: Scott Dolson Senior Woman Administrator: Mattie White Faculty Representative: Dr. Kurt Zorn Ticket Office Phone: 866-IUSPORTS Website: IUHoosiers.com Twitter: @IndianaFootball, @CoachAllenIU Facebook/Instagram: @IndianaFootball
Head Coach Head Coach: Tom Allen (Maranatha Baptist ‘92; Indiana ‘02) Record at Indiana (Years): 24-23 (Fifth Year)* B1G Record (Years): 15-20 (Fifth Year) Career Record (Years): 24-23 (Fifth Year)* *Coached in the 2016 Foster Farms Bowl
Coaching Staff Deland McCullough - Associate Head Coach/RB Brandon Shelby - Assistant Head Coach/CB Grant Heard - Co-Offensive Coordinator/WR Darren Hiller - Run Game Coordinator/OL Jason Jones - S Kevin Peoples - DL Nick Sheridan - Offensive Coordinator/QB Kasey Teegardin - ST Coordinator/OLB Charlton Warren - Defensive Coordinator/LB Kevin Wright - TE
Strategic Communications Football Contact: Jeff Keag Office Phone: 812-855-6209 Cell Phone: 812-219-2925 Email: jkeag@indiana.edu Secondary Contact: Greg Campbell Office Phone: 812-856-2939 Cell Phone: 814-876-0824 Email: campbeg@iu.edu Fax: 812-855-9401 Press Box Phone: 812-855-2754
Team Information Offensive Formation: Multiple Defensive Formation: Multiple Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 59/19 Offense: 25/10 Defense: 30/7 Special Teams: 4/2 Starters Returning/Lost: 19/7 2020 Overall Record: 6-2 2020 Big Ten Record/Finish: 6-1/2nd (East)
MONDAY
11 a.m. EST - Weekly Press Conference in Henke Hall of
Champions
Players 12:15 -
WEDNESDAY
7:05 p.m. - Inside IU Football with Tom Allen
Radio Show
via Zoom
designated media area
In alignment with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Indiana University, and IU Athletics, the following guidelines have been established for media covering Indiana Football: •Everyone is required to wear a mask indoors at Memorial Stadium. •Individuals who are feeling sick and/or experiencing COVID-19 symptoms should not attend. •All guidelines are subject to change based on University, state, and local protocols.
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS Senior assistant athletic director for strategic communications and football contact Jeff Keag (812-855-6209 office, 812- 219-2925 cell, jkeag@indiana.edu) and assistant director of strategic communications Greg Campbell (812-856-2939 office, 814-876-0824 cell, campbeg@iu.edu) handle all media requests for the Indiana football program.
WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE Indiana head coach Tom Allen will hold his weekly press conference every Monday during the regular season at 11 a.m. ET in the Henke Hall of Champions. A transcript will be provided by ASAP Sports. Selected players will be available at 11:30 a.m. Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Nick Sheridan and defensive coordinator/linebackers Charlton Warren will be available following the players. Lunch will be provided. Live streaming will be made available on IUHoosiers.com.
PRACTICE SCHEDULE Practices are closed to the media. Requested coaches and players will be available in the Team Room in the North End Zone complex for post-practice interviews on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Allen, Sheridan, Warren, and players made available at Monday’s press conference will not be available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
INTERVIEW REQUESTS All player and coaching staff interview requests should be directed to Jeff Keag. Requests for post-practice interviews should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Personal phone numbers will not be made available to media. Players have been instructed not to conduct interviews when contacted without prior approval from the strategic communications staff. Please contact Keag if you would like to contact players family members.
POST-GAME INTERVIEW POLICY The Indiana locker room is closed at all times. A strategic communications staffer will collect all player requests in the press box midway through the fourth quarter. Requested players will be available in the Team Room of the North End Zone complex immediately following head coach Tom Allen’s post-game press conference.
Allen will be available in the Team Room following his post-game radio duties. Post-game interviews on the road will be held in accordance with the host school’s procedures.
CREDENTIALS Working credentials for the 2021 Indiana football season must be requested via the web. To request credentials visit IUHoosiers.com and click on the strategic communications link under “Athletics.” A link to apply for football credentials will be at the top of the page.
Credentials will be mailed to the address provided. To guarantee that your credential is mailed to you, your request should be made 10 days prior to the game. All requests made during the week of the game will be held at media will call, which is located at ticket booth No. 3 located on the west side of Memorial Stadium and opens three hours prior to kickoff.
IUHOOSIERS.COM IUHoosiers.com is the official web site of the Indiana football program. This is the best and most efficient way for media wishing to receive updated information on IU football.
SOCIAL MEDIA The Indiana Football program is on Twitter and Instagram (@IndianaFootball) and Facebook (facebook.com/IndianaFootball). Head coach Tom Allen is on Twitter (@CoachAllenIU) and Facebook (facebook.com/CoachAllenIU).
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Matthew Bedford, OL •Outland Trophy Watch List
Camron Buckley, WR •Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List
Charles Campbell, K •Lou Groza Award Watch List
Stephen Carr, RB •Doak Walker Award Watch List
Ty Fryfogle, WR •Maxwell Award Watch List •Biletnikoff Award Watch List
Peyton Hendershot, TE •John Mackey Award Watch List
D.J. Matthews Jr., WR/RS •Paul Hornung Award Watch List
Micah McFadden, LB •Bednarik Award Watch List •Butkus Award Watch List •Nagurski Trophy Watch List •Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List
Tiawan Mullen, CB •Bednarik Award Watch List •Jim Thorpe Award Watch List •Nagurski Trophy Watch List
Sio Nofoagatoto'a, DT •Polynesian POY Award Watch List
Michael Penix Jr., QB •Maxwell Award Watch List •Davey O'Brien Award Watch List •B1G Preseason Honors •Walter Camp POY Award Watch List •Manning Award Watch List •Johnny Unitas Award Watch List
Michael Ziemba, OLB •Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
*Of the 16 official watch lists announced by the FWAA, Indiana led the Big Ten with a player on 14 of the lists and with 17 total honorees.
2021 TRANSFERS
1 Camron Buckley, WR .............. Texas A&M 5 Stephen Carr, RB ................................ USC 7 D.J. Matthews Jr, WR ......... Florida State 10 Ryder Anderson, DL.....................Ole Miss 13 Jaren Handy, OLB .......................... Auburn 17 Jonathan Haynes, DB..................Ole Miss 25 Deland McCullough II, DB .......Miami (OH) 50 Zach Carpenter, OL .....................Michigan 99 Weston Kramer, DL .........Northern Illinois
2021 SUPER SENIORS 0 Raheem Layne, DB 3 Ty Fryfogle, WR 9 Marcelino McCrary-Ball, DB 26 Gabe Cohen, DB 85 Khameron Taylor, TE 87 Michael Ziemba, OLB 90 Jared Smolar, K
2020 NEWS & NOTES • Indiana collected its first Top-10 ranking in the Nov. 8, 2020, AP Poll (No. 10) since Sept. 22, 1969 (No. 10). • The Hoosiers No. 7 rating (Dec. 13 and 20, 2020) was their best in the AP Poll since Nov. 27, 1967 (No. 4). • IU's three Top-25 victories tied for the third-most in the country and matched the school record (1945). • Indiana clinched a winning league record in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1987-88 and for the sixth time overall (1967-68, 1944-46, 1936-37). • The Hoosiers six conference wins tied for the most in program history (1967, 1987). • IU collected its first win over No. 16 Wisconsin (14-6) since 2001 and 2002, the former coming at Camp Randall Stadium. • Indiana recorded its first road victory over a ranked opponent since No. 18 Missouri in 2014, and its first Big Ten road win over a ranked opponent since No. 22 Michigan State in 2001. • The Hoosiers defeated Michigan State, 24-0, to reclaim the Old Brass Spittoon for the first time since 2016 and earn their first win in East Lansing since 2001. • IU's 38-21 victory over No. 23 Michigan was its first over the Wolverines since 1987. • Indiana's 36-35, overtime win against No. 8 Penn State in the season opener was the sixth against a Top-10 opponent in program history, with the last coming at No. 9 Ohio State in 1987. • It marked the Hoosiers first Top-10 victory at Memorial Stadium since 1967 (No. 3 Purdue). • IU defeated PSU, U-M, MSU, and UW in the same season for the first time in school history and beat the Wolverines and Spartans in the same year for the first time since 1967.
2020 HONORS • CB Tiawan Mullen (1st team FWAA), LB Micah McFadden (3rd team AP), and WR Ty Fryfogle (3rd team AP) collected All-America status, the first time since 2007 three Hoosiers were named All-Americans. • Mullen became the first cornerback in program history to be named a first-team All-American. • A school record 16 Hoosiers earned 2020 All-Big Ten honors, highlighted by Fryfogle, who became the first wideout in Indiana history to be recognized as the Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year. • A program record seven Hoosiers, including a school record four first-teamers, garnered defensive accolades. • Mullen was Indiana's first first-team selection at cornerback since Tracy Porter (2007), while McFadden received first-team honors for the first time in his career. • CB Jaylin Williams (2nd team) and Devon Matthews (3rd team) also collected defensive recognition. • QB Michael Penix Jr. picked up second-team accolades, while TE Peyton Hendershot earned third-team honors. • K Charles Campbell was named second-team All-Big Ten. • Twenty-nine Hoosiers garnered Academic All-B1G, matching the school record set in 2018 under Tom Allen. • During Allen's tenure, 95 student-athletes have been named Academic all-conference.
STAFF UPDATE • Tom Allen welcomed two members to his coaching staff in the offseason: associate head coach/running backs coach Deland McCullough (bio on page 15) and defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Charlton Warren (bio on page 15). • McCullough enters his second stint in Bloomington (2011-16) after working the last three campaigns with the Chiefs. • Warren, a 16-year veteran, spent the last four years in the SEC, including the last two as defensive backs coach at Georgia. • Brandon Shelby (bio on page 15) was elevated to assistant head coach and will continue to oversee the cornerbacks, while special teams coordinator Kasey Teegardin (bio on page 15) is now coaching the outside linebackers.
HOOSIERS IN THE NFL • Twelve Hoosiers are currently on NFL rosters: RB Tevin Coleman (Jets), OL Dan Feeney (Jets), RB Jordan Howard (Eagles), S Jamar Johnson (Broncos), OL Brandon Knight (Cowboys), OL Wes Martin (Redskins), WR Whop Philyor (Vikings), OL Rodger Saffold (Titans), OL Jason Spriggs (Falcons), QB Nate Sudfeld (49ers), TE Ian Thomas (Panthers), and WR Nick Westbrook (Titans).
RANDLE EL CFB HALL OF FAME • Former IU quarterback Antwaan Randle El (1998-2001) is on the 2020 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame for the 10th-consecutive year. • He earned All-Big Ten distinction in 1999, 2000 and 2001, and he was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 1998. The Big Ten MVP, and first team All-American in 2001, Randle El was also sixth in Heisman Trophy balloting. • The Riverdale, Ill., native was the first player in NCAA history to score 40 touchdowns (45) and throw for 40 TDs (42), the first to record over 2,500 total yards in four seasons, and the first to both pass for over 6,000 and rush for over 3,000.
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• Nick Sheridan is in his second season overseeing the Indiana offense. • IU returned 25 letterwinners (10 lost) on offense, including seven starters, from 2020. • A year ago, senior Ty Fryfogle earned third-team Associated Press All-America honors, became the first wideout in program history to be named the Big Ten's Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year, claimed first-team all- conference honors, and was a Biletnikoff semifinalist. • Redshirt junior quarterback Michael Penix Jr. carded second-team All-Big Ten honors and was a Davey O'Brien semifinalist, while redshirt senior tight end Peyton Hendershot collected third-team accolades. • The Hoosiers reached 30 points four times and 13 times overall since the start of 2019, which is third in the B1G to Ohio State's 19 and Minnesota's 14. • They led the conference in fewest sacks allowed (1.25, T-17th nationally), ranked second in 30-yard passing plays (tied with 13), 60-yarders (4, T-8th nationally), and 50-yarders (6, T-15th), tied for third in 40-yarders (6), ranked fourth in scoring (28.9) and interceptions lost (tied with 5, T-32nd), and ranked fifth in passing (250.9, 43rd) and time of possession (31:15, 36th).
• Indiana threw for 342 yards in its victory over No. 23 Michigan, the program's second-highest passing yardage against U-M in 69 all-time meetings, for 320 in the win at Michigan State, and for 491 at No. 3 Ohio State, the most in 94 all-time meetings, the second-highest total in program history, and the fourth-most ever allowed by OSU. • IU posted 460 total yards against the Wolverines, 433 against the Spartans and 490 against the Buckeyes. • Sheridan is in his fifth year in Bloomington. He coached the tight ends in 2019 and the quarterbacks in 2017-18. • The Saline, Mich., native worked as an offensive graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee from 2014-16. • Sheridan (33) was named one of the nation’s Top 30 coaches under 30 years of age by 247Sports in 2017. • A quarterback at the University of Michigan (2006-09), he appeared in 12 games and made four starts. • Sheridan's father, Bill, is a 36-year NFL and collegiate coaching veteran, currently serving as the defensive line coach at the Air Force Academy.
OFFENSE CAREER SUPERLATIVES - OFFENSE 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES Ty Fryfogle, WR (4) 218 at Ohio State, 11/21/20 200 at Michigan State, 11/14/20 142 Michigan, 11/7/20 131 at Penn State, 11/16/19
D.J. Matthews Jr., WR (1) 133 at N.C. State, 11/3/18
10+ RECEPTION GAMES Ty Fryfogle, WR (1) 11 at Michigan State, 11/14/20
D.J. Matthews Jr., WR (1) 10 at N.C. State, 11/3/18
MULTI-TD RECEIVING GAMES Ty Fryfogle, WR (2) 3 at Ohio State, 11/21/20 2 at Michigan State, 11/14/20
Peyton Hendershot, TE (1) 2 at Rutgers, 10/31/20
100-YARD RUSHING GAMES Tim Baldwin Jr., RB (1) 106 Maryland, 11/28/20
Stephen Carr, RB (1) 119 Stanford, 9/9/17
MULTI-TD RUSHING GAMES Stephen Carr, RB (1) 2 Western Michigan, 9/2/17
300-YARD PASSING GAMES Michael Penix Jr., QB (4) 491 at Ohio State, 11/21/20 342 Michigan, 11/7/20 326 vs. Ball State, 8/31/19 320 at Michigan State, 11/14/20
MULTI-TD PASSING GAMES Michael Penix Jr., QB (7) 5 at Ohio State, 11/21/20 3 at Michigan State, 9/28/19 3 Rutgers, 10/12/19 3 at Rutgers, 10/31/20 3 Michigan, 11/7/20 2 Eastern Illinois, 9/7/19 2 at Michigan State, 11/14/20
Jack Tuttle, QB (1) 2 at Wisconsin, 12/5/20
• Associate head coach and Super Bowl champion Deland McCullough enters his second stint as Indiana’s running back coach (2011-16). • McCullough spent 2018-20 as the Kansas City Chiefs running backs coach. • In his seven years in the collegiate coaching ranks, McCullough has mentored seven 1,000-yard running backs, including five from 2014-17. • Two of his backs have earned All-America honors and nine have secured all-conference recognition. • All five of his featured rushers - Stephen Houston, Tevin Coleman, Jordan Howard, Devine Redding, and Ronald Jones (USC) - have reached the NFL. • During his first run in Bloomington, the Hoosiers set 19 program rushing records. • McCullough was named the 2014 BTN.com running backs coach of the year. • Stephen Carr (6-1, 215) joined the program as a transfer from USC on May 20, 2021, and carried the ball 19 times for 57 yards in his Hoosier debut at No. 18 Iowa. • The Doak Walker Award candidate rushed for 1,329 yards on 264 carries (5.0 average) with 12 touchdowns in 35 games (6 starts) at Southern Cal. • Carr caught 57 passes for 421 yards (7.4) with one TD, and he returned 15 kickoffs for 321 yards (21.4). • He earned his degree in communications in May 2021. • McCullough coached Carr in his only season with the Trojans in 2017. • David Ellis (6-1, 214) moved from wide receiver to running back during 2020 spring practice.
• He played in the final five games of 2020 after he missed the first three with an ankle injury and rushed for 61 yards on 16 attempts. • The junior also brought in 11 passes for 137 yards with his first career receiving score at No. 3 Ohio State, where he hauled in four grabs for a career-best 86 yards. • Ellis made 16 receptions for 173 yards, rushed nine times for 53 yards with one touchdown, and collected 579 yards on 28 kick returns as a true freshman in 2019. • His kick return yardage ranked third nationally among true freshmen, fifth in the Big Ten, 12th in IU single-season history, and 27th nationally. • Ellis saw time at running back, wide receiver, defensive back, and kick returner at Chippewa Valley High School, where he became the 11th player in state history with a 99- yard scoring rush. • Tim Baldwin Jr. (6-0, 211) finished his true freshman campaign with 22 rushes for 141 yards (6.4 average). • He became the 14th Indiana true freshman to hit the century mark when he carried the ball 16 times for a game- high 106 yards, both career-best efforts, against Maryland. • A native of Nokesville, Va., Baldwin was a first-team all- state honoree at Patriot High School, where he rushed for 1,604 yards on 233 carries with 25 TDs as a senior. • Each of the Hoosiers last five featured running backs have reached the NFL – Stevie Scott III (New Orleans, Denver), Redding (Kansas City, Tampa Bay), Howard (Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago), Coleman (New York Jets, San Francisco, Atlanta), and Houston (New England, Pittsburgh, Baltimore).
RUNNING BACK
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B1G CONFERENCE WINS (SINCE 2019) Ohio State ..................................................15 Iowa ...........................................................13 Penn State .................................................12 INDIANA ..................................................11 Minnesota .................................................10 Wisconsin ..................................................10 Michigan .....................................................8 Illinois ..........................................................7 Northwestern ..............................................7 Michigan State ............................................7 Nebraska .....................................................6 Purdue .........................................................5 Maryland .....................................................3 Rutgers ........................................................3
IU IN THE POLLS (SINCE 2020) Date (2021) AP Coaches CFP Preseason 17 17 -- 9/7 RV RV -- Date (2020) AP Coaches CFP 10/18 RV RV -- 10/25 17 19 -- 11/1 13 13 -- 11/8 10 10 -- 11/15 9 10 -- 11/22 12 12 12 11/29 10 11 12 12/6 8 9 12 12/13 7 7 -- 12/20 7 8 11 Final 12 13 --
• Michael Penix Jr. is on watch lists for the Maxwell, Davey O'Brien, Walter Camp Player of the Year, Manning, and Unitas Awards, and he was one of 10 players to earn Big Ten Preseason honors. • The redshirt junior owns a 10-3 record as a starter and is 269-of-445 (60.5 percent) for 3,414 yards with 25 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, a 138.5 pass-efficiency rating, and four 300-yard efforts in 16 games. • Penix has 182 yards on the ground on 49 attempts (3.7 average) with four TDs. • His completion percentage is third and his four 300-yarders share sixth in program history. • A 2020 team captain and co-Most Valuable Player, Penix earned second-team All-Big Ten recognition and was one of 17 O'Brien Award semifinalists. • The southpaw started all six games in which he appeared before he suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the Maryland win (11/28). • Penix completed 124-of-220 (56.4 percent) for 1,645 yards with 14 scores and four INTs, averaged a Big Ten-leading 274.2 yards per game (18th nationally), and recorded a 136.54 pass-efficiency rating. • The 6-3, 218-pounder added a pair of touchdowns on the ground and 25 yards, and totaled 278.3 yards of offense (2nd in the Big Ten, 29th nationally) • Before the injury, he led the league in passing yardage, passing yardage per game (312.2, 9th nationally), passing touchdowns, completions, attempts, 60-yard passing plays (4, T-2nd), 50-yarders (6, T-7th), 40-yarders (tied 6, T-33rd), and 30-yarders (11, T-39th). • Penix ran for one TD with :22 remaining, threw for a score in overtime, and then converted the ensuing two-point conversions following both to lift Indiana to a 36-35 victory over No. 8 Penn State. • In the win over No. 23 Michigan, the southpaw completed 30-of-50 for 342 yards, the second-highest yardage for a Hoosier against the Wolverines, with three touchdowns. • Penix was named the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week and recognized on the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award's Great 8 list. • He turned in a career day at No. 3 Ohio State and secured his second O'Brien Great 8 honor, throwing for a career- high 491 yards (2nd in program history, 1st in Big Ten/6th nationally in 2020) with a career-best five TDs (T-3rd in program history, T-2nd in Big Ten/T-8th nationally in 2020) on 27-of-51 (career-high attempts). • It marked his third-straight 300-yard game, and Penix became just the second Hoosier to accomplish the feat (Nate Sudfeld, 3 in 2015). • His three-game total of 1,153 yards was the second-best total in program history (Ben Chappell - 1,188 in 2010). • The 491 yards are the most against OSU at Ohio Stadium since 1985 (Jim Everett, 497) and the fourth-highest put up against the Buckeyes, including the most by an IU QB. • Penix became the fourth to throw at least five scores against Ohio State. • He completed 110-of-160 passes, good for a school- record 68.8 completion percentage (6th in Big Ten history), for 1,394 yards with 10 touchdowns, four picks, and a 157.56 pass-efficiency rating in six starts in 2019. He rushed for 119 yards on 22 attempts (5.4) with two TDs. • Penix suffered a season-ending right sternoclavicular joint injury in the Northwestern win on Nov. 2. • In 2019, Penix twice claimed Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors (Ball State, Michigan State). • Penix became the first IU freshman to start the opening game at quarterback since Antwaan Randle El in 1998. • The Tampa native joined Randle El as the only freshman to surpass 300 passing yards in his first start and is one of just four freshmen to ever reach the benchmark. • Penix finished with 326 yards on 24-of-40 with a 75-yard score. He added 67 rushing yards for 393 total yards.
• His total yardage and passing yardage trail only Randle El for the most in a freshman debut. Randle El posted 467 total yards and 385 passing yards against Western Michigan on Sept. 12, 1998. • In his first career road start at No. 25 Michigan State, he went 33-of-42 (78.6) for 286 yards with three passing touchdowns and one rushing TD. • Penix completed a school-record 20-straight passes, the second-longest streak in Big Ten history behind Chuck Long’s 22-straight in 1984. • His 33 completions were a career-high and share seventh on the program’s single-game list. • Penix threw for 61 scores and just six interceptions in his two years as a starter (24 games) at Tampa Bay Technical High School. • The team captain added 16 touchdowns on the ground. He also played center field, jumped 22 feet in the long jump, and tallied a time of 22.8 in the 200-meter dash. • Jack Tuttle relieved Penix against the Terrapins and started the final two games of 2020, including the Outback Bowl, where he played every snap despite suffering a separated shoulder in the first quarter. • Tuttle went 44-of-72 (61.1 percent) for 362 yards with two touchdowns and one interception and led the Hoosiers to a pair of victories. • In his first career start, he guided IU to a 14-6 win at No. 16 Wisconsin, the program's first win in Madison since 2001. • A 6-4, 212-pound right-hander, Tuttle completed 13-of-22 for 130 yards with two TDs and zero INTs. • The redshirt junior graduated with a supply chain management degree in May 2021 and earned 2020 Academic All-Big Ten recognition. • Tuttle transferred from the University of Utah on Dec. 17, 2018, practiced with team, and was ruled eligible for the 2019 campaign in the spring. He did not see action at Utah. • In five games in 2019, Tuttle went 6-of-11 for 34 yards and had nine rushes for 20 yards. • A graduate of Mission Hills High School in San Marcos, Calif., Tuttle was a Rivals and 247Sports four-star prospect. • He was ranked the No. 4 pro-style quarterback nationally by Rivals, the No. 5 pro-style quarterback nationally by 247Sports, and the No. 13 player in California by 247Sports. • Tuttle’s father, Jay, was a walk-on kicker at IU (1986-88).
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THE START CHART • Twenty-two players on defense brought 275 career starts into 2021, while 17 players added 169 career starts on offense for a total of 444 career starts from 39 players.
• On defense, the secondary is the most experienced unit with 142 career starts among nine different players.
• The offense’s most experienced unit is the wide receivers/tight ends with 101 career starts among eight players.
• Across both lines, IU owns 155 career starts among 14 players, including 98 from eight on defense and 57 from seven on offense.
‘17 ‘18 ‘19 ‘20 ‘21 Total OFFENSE Bedford - - 8 7 1 16 Bjorson - - 1 1 - 2 Buckley - 3 1 - - 4 Carpenter - - - 2 - 2 Carr 1 1 1 3 1 7 Fryfogle - 3 12 7 1 22 Haggard - - - 4 - 4 Hendershot - 10 13 8 1 32 Caleb Jones - - 13 5 1 19 Katic - - - 4 1 5 Marshall - - 1 7 1 9 Matthews Jr. 1 6 9 - 1 17 Penix Jr. - - 6 6 1 13 Powell - 3 - 6 1 10 Swinton - - - 1 - 1 K. Taylor - 5 9 - - 14 Tuttle - - - 2 - 2 Weaver - - - - 1 1
‘17 ‘18 ‘19 ‘20 ‘21 Total DEFENSE Anderson - 2 4 9 1 16 Bonhomme - - - 3 - 3 Burgess - - 7 - - 7 Bryant - - 4 3 1 8 Elliott - - 12 6 1 19 Fitzgerald - 4 5 8 - 17 Haynes - - 10 7 - 17 Head Jr. - - 13 7 - 20 Cam Jones - - - 7 1 8 King - - - 1 - 1 Kramer - 13 11 6 1 31 Layne 1 7 5 - 1 14 Matthews - - 6 8 1 15 McCrary-Ball* 12 3 11 12 - 38 McFadden - - 12 7 1 20 Miller - 1 1 2 1 5 Mullen - - 8 8 1 17 Nofoagatoto'a - - - 2 - 2 Person - - - 1 - 1 R. Taylor - - 1 3 1 5 Ja. Williams - - 7 5 - 12 Ziemba - - 9 1 - 10
*-McCrary-Ball started 12 games in 2016, three in 2017, 11 in 2018 and 12 in 2019.
• Ty Fryfogle earned 2020 third-team Associated Press All-America honors, became the first wideout in program history to be named the Big Ten's Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year, and claimed first-team all-conference honors. • One of 11 semifinalists for the 2020 Biletnikoff Award, Fryfogle also became the first receiver in B1G history to record back-to-back 200-yard games, the first Indiana wideout to reach 200 yards twice, and the first Hoosier since Nate Sudfeld (2015) to claim back-to-back Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors. • The senior opened the season with game-high in catches (5-tied) and yardage (84) at No. 18 Iowa, and he is now 16th on the program’s career yardage list and tied for 18th in career receptions. • He became the 16th Hoosier to reach 100 catches (117, 3rd among active B1G receivers, T-31st nationally) and 1,750 yards (1,803, 3rd, 18th), and he has 13 TDs (5th, T-27th). • Fryfogle led the team with 721 yards (4th in the Big Ten), 90.1 yards per game (5th, 29th nationally), seven touchdowns (T-3rd, T-30th), and 19.5 yards per reception (3rd, 23rd) one year ago. • The 6-2, 205-pounder also finished second with 37 receptions (T-9th) and 4.6 grabs per game in 2020, and he paced the conference in 30-yard catches (7), shared second in 20-yarders (14) and 60-yarders (2), and tied for third in 40-yarders (3) and 50-yarders (3). • Fryfogle's three 100-yard games shared ninth in school single-season history, and he owns four career 100-yarders. • At No. 3 Ohio State, Fryfogle hauled in seven passes for 218 yards (5th in program history, 1st in the Big Ten/15th nationally in 2020) and three scores (T-2nd in program history, T-1st in Big Ten/T-7th nationally in 2020). • His 218 yards were the third-highest total ever vs. the Buckeyes, the most by a Hoosier vs. OSU, and the fifth- highest total in school history. • The senior scored from 63, 56, and 33 yards out and became the first Hoosier since James Hardy on Sept. 1, 2007, vs. Indiana State to bring in a pair of 50-yard TDs. • Fryfogle set a career-high with 11 receptions (T-5th in the Big Ten in 2020) for 200 yards (8th in program history2nd in Big Ten/23rd nationally in 2020), and reached the end zone twice, including a career-long 65-yarder, in the win at Michigan State. • He became the first Hoosier since Cody Latimer (2013) with a touchdown in four-straight games and with three- consecutive 100-yarders. • Fryfogle, whose only Power 5 offers were from Indiana and Ole Miss, made seven grabs for 142 yards with a 24-yard score in the win over No. 23 Michigan to give him 25 for 560 and six TDs over a three-week stretch. • His 560 yards were the most over a three-game span in school history and the six scores were the most since Hardy's eight (2006). • The Lucedale, Miss., native graduated with a liberal studies degree in May 2021, and is cousin's with IU outside linebacker Jaren "Stone" Handy. • Redshirt junior Miles Marshall finished third on the team with 290 yards on 19 receptions with one touchdown in 2020, and he owns 507 yards on 36 catches and a pair of TDs in 22 career games (9 starts). • One year ago, the 6-4, 212-pounder started all seven games in which he appeared, averaged 41.4 yards per games, and finished second on IU with 15.3 yards per grab.
• The Lilburn, Ga., native matched his career-high with four receptions for a career-best 89 yards, including a career-long 68-yarder, against the Buckeyes. • Marshall led the team in yardage twice and catches once. • Graduate transfers D.J. Matthews Jr. (Florida State) and Camron Buckley (Texas A&M) have provided the receiving corp with some experienced depth. • The 5-11, 160-pound Matthews enrolled in 2021 spring classes and participated in practice. • In 35 games (16 starts) at FSU, Matthews had 84 receptions for 809 yards and five touchdowns to go along with one punt return TD. • The Jacksonville, Fla., native also ranks 10th at Florida State with 582 career punt return yards and 56 returns, and he holds two of the top-4 single-game marks. • Matthews did not play in 2020, but he caught 36 passes for 355 yards and three scores in 12 games (9 starts) in 2019, and he totaled 42 receptions for 382 yards and one touchdown in 12 games (6 starts) in 2018. • He earned an interdisciplinary social science degree in Dec. 2020. • Buckley joined the Hoosiers in May after he made 62 catches for 877 yards (14.1 average) and four TDs in 39 games (4 starts from 2017-19). Like Matthews, he missed the 2020 season (injury). • The 6-2, 198-pounder out of Cedar Hill, Texas, enjoyed his most successful campaign in 2018, where he collected 34 receptions for 474 yards with one TD in 13 games (3 starts). • Buckley graduated with a university studies degree in Dec. 2020.
WIDE RECEIVER
Ty Fryfogle
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PLAYERS OF THE GAME The Indiana coaching staff will select offensive, defensive, special teams, and scout players of the game each week.
• Iowa O: None D: None ST: None Scout: Freeman (D), Holloman (O), Marozas (O), Turvy (ST)
• Idaho
• Cincinnati
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Rutgers
• Minnesota
• Purdue
GAME-BY-GAME LEADERS Iowa Passing - Penix Jr. (156 yards) Rushing - Carr (57 yards) Receiving - Fryfogle (84 yards) Tackles - Anderson (7), Kramer (7)
• Idaho
• Cincinnati
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Rutgers
• Minnesota
• Purdue
• Despite using five different line combinations in eight games in 2020, Indiana led the Big Ten (T-17th nationally) in fewest sacks allowed per game (1.25), finished fourth in scoring (28.9), and fifth in passing offense (250.9) and in time of possession (31:15). • Redshirt senior tackle Caleb Jones brings the most experience to the line with 19-straight starts (13 right tackles, 6 left tackle - including at No. 18 Iowa last weekend) dating back to the start of 2019. • Jones (6-8, 362), a 2019 honorable-mention All-Big Ten honoree, has appeared in 29 games overall. • He was an all-state standout in 2015 and 2016 at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, where he also lettered two seasons in basketball. • Outland Trophy Watch Lister Matthew Bedford (6-6, 310), started all seven games in which he appeared at right tackle one season ago and opened 2021 there at Iowa. • He started eight and played in nine overall at left tackle as a true freshman in 2019. • IU's 2019 Offensive Newcomer of the Year chose the Hoosiers over Mississippi State and South Carolina. • Luke Haggard (6-7, 305) gained 30 pounds in the offseason after he started and appeared in six games at left tackle in his debut last campaign. • A senior out of Santa Rosa (Calif.) Junior College, Haggard was a team captain and an All-Bay 6 conference selection during his two years. • Redshirt sophomore Mike Katic (6-4, 312) was named IU's 2020 Offensive Newcomer of the Year. • The Gibsonia, Pa., native made four starts at left guard and played in six games overall, and got the nod at left guard last weekend.
• Graduate student Dylan Powell, a transfer from Stanford University in the 2020 offseason, opened 2021 at center after he made his first starts as a Hoosier (10 overall) the last six games with four at left guard and two at right guard in 2020. • Powell (6-3, 310) graduated with a communications degree in Dec. 2019 and is currently enrolled in the IU Kelley School of Business. • Zach Carpenter (6-5, 320) joined the program as a transfer from the University of Michigan on Jan. 11, 2021. • The redshirt sophomore appeared in five games on special teams and three on the offensive line in 2020, with starts in the final two games at Rutgers and vs. Penn State. • Darren Hiller is in his fourth season overseeing the offensive line. The 27-year coaching veteran has coached 22 players who have moved on to the NFL, including former Hoosiers Wes Martin (guard), Brandon Knight (tackle), Simon Stepaniak (guard), and Harry Crider (center). • Crider was a 2021 free-agent signing of Philadelphia, Stepaniak was a sixth-round selection by Green Bay in the 2020 NFL Draft, Martin was a fourth-round selection by Washington in 2019, and Knight was a 2019 free-agent signing of Dallas. • Tackle Jason Spriggs (Atlanta) and guard Dan Feeney (New York Jets) were drafted in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Spriggs was taken with pick No. 48 (round 2 by Green Bay), and Feeney was selected with pick No. 71 (round 3 by Los Angeles Chargers). • Rodger Saffold, a 12-year veteran guard with Tennessee, along with Martin, Knight, Spriggs, and Feeney give Indiana five former O-line standouts currently on NFL rosters.
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• Peyton Hendershot (6-4, 254) is a member of the John Mackey Award Watch List for the second-straight season and fresh off his second-straight third-team All-Big Ten recognition. • The fifth-year senior ranks second on Indiana’s tight ends career list with 10 touchdowns (T-1st among active B1G tight ends, T-8th nationally), and he sits third with 93 receptions (2nd, 3rd) and fourth with 962 yards (2nd, 9th). • Ted Bolser (2010-13) is the all-time leader with 15 TDs and 117 catches, and Bob Stephenson (1978-81) holds the yardage mark with 1,252. • Hendershot finished second on the team with 23 receptions for 151 yards with four scores, also second on the team, in eight starts last year. • The four touchdowns shared second (T-10th overall) and the 23 catches shared fourth among conference tight ends • In 2019, Hendershot set IU single-season tight end records with 52 receptions (10th in the Big Ten) and 622 yards, and he tied for third with four TDs in 13 starts. • He tied for fourth among tight ends nationally in catches and 10th in yardage. • Hendershot finished second among Big Ten tight ends in receptions and yardage, and tied for third in scores. • The North Salem, Ind., native nearly became the first Hoosier tight end since 1985 (Dave Lilja) and the fifth overall to reach the century mark at Maryland, where he posted a career-high 95 yards on six grabs in the win. • Hendershot graduated with a liberal studies degree in May 2021. • Senior Matt Bjorson (6-3, 241) has played in 34 games with 13 catches for 100 yards and one touchdown.
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TIGHT END
Peyton Hendershot
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CAREER SUPERLATIVES - DEFENSE 10+ TACKLE GAMES Marcelino McCrary-Ball, DB (5) 10 at Northwestern, 10/22/16 10 Ohio State, 8/31/17 10 Penn State, 10/20/18 10 at Michigan, 11/17/18 10 vs. Ball State, 8/31/19
Micah McFadden, LB (3) 11 at Nebraska, 10/26/19 11 Penn State, 10/24/20 10 at Ohio State, 11/21/20
MULTI-SACK GAMES Micah McFadden, LB (2) 2 at Michigan State, 11/14/20 2 at Wisconsin, 12/5/20
James Head Jr., DL (1) 1.5 Eastern Illinois, 9/7/19
Cam Jones, LB (1) 2 Rutgers, 10/12/19
Marcelino McCrary-Ball, DB (1) 2 Michigan State, 9/22/18
Tiawan Mullen, CB (1) 2.5 at Rutgers, 10/31/20
MULTI-TAKEAWAY GAMES Tiawan Mullen, CB (3) 2 Northwestern, 11/2/19 (FF, FR) 2 at Purdue, 11/30/19 (FF, FR) 2 at Michigan State, 11/14/20 (2 INT)
Cam Jones, LB (2) 2 Michigan State, 9/22/18 (FF, INT) 2 at Iowa, 9/4/21 (1 FF, 1 FR)
Alfred Bryant, DL (1) 2 Maryland, 11/10/18 (FF, FR)
Juwan Burgess, S (1) 2 at Maryland, 10/19/19 (FF, FR)
Bryant Fitzgerald, DB (1) 2 at Minnesota, 10/26/18 (FF, INT)
Raheem Layne, S (1) 2 at Minnesota, 10/26/18 (FF, FR)
Marcelino McCrary-Ball, DB (1) 2 Maryland, 10/29/16 (FR, INT)
Reese Taylor, CB (1) 2 at Michigan State, 11/14/20 (FF, INT)
• Charlton Warren took over the defensive reins from Kane Wommack, who is in his first season as head coach at South Alabama. • A 16-plus year coaching veteran and the 247Sports No. 11 recruiter in the nation, Warren spent the previous four seasons in the SEC. • He led the defensive backs at the University of Georgia (2019-20), the cornerbacks at the University of Florida (2018), and he mentored the defensive backs and served as special teams coordinator at the University of Tennessee (2017). • Warren oversaw the defensive backs at the University of North Carolina (2015-16) and the University of Nebraska (2014) after he spent 2005-13 at the United States Air Force Academy, his alma mater, including two years as coordinator (2012-13) and four years as co-coordinator (2008-11). • In 2020, Indiana led the Big Ten in interceptions (17, 2nd nationally), opponent red zone scores (64.0, 1st), takeaways (20, T-13th), and sacks (3.13, 14th), finished fourth in scoring defense (20.3, T-19th), and fifth in rushing defense (137.1, 34th), total defense (378.1, 43rd), and opponent third-down conversions (37.5, 39th). • A program record seven Hoosier defenders earned 2020 All-Big Ten honors, including a school record four first- teamers, and five of those seven return in 2021: senior linebacker Micah McFadden (1st), junior cornerback Tiawan Mullen (1st), senior cornerback Jaylin Williams (2nd), senior safety Devon Matthews (3rd), and senior linebacker Cam Jones (honorable mention). • Mullen became the first corner in program history to be named a first-team All-American (FWAA), while McFadden earned third-team All-America honors (AP). • The Hoosiers led the B1G in sacks for the first time ever and their 17 picks tied for the third-most in school history (19 in 1998 and 2007). • IU's five shutouts since the start of 2017 share first nationally with Alabama, Georgia, Virginia Tech, and Wisconsin.
• Since the start of 2019, Indiana has held six opponents, including four conference foes, to six points or fewer, the most in the league. Wisconsin ranks second (4) with Ohio State and Iowa. • The Hoosiers have at least one takeaway in 37 of their last 40 games, including 16 of their last 17, and they have an interception in 10 of their last 12. • IU had a pair of picks in a program-record seven-straight games and became the first team since Oklahoma State in 2011 with at least two interceptions in six-consecutive games in the same year, also a school record. • Head coach Tom Allen stress the importance of takeaways and his magic number per game is three. • The defense has reached that number 16 times since Allen brought the 4-2-5 to Indiana in 2016. • Since the start of that campaign (59 games), the Hoosiers have five games with four takeaways, 17 with at least three takeaways, and 30 with multiple takeaways, including two fumble recoveries in the season opener at No. 18 Iowa.
DEFENSE
DEFENSIVE LINE • Ole Miss graduate transfer end Ryder Anderson (6-6, 266) and Northern Illinois graduate transfer tackle Weston Kramer (6-2, 290) help bolster a line that helped Indiana lead the Big Ten in sacks for the first time in program history. • The duo made an immediate impact in the season opener at No. 18 Iowa, sharing the team lead with seven tackles. • Anderson added a sack and a career-high-tying two stops for loss, while Kramer delivered one TFL. • In 37 games (14 starts) for the Rebels, Anderson collected 99 tackles, 38 solo, 6.5 sacks, 15 stops for loss, 17 quarterback hurries, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one pass breakup, and one blocked punt. • The Katy, Texas, native earned his degree in integrated marketing communications in May 2020. • Kramer, a Naperville, Ill., product, earned his degree in general studies in June 2021. • A 2020 second-team All-MAC selection, Kramer played in 45 games at tackle with 30 starts from 2017-20. • He made 97 tackles, 38 solo, 3.5 sacks, 12.5 for loss, and two PBUs. • Joining Kramer in the interior is senior Demarcus Elliott (6-3, 307), an honorable-mention All-Big Ten selection in 2019, who has started 19 of the 21 games in which he has appeared since his arrival in Bloomington. • Elliott made 35 tackles, 27 solo, with three sacks, five for loss, one forced fumble, and one quarterback hurry in 13 games (12 starts) during the 2019 season. • He added 14 stops, nine solo, with one breakup, and one hurry last year. • The Garden City, Kan., native played the 2018 campaign at Garden City Community College.
• Junior James Head Jr. (6-5, 262) backs up Anderson. • In 32 games (20 starts), Head has 54 tackles, 37 solo, four sacks, nine TFLs, four PBUs, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery. • Head started seven times in 2020 and in 20 of the last 21 games overall. • The Miami native produced a sterling career at Southridge High School, where he finished with 250 stops, 47 for loss, and 45 sacks. • Junior Sio Nofoagatoto'a (6-3, 315) and redshirt sophomore C.J. Person (6-3, 292) fill out the interior. • Nofoagatoto'a made two starts and played in all eight games last season, where he made 12 tackles, one for loss, with one pass breakup. • The lli'ili, American Samoa, native appeared in 10 games as a true freshman and tallied nine stops. • He is the first Hoosier from American Samoa since offensive lineman Pita Elisara (1998-99). • Nofoagatoto'a was born in New Zealand and lived there until 2008, when he moved to American Samoa. • He moved to Australia in 2015 and played two years at Clearwater (Fla.) Academy International with IU outside linebacker D.K. Bonhommre. • Person was named Indiana's 2020 Defensive Newcomer of the Year following a redshirt season that saw him play in four games. • The Montgomery, Ala., native made eight tackles, five solo, a half for loss, and one pass breakup in eight contests, including a start at end in the win at No. 16 Wisconsin.
RETURNING PRODUCTION The Indiana defense returned 10 starters and 30 letterwinners (7 lost). Below is a look at the returning production from 2020:
Returning Pct. Tackles 413 85.7 Pass Breakups 30 85.7 Quarterback Hurries 19 82.6 Tackles For Loss 38.5 81.9 Sacks 19 76.0 Interceptions 12 70.6
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BIG TEN STANDINGS EAST Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct. Michigan State 1-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 Ohio State 1-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 Penn State 1-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 Maryland 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Michigan 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Rutgers 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 INDIANA 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 WEST Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct. Illinois 1-0 1.000 1-1 .500 Iowa 1-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 Purdue 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Nebraska 0-1 .000 1-1 .500 Minnesota 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 Northwestern 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 Wisconsin 0-1 .000 0-1 .000
AROUND THE BIG TEN - WEEK 2 Saturday, Sept. 11 (All Times ET) Idaho at INDIANA, 7:30 p.m., BTN Illinois at Virginia, Noon, ACCN Oregon at Ohio State, Noon, FOX Youngstown St. at Michigan State, Noon, BTN Miami (Ohio) at Minnesota, Noon, ESPNU Indiana State at Northwestern, Noon, BTN Rutgers at Syracuse, 2 p.m., ACCN Purdue at Connecticut, 3 p.m., CBSSN Ball State at Penn State, 3:30 p.m., FS1 Buffalo at Nebraska, 3:30 p.m., BTN Iowa at Iowa State, 4:30 p.m., ABC E. Michigan at Wisconsin, 7 p.m., FS1 Howard at Maryland, 7:30 p.m., BTN Washington at Michigan, 8 p.m., ABC
AROUND THE BIG TEN - WEEK 1 RESULTS Thursday, Sept. 2 Ohio State 45 at Minnesota 31
Friday, Sept. 3 Michigan State 38 at Northwestern 21
Saturday, Sept. 4 INDIANA 6 at Iowa 34 Penn State 16 at Wisconsin 10 W. Michigan 14 at Michigan 47 Fordham 7 at Nebraska 52 West Virginia 24 at Maryland 30 Temple 14 at Rutgers 61 Oregon State 21 at Purdue 30 UTSA 37 at Illinois 30
• In the middle, Micah McFadden (6-2, 232) earned 2020 third-team Associated Press All-America and first-team All- Big Ten honors. • A team captain, he shared Indiana’s Anthony Thompson Most Valuable Player honors with Michael Penix Jr. • McFadden is on four preseason watch lists: Bednarik, Nagurski, Butkus, and Lombardi. • The senior is the team leader with 7.5 sacks and 22.5 tackles for loss, while he sits second with four interceptions. He owns 142 tackles, 102 solo, one forced fumble, one breakup, and nine hurries in 34 games (20 starts). • McFadden paced the Hoosiers with 58 stops, 44 solos, six sacks, and 10.5 for loss, shared second with three QBHs, and finished fourth with two INTs one year ago. • He topped the conference in sacks, tied for second in solo stops, shared third in TFLs, and tied for eighth in picks. He became the first IU standout to lead the B1G in sacks since Greg Middleton (2007). • McFadden, whose only Power 5 offers were from Indiana and Boston College, owns three double-digit tackle games (career-high 11) and four multi-TFL games (career-high 3). • In the victory at No. 16 Wisconsin, he finished with a team-best nine stops, and he delivered a pair of sacks en route to Walter Camp Foundation National Defensive Player of the Week honors and his first Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week accolade. • IU’s 2019 Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year led the team with 61 tackles, 42 solos, 10 for loss, and two picks (tied). • The Tampa Plant grad tallied a program-record 211 stops, 124 solo, 39 for loss, seven sacks, two interceptions, and two fumble recoveries as a senior. • Senior Cam Jones (6-3, 224), a 2020 honorable-mention All-Big Ten pick, team captain, and Academic All-Big Ten selection, shifted over from the husky position to stinger in 2019. He has played in all 21 games since the move with eight starts in nine contests since the start of 2020. • In the 2021 season opener at No. 18 Iowa, Jones forced a fumble (4th of his career) and made the recovery (2nd). • He delivered 35 tackles, 24 solo, with three sacks, four for loss, four quarterback hurries (team-high), and three PBUs in eight contests last campaign. • Jones made his first start in the 2020 opener and win over No. 8 Penn State, where he made a career-best seven stops, one for loss, and matched a career-high with six solos. • His eight career takeaways share the team lead with junior cornerback Tiawan Mullen. • The Memphis, Tenn., native was recognized as the team’s 2018 defensive newcomer of the year after he tied for the team lead with two forced fumbles (T-1st among Big Ten true freshmen, T-2nd among freshmen nationally, T-7th in the Big Ten overall) in 11 games. • Playing behind McFadden, James Miller (6-2, 223) tallied 24 tackles, 16 solo, with one fumble recovery and one QBH in eight games (1 start) last year.
• The redshirt junior has appeared in 25 games (4 starts) and has 62 stops, 40 solo, a half-sack, 4.5 for loss, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, and two breakups. • A Tampa native (Armwood H.S.), Miller chose the Hoosiers over Florida State. • Thomas Allen (6-3, 240) is back after he suffered a season-ending hip injury, the same one sustained by Tua Tagovailoa, in game four at Michigan State last season. • He has carded 53 tackles, 35 solo, one sack, 3.5 for loss, one forced fumble, and one INT. • A three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and a 2020 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Allen graduated with a SPEA management degree in Aug. 2020, and he is currently enrolled in the Kelley School of Business MBA program. • The redshirt senior is the son of head coach Tom Allen and was a teammate of McFadden's at Plant. • Tom is one of eight FBS coaches to coach his son: Luke Fickell (Landon), Todd Graham (Michael), Mike Gundy (Gunnar), Butch Jones (Adam), Phillip Montgomery (Cannon), Dabo Swinney (Will, Drew), Willie Taggart (Willie Jr.).
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• Redshirt senior Alfred Bryant (6-2, 250) started the season opener at No. 18 Iowa. • The Fresno, Texas, native owns 42 tackles, 24 solo, six for loss, with two fumble recoveries, and two forced fumbles. • Senior Michael Ziemba (6-3, 260), junior Jaren "Stone" Handy (6-6, 255), and junior D.K. Bonhomme (6-3, 235) round out the depth chart. • Ziemba graduated with a criminal justice degree in May 2021, and he is a candidate for the Wuerffel Trophy. • He has played in 44 games (10 starts) and has 55 stops, 35 solo, one sack, 8.5 TFLs, and two fumble recoveries. • Handy joined the program as a transfer from Auburn University on May 17, 2021, and he made three tackles in his Hoosier debut last weekend. • He appeared in 14 games with the Tigers after he was a consensus four-star prospect and the No. 100 prospect nationally by 247Sports out of Hattiesburg (Miss.) H.S.
• Handy was nicknamed "Stone" by his late grandmother, in reference to wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin, because he was a rambunctious kid. • Indiana All-American wideout Ty Fryfogle is his cousin. • Bonhomme started three times and played in eight games one season ago after he appeared in 11 as a true freshman. • He carded 15 tackles, 11 solo, one sack, and two for loss, including a safety, in 2020. • Bonhomme attended Clearwater (Fla.) Academy International with IU defensive tackle Sio Nofoagatoto'a. • He was born in Haiti, moved to Montreal at five years old and Ottawa at 15, and he is the first Canadian to join the Hoosiers since offensive lineman Paul Hearn (2003-06). • Bonhomme's primary language is French.
OUTSIDE LINEBACKER/BULL
Micah McFadden
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ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 Rk Team Record Pts 1 Alabama(59) 1-0 1571 2 Georgia(4) 1-0 1507 3 Ohio State 1-0 1437 4 Oklahoma 1-0 1374 5 Texas A&M 1-0 1288 6 Clemson 0-1 1231 7 Cincinnati 1-0 1136 8 Notre Dame 1-0 1070 9 Iowa State 1-0 1045 10 Iowa 1-0 942 11 Penn State 1-0 908 12 Oregon 1-0 883 13 Florida 1-0 842 14 USC 1-0 789 15 Texas 1-0 683 16 UCLA 2-0 668 17 Coastal Carolina 1-0 384 18 Wisconsin 0-1 376 19 Virginia Tech 1-0 359 20 Ole Miss 1-0 335 21 Utah 1-0 334 22 Miami 0-1 229 23 Arizona State 1-0 222 24 North Carolina 0-1 198 25 Auburn 1-0 83 RV: TCU 80, NC State 69, UCF 61, Liberty 57, LSU 57, Michigan 52, Oklahoma State 39, INDIANA 37, Michigan State 28, Nevada 23, Kansas State 13, Louisiana 12, BYU 10, Boston College 8, Ball State 7, Maryland 6, Arizona 5, UAB 5, Florida State 4, Kentucky 3, Texas Tech 2, Army 2, Appalachian State 1
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Rk Team Record Pts 1 Alabama(64) 1-0 1624 2 Georgia(1) 1-0 1537 3 Ohio State 1-0 1491 4 Oklahoma 1-0 1397 5 Texas A&M 1-0 1334 6 Clemson 0-1 1239 7 Notre Dame 1-0 1197 8 Cincinnati 1-0 1113 9 Florida 1-0 1058 10 Iowa State 1-0 1057 11 Oregon 1-0 920 12 Iowa 1-0 914 13 Penn State 1-0 872 14 USC 1-0 828 15 Texas 1-0 653 16 UCLA 2-0 538 17 Wisconsin 0-1 359 18 Utah 1-0 294 19 Coastal Carolina 1-0 289 20 Ole Miss 1-0 285 21 Virginia Tech 1-0 274 22 North Carolina 0-1 252 23 Oklahoma State 1-0 243 24 Miami 0-1 186 25 Arizona State 1-0 181 RV: Auburn 123, Michigan 99, LSU 95, NC State 81, Liberty 78, BYU 65, INDIANA 58, TCU 49, UCF 48, Florida State 34, Michigan State 33, Kentucky 28, Pittsburgh 20, Kansas State 19, Louisiana 19, Boston College 19, Appalachian State 15, SMU 14, Rutgers 11, Arkansas 11, Maryland 9, Tennessee 7, Nevada 7, Army 7, Fresno State 7, Tulane 6, Ball State 5, Virginia 5, Missouri 5, San José State 5, Marshall 3, Air Force 2, UAB 2, Charlotte 1
• Tiawan Mullen (1st team) and Jaylin Williams (2nd team) became the first cornerback duo in Indiana history to earn All-Big Ten honors in the same season last year. • Mullen also earned first-team All-America accolades from the Football Writers Association of America, the first corner in school history to collect first-team recognition and just the second (Tim Wilbur, 2nd team in 1980) to achieve All-America status. • The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native was the program's first cornerback to secure first-team all-conference honors since Tracy Porter in 2007. • He is a member of Bednarik (2nd-straight year), Thorpe, and Nagurski Watch Lists. • Mullen shares the team lead with eight career takeaways (3 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles, and 2 fumble recoveries). • In 2020, he, made 38 tackles, 27 solo, with 3.5 sacks, 4.5 for loss, three INTs, one forced fumble, four pass breakups, and one quarterback hurry. • The junior led B1G defensive backs in sacks (T-12th overall) and TFLs, and he shared sixth in the league in picks. • Mullen finished tied for first on the team in forced fumbles, second in sacks, third in solos stops, tackles for loss, and interceptions, tied for third in PBUs, and fourth in total stops. • In the victory at Michigan State, he recorded the first two INTs of his career, the first Hoosier with a multi-pick game since Jonathan Crawford vs. Purdue on Nov. 26, 2016. • IU's 2019 Defensive Newcomer of the Year was also a 247Sports True Freshman All-American, The Athletic Freshman All-American, and honorable-mention All-Big Ten. • Mullen not only paced the conference, but he finished second among freshmen nationally and shared 11th in the country with 13 breakups. • He also shared the team lead with two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries (T-4th in the Big Ten, T-27th nationally) to go along with 29 stops, 25 solo, and 3.5 for loss in 13 games (8 starts). • Mullen was a Rivals four-star prospect and played in the 2019 All-American Bowl after he picked off 14 career passes and returned three for scores at Coconut Creek High School. • His brother, Trayvon, played cornerback at Clemson University (2016-18) and is a member of the Las Vegas Raiders, and his cousin (mother's side), Lamar Jackson, played at Louisville (2015-17) and is the Baltimore Ravens quarterback.
• Williams, a senior out of Memphis, Tenn., shares second in the Big Ten (tied, T-17th nationally) with six interceptions. • He opened 2020 with INTs in three-consecutive games and finished with four overall, which tied for the team lead, ranked third in the Big Ten, and shared eighth nationally. • In eight games (5 starts), Williams tallied 30 tackles, 26 solo, one sack, two for loss, 93 interception yards, one pass breakup, and two quarterback hurries. • Williams started seven of the final eight games and played in all 13 contests in 2019, and he has made 34 appearances with 12 starts in his career. • In addition to his six picks, Williams owns 74 stops, 61 solo, two sacks, three for loss, and seven PBUs. • Reese Taylor enjoyed a successful transition to corner in 2019 after spending the 2018 campaign on offense. He switched to defense during 2019 spring practice. • Taylor's talent was on full display in 2020 as he topped the team and finished fourth in the conference with seven pass breakups, and he was named third-team All-Big Ten at punt returner by Phil Steele. • Overall, Taylor posted 29 tackles, 25 solo, one sack, four for loss, one interception (53 yards), one forced fumble, the seven PBUs, and one quarterback hurry with an 8.1 punt return average in eight games (3 starts). • The senior recorded his first career multi-takeaway game with his second career INT and his first career forced fumble against the Spartans, in addition to one TFL. • In the 2021 season opener at No. 18 Iowa, Taylor recorded his second career sack and second career game with a pair of stops for loss. • Taylor recorded the first interception of his career with 1:00 left to seal the Hoosiers 34-28 win at Maryland in 2019, where he played in 11 games (1 start) and netted 13 tackles, one for loss, the pick, and two breakups. • In 2018, he hauled in 27 receptions for 166 yards, 15 rushes for 83 yards (5.5 average), three kick returns for 66 yards, and seven tackles, and he was the team’s back-up quarterback, the position where he earned Indiana’s 2017 Mr. Football honors. • Taylor led Indianapolis Ben Davis High School to the 2017 state championship. • The two-time all-stater broke the Ben Davis career marks with 7,631 passing yards and 79 passing scores on 568-of- 828 (68.6 percent), and he rushed for 2,077 yards on 374 attempts (5.5 average) with 45 touchdowns.
CORNERBACK
• After he suffered a season-ending ACL injury during practice last September, Marcelino McCrary-Ball returns for his sixth campaign. • He is the team leader in career tackles (204) and solo stops (145) with 38 starts at husky in 42 games. • McCrary-Ball ranks second on the team with 15.5 tackles for loss and 13 pass breakups, third with three interceptions (tied), and fourth with 4.5 sacks. • The Roswell, Ga., native started 12 times and was a 247Sports True Freshman All-American in 2016, when Tom Allen arrived in Bloomington in his lone year as defensive coordinator. • A two-time honorable-mention All-Big Ten recipient, Marcelino is the younger brother of Marcus, a former NFL defensive back who played at the University of Memphis (2009-10), Reggie Jr., a quarterback at Georgia Tech University (2003-06) and Raeshon, a defensive back at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (2006-08).
• McCrary-Ball graduated with a liberal studies degree in May 2020. • Bryant Fitzgerald replaced Ball one season ago after he moved from safety to husky during 2020 spring practice. • The redshirt senior started eight games at free safety and played in 25 overall in 2018 and 2019. He did start one game at husky in 2018 at Rutgers. • Fitzgerald topped the team with three picks (T-8th in the Big Ten), two forced fumbles (tied, T-7th in the Big Ten), and six takeaways as a redshirt freshman in 2018. • The Indianapolis product out of Avon High School shared first in the Big Ten among freshmen in INTs (T-7th nationally) and forced fumbles (T-4th nationally). • Fitzgerald’s six career takeaways share third on the team with senior cornerback Jaylin Williams.
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Winning the Coin Toss ................................. 0-0 Losing the Coin Toss .................................... 0-1 Electing to Receive....................................... 0-0 Electing to Defer .......................................... 0-0 Receiving the Ball First ................................ 0-0 Opponent Receiving Ball First ...................... 0-0
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• Kasey Teegardin is in his second season as Indiana’s special teams coordinator. • In 2020, his specialists ranked fifth in ESPN’s special teams efficiency rankings. • Phil Steele’s first-team All-Big Ten kicker Charles Campbell is on the 2021 Lou Groza Award Watch List. • Taking over as starter one year ago, Campbell connected on 10-of-11 field goals (90.9 percent) and all 25 extra points. • The Jackson, Tenn., native led the B1G in field goal percentage (T-9th nationally), finished third in field goals made and scoring per game among kickers (6.9), tied for third in field goals made per game (1.3, T-28th), and finished fourth in PATs made. • Campbell made all three of his attempts from 50- plus yards to become the second Hoosier to record three 50-yarders in one season (Pete Stoyanovich, 1988). • The redshirt junior is one of four IU kickers with three 50-yarders in his career (Stoyanovich, 6; Frank Stavroff, 3; Griffin Oakes, 3). • An Academic All-Big Ten selection, he became the second Hoosier (Chris Gartner at Kentucky – Sept. 30, 1972) with a pair of 50-yarders in a single game with makes from 50 and 53 yards in the Outback Bowl vs. Ole Miss. • The 53-yarder set an Indiana and Outback Bowl record and shares third in school history. • Campbell carded B1G Special Teams Player of the Week honors and was a Groza Star of the Week following his three field goal performance (career-high) in the Rutgers victory. • He picked up right where he left off in the 2021 season opener at No. 18 Iowa, where he made 36- and 41-yarders. • Campbell is 14-of-15 (93.3) in his career, including 8-of-9 (88.9) from 40-plus yards, and he is 26-of-26 on extra points. • He was a U.S. Army All-American and kicked in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl out of University School of Jackson. • True freshman James Evans takes over the reins at punter for Haydon Whitehead (2017-20), who sits third in school history with a 41.4 average.
• In his debut at Iowa, he averaged 42.6 on eight punts with a 58- and 57-yarder, and one inside the 20-yard line. • Evans enrolled in 2021 spring classes and participated in practice. • Like Whitehead, he trained under Nathan Chapman and John Smith at Prokick Australia. • Evans, who played rugby and squash in high school, never played football or visited the United States prior to his arrival in Bloomington. • The Auckland, New Zealand, native moved to Australia to work at Prokick in Jan. 2020. • Junior running back David Ellis sits atop the depth chart at kick returner. He returned 28 kicks for 579 yards (20.7 average) as a true freshman in 2019. • His kick return yardage ranked third nationally among true freshmen, fifth in the Big Ten, 12th in IU single-season history, and 27th nationally. • Phil Steele third-team All-Big Ten punt returner Reese Taylor returned nine punts for 73 yards with a long of 21 yards last season. • The senior finished fourth in the B1G with an 8.1 punt return average. • Graduate transfer D.J. Matthews Jr. ranks 10th in Florida State history with 582 career punt return yards and 56 returns. • He owns two of the program’s top-4 single-game marks and has one touchdown. • Matthews posted a career-high 145 punt return yards and his score, a career-long 74-yarder, at No. 17 Miami in 2018. • Sean Wracher earned third-team All-Big Ten honors from Phil Steele as a true freshman in 2019 and 2020. • He has started all 22 games since stepping foot on campus and has snapped for all-league kickers Logan Justus (2019) and Campbell (2020), and a Ray Guy Award semifinalist in Whitehead (2020). • The Akron, Ohio, native was a Kohl’sKicking.com five-star prospect and ranked the No. 1 long snapper nationally by Kornblue Kicking.
SPECIALISTS
• A 2020 third-team All-Big Ten selection, Devon “Monster” Matthews (6-2, 205) handles strong safety duties for the third-straight year. • The senior has started 15 games since the start of 2019 and appeared in 32 over his career. • Matthews collected 40 tackles (3rd on the team), 26 solo (4th), one sack, two for loss, one interception, six pass breakups (2nd), and one quarterback hurry one year ago. • He shared seventh in the Big Ten in PBUs . • Matthews owns 97 career stops, 65 solo, three for loss, one sack, two INTs, nine PBUs, and one fumble recovery. • A Jacksonville, Fla., native, Matthews earned the nickname “Monster” as an 8-year old defensive end when he knocked a quarterback’s helmet off on a sack. • Raheem Layne (6-1, 200) moved from cornerback to free safety during 2020 spring practice, but he missed the fall season due to injury. • The first Hoosier to don No. 0, Layne impressed in his first game at safety with six tackles and his second career forced fumble at No. 18 Iowa last weekend.
• Layne has 88 tackles, 75 solo, 2.5 for loss, six breakups, the two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery in 38 games (13 starts). • He was named IU’s Special Teams Player of the Year (2019) and IU’s Defensive Newcomer of the Year (2017). • The senior out of Deland, Fla., graduated with a SPEA management degree in Dec. 2020. • Indiana added Ole Miss graduate transfer Jonathan Haynes (5-11, 205) during fall camp, and he has one season of eligibility remaining. • Haynes appeared in 21 games with 17 starts with the Rebels. • In 2020, he posted 31 stops, 18 solo, a half-TFL, one pick, two pass breakups, and two quarterback hurries in 10 games (7 starts). • He was a teammate of IU defensive end graduate transfer Ryder Anderson in 2019 and 2020. • Jamar Johnson, a 2020 first-team All-Big Ten selection, was selected in the fifth round of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos.
SAFETY
GEORGE TALIAFERRO - 12
IU UNVEILS GEORGE TALIAFERRO STATUE IN GEORGE TALIAFERRO PLAZA Former Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie presided over the dedication of the George Taliaferro Plaza on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, unveiling a bronze statue of Taliaferro, one of the most important and influential individuals in the history of Indiana University and IU Athletics.
McRobbie led the dedication ceremony, which took place on the newly-dedicated plaza located on the ground level of Memorial Stadium outside of the North End Zone facility. Other speakers at the event included IU Board of Trustee member Quinn Buckner, former Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass, head football coach Tom Allen, Senior Associate Athletic Director Anthony Thompson and fifth-year senior linebacker Reakwon Jones.
“Throughout his life, not only did George Taliaferro excel as an athlete, but he also overcame the real-world struggles of racism and prejudice, of segregation and oppression,” McRobbie said. “And in the process, he demonstrated courage, determination and perseverance, and earned a special place in the annals of our state and its flagship public university.
“In George Taliaferro Plaza and its centerpiece statue, every visitor to Indiana Memorial Stadium will be reminded of the enormous contributions George made to IU and to this community, as an outstanding athlete, as a champion of racial equality, as a dedicated educator and administrator, as a tireless community activist, and as a friend and mentor to many.”
“It is fitting that during our Bicentennial year, we are dedicating this plaza and statue in honor of one of the most important figures in the history not only of Indiana University Athletics, but of Indiana University as a whole,” said Glass. “I am particularly grateful to President McRobbie and Trustee Buckner for their support in permanently and prominently recognizing this Hoosier pioneer at the entryway of IU Football where he will be seen every day by IU players, coaches, and recruits.”
Taliaferro, who passed away Oct. 8, 2018, at the age of 91, was a legendary Indiana University football player during the 1940s who shattered racial barriers on campus and in the sport. In doing so, he left an indelible mark on both.
The Gary, Ind., native was a three-time All-American at IU who led the Hoosiers’ unbeaten 1945 Big Ten Championship team in rushing. He’d go on to lead the program in rushing twice and passing once, and following the 1948 season he became the first African-American drafted by an NFL team when the Chicago Bears selected him in the 13th round.
Taliaferro would eventually spend seven years in the NFL, earning Pro Bowl honors three times. He totaled 2,255 rushing yards, 1,300 receiving yards, 1,633 passing yards, and accounted for 37 touchdowns while playing for franchises in New York, Dallas, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. He also became the only player in league history to play seven positions – running back, quarterback, wide receiver, cornerback, punter, punt returner, and kickoff returner.
While those feats make him one of the most accomplished players in IU and Big Ten history, his contributions extended well beyond the collegiate and professional playing fields.
During the 1940s, Taliaferro and IU President Herman B Wells played a pivotal role in desegregating the IU campus and the City of Bloomington. During the era, Taliaferro was not allowed to eat at many local restaurants. When Wells found out that Taliaferro had to return home between classes because no nearby restaurants would serve him, Wells arranged for the two to have lunch at a nearby campus establishment. Wells and Taliaferro had lunch, and IU and the Bloomington community took a giant step toward desegregation.
Taliaferro’s contributions did not end at the conclusion of his playing career. A 1951 IU graduate who later earned a Master’s Degree from Howard University, Taliaferro returned to IU in 1972 and served as special assistant to IU President John Ryan. In that role and other roles on campus during the next two decades, he was a valuable and outspoken voice on social justice issues.
Taliaferro’s lifetime of accomplishments are chronicled on the statue, which is the work of Brian Hanlon, owner of Hanlon Studios. Hanlon has produced more than 300 works in both public and private collections, including the five granite monuments commemorating IU Basketball’s five national championships.
TERRY TALLEN FOOTBALL COMPLEX - 13
TERRY TALLEN INDIANA FOOTBALL COMPLEX OPENS The Terry Tallen Indiana Football Complex officially opened on Aug. 13, 2019. Former Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass announced a major gift by alumnus and former IU Football captain Terry Tallen to the Indiana University Bicentennial Campaign for Athletics on April 20, 2018. This $2 million commitment helped provide funding for the renovation of the football team area in Memorial Stadium. In recognition of his gift, the area is permanently named the Terry Tallen Indiana Football Complex. The Terry Tallen Indiana Football Complex fills 25,000+ square feet underneath the west stands of Memorial Stadium. The complex includes the Trent and Julie Green Locker Room (named in 2003), coaches’ locker room, team lounge, recruiting area, equipment room and Dr. John M. Miller Training Room (named in 1994).
Tallen graduated from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in 1982, and while earning his degree, was also a three-year letterman. Terry was elected team co-captain in 1979 and 1980. The 1979 team was nationally ranked and won the Holiday Bowl, the Hoosiers first bowl victory. Terry was named the United Press International’s Defensive Player of the Week following Indiana’s Homecoming victory over Wisconsin in 1980.
In 2001, Terry founded Tallen Capital Partners, LLC, and remains the company’s Chairman and CEO. Tallen Capital Partners, LLC is a privately held, vertically integrated retail and mixed-use real estate investment and development organization with offices in San Diego and San Francisco. Prior to founding Tallen Capital Partners and becoming an entrepreneur, Terry enjoyed a corporate career as a senior executive with some of our country’s largest public as well as private companies. He is considered one of the leading shopping center investors and developers in the Western U.S.
TOM ALLEN - 14
PERSONAL Birthdate: March 14, 1970 Hometown: New Castle, Ind. Family: Wife - Tracy; Daughters - Hannah (24) & Brittney (20); Son - Thomas (22) High School: New Castle College: Maranatha Baptist University, ‘92; Indiana ‘02
COACHING EXPERIENCE Temple Heights H.S. (Fla.) 1992-94: Head Coach Armwood H.S. (Fla.) 1995-96: Defensive Coordinator Marion H.S. (Ind.) 1997: Defensive Coordinator Ben Davis H.S. (Ind.) 1998-2003: Defensive Coordinator 2004-06: Head Coach Wabash College (11-2) 2007: Special Teams Coordinator/ Secondary Lambuth (20-5) 2008-09: Assistant Head Coach/ Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Drake (8-4) 2010: Defensive Coordinator/ Linebackers Arkansas State (10-3) 2011: Assistant Head Coach Mississippi (24-15) 2012-14: Linebackers/ Special Teams Coordinator South Florida (8-5) 2015: Defensive Coordinator Indiana (24-23 as Head Coach) 2016: Associate Head Coach/ Defense 2016-: Head Coach
BOWL EXPERIENCE 2012 GoDaddy.com .... Arkansas St. 2013 BBVA Compass ... Mississippi 2013 Music City ........... Mississippi 2014 Peach .................. Mississippi 2015 Miami Beach .... South Florida 2016 Foster Farms ..............Indiana 2020 Gator Bowl .................Indiana 2021 Outback Bowl.............Indiana
• The 2020 American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year, Tom Allen is 24-23 (.511) in his fifth season as Indiana head football coach. • His 24 wins over his first four years are the most for an IU head coach during that span. • Named the 2020 Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year (Big Ten coaches vote) and the Dave McClain Coach of the Year (Big Ten media vote). • Joined Bill Mallory (1986, 1987) as the only Hoosier head coaches to earn the honor. • Received the 2020 Grant Teaff Coach of the Year from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. • Became the third Indiana head coach to be named AFCA National Coach of the Year along with Bo McMillin (1945) and John Pont (1967). • Allen was also a finalist for the Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award, the George Munger College Coach of the Year Award, the Dodd Trophy, and the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award. • A 29-year coaching veteran, Allen was named the program’s 29th head football coach on Dec. 1, 2016. • Made his head coaching debut in the 2016 Foster Farms Bowl. • The New Castle, Ind., native joined Indiana’s staff as associate head coach/defense on Jan. 15, 2016, and he promptly went on to become a Broyles Award nominee. • Allen has strong ties to the Hoosier state as he served as head coach at Ben Davis High School (2004-06), defensive coordinator at Ben Davis (1998-03) and Marion High School (1997), and earned his master’s degree from IU (2002). • Over the past 26-plus seasons, the teams for which Allen has been a member of the coaching staff have posted a combined record of 246-91 (.730).
MAKING HISTORY (2020) • Indiana (6-2, 6-1 Big Ten) finished the year ranked for a program record 10-consecutive weeks, including a No. 12 final rating from the Associated Press, its highest final ranking since 1967 (No. 4). • IU played in consecutive January bowl games for the first time in school history with its invitation to the 2021 Outback Bowl. • The Hoosiers were ranked in the Top 10 six times, the second- most in program history behind the 1945 team (9 weeks). • Indiana collected its first Top-10 ranking in the Nov. 8 AP Poll (No. 10) since Sept. 22, 1969 (No. 10). • IU’s No. 7 rating (Dec. 13, 20) was its best in the AP Poll since Nov. 27, 1967 (No. 4). • The Hoosiers three Top-25 victories tied for the third-most in the country and matched the school record (1945). • Indiana clinched a winning league record in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1987-88 and for the sixth time overall (1967-68, 1944-46, 1936-37). • IU’s six conference wins tied for the most in program history (1967, 1987). • The Hoosiers 11 Big Ten victories over the 2019-20 seasons are tied for the most in school history over a two-year span (1987-88). • Indiana collected its first win over No. 16 Wisconsin (14-6) since defeating the Badgers in 2001 and 2002, the former coming at Camp Randall Stadium. • IU recorded its first road victory over a ranked opponent since No. 18 Missouri in 2014, and its first B1G road win over a ranked opponent since No. 22 Michigan State in 2001. • The Hoosiers matched a program record with five-straight league victories (1967) before losing at No. 3 Ohio State and have won 11 of their last 14, their most successful stretch in conference games in school history. • Indiana defeated Michigan State, 24-0, to reclaim the Old Brass Spittoon for the first time since 2016 and earn its first win in East Lansing since 2001. • IU’s 38-21 victory over No. 23 Michigan was its first over the Wolverines since 1987. • The Hoosiers 36-35, overtime win against No. 8 Penn State in the season opener was the sixth against a Top-10 opponent in program history, with the last coming at No. 9 Ohio State in 1987. • It marked Indiana’s first Top-10 victory at Memorial Stadium since 1967 (No. 3 Purdue). • IU defeated PSU, U-M, MSU, and UW in the same season for the first time in school history and beat the Wolverines and Spartans in the same year for the first time since 1967.
BREAKTHROUGH SEASON (2019) • Guided the Hoosiers to the 2020 TaxSlayer Bowl, the program’s first bowl game in the state of Florida. • Indiana finished with an 8-5 record and a 5-4 Big Ten mark. • IU reached eight wins for just the eighth time in school history and the first time since 1993, and it finished one win shy of matching the program record set in 1945 and 1967. • The Hoosiers five-conference wins tied for the fourth-most in school history, one off the program record of six (1967, 1987, 2020). • Indiana posted a winning conference mark for the first time since 1993 (5-3) and its first winning season overall since 2007 (7-6). • On Nov. 10, IU entered the Associated Press Poll (No. 24) for the first time since Sept. 20, 1994, and moved into the Coaches Poll (No. 25) for the first time since Oct. 17, 1994.
HOOSIER HONORS • Three coaches on Allen’s staffs have been candidates for the Broyles Award, including 2020 finalist Kane Womm