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Sammy Jacobs and Alex Compton discuss the 2025 transfer portal haul for the Indiana Hoosiers. They do a dive into each player that will be with the Hoosiers in spring practice and answer questions from the fans.
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The 2024 season was a memorable and historic campaign for the Indiana Hoosiers. IU went 11-1 in the regular season with the lone loss coming at Ohio State. In Curt Cignetti’s first season in Bloomington, he led the program to the College Football Playoff and the season ended in South Bend with a first round exit to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
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The Indiana Hoosiers added to their portal class for 2025 on Thursday afternoon as they added former Notre Dame and Tennessee tight end Holden Staes. The 6’4”, 248-pound senior will have one year left to play for the Hoosiers and was tabbed the number one portal tight end when he transferred in 2023.
Read MoreWritten by: TJ Inman
The 2024 season was a memorable and historic campaign for the Indiana Hoosiers. IU went 11-1 in the regular season with the lone loss coming at Ohio State. In Curt Cignetti’s first season in Bloomington, he led the program to the College Football Playoff and the season ended in South Bend with a first round exit to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The attention and fanfare surrounding the program is unprecedented for Indiana University football and Cignetti is now faced with the difficult task of building on what was put in place by his first Indiana team. The coaching staff has been very busy since the regular season ended, putting together an impressive portal class in hopes of assembling another strong roster and ensuring the Hoosiers are not a “one-hit wonder”.
Read MoreWritten by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)
According to a report from On3’s Pete Nakos, Indiana quarterback Tayven Jackson has entered his name into the NCAA Transfer Portal. Jackson was a redshirt sophomore this season and started one game for the Hoosiers.
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The Indiana Hoosiers kicked off the portal season with the commitment of running back Lee Beebe from UAB and they continued it with a different kind of kicking as former UCF punter Mitch McCarthy joined the IU program as the second commit in the portal class. McCarthy has one year of eligibility remaining after punting for three seasons for the Knights. Originally from Australia, McCarthy trained at ProKick Australia in 2021 after injuries derailed his Australian Rules Football career. He averaged 41.3 yards per punt in 2023 and 44.13 on 40 punts in 2024. 17 of his 40 punts landed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line (42.5%) and five punts went more than 50 yards.
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Indiana wide receiver Donaven McCulley will enter the transfer portal when it opens on December 9th a source confirmed to Hoosier Huddle. The news was first reported by Peegs.com writer Jared Kelly.
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The Indiana Hoosiers wrapped up Curt Cignetti’s first set of spring practices in Bloomington with the 2024 version of the Spring Game on Thursday night in Memorial Stadium.
Read MoreWith the 2023 regular season complete and the Hoosiers decision to move on from Tom Allen, the transfer portal is heating up before it opens on December 4th. Below is a running list of IU players who have announced their intentions to enter the portal:
Read MoreWritten by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)
On Monday the NCAA Transfer Portal opens for college football players. The Indiana Hoosiers already have more than a dozen players entering the portal as of publishing. Indiana, like many teams, will need to fill some needs via the portal. Especially with Curt Cignetti taking over for the 2024 season. Here are IU’s biggest needs from the transfer portal on offense.
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