Hoosiers Wrap Spring Practice with Successful Spring Football Saturday Event

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Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Indiana Hoosiers wrapped up their 2023 spring practice session with their Spring Football Saturday event, that featured an hour-long scrimmage as well as an open practice and some fan-friendly competitions. The Hoosiers were split into two teams, Crimson (Defense) and Cream (Offense). Team Crimson hung on to win 25-17 after Cream’s fourth-and-goal attempt ended in a sack by Andre Carter.

The offense opened the scoring as Brendan Sorsby got the first snaps of the day. He marched the offense 70 yards down field and found wide receiver EJ Williams for a five-yard touchdown pass. Sorsby ended the day going 8-11 passing with 120 yards and a touchdown according to my unofficial count. Sorsby also flashed his running ability with four rushes for 13 yards (plays were blown dead early).

Tennessee transfer Tayven Jackson led the second drive for the Cream team which resulted in a stop from the defense in the form of a missed Chris Freeman field goal. Jackson had a solid day as well going 8-14 for 99 yards, but had an interception in the end zone on a pass that he tried to squeeze into Williams. Jackson finished with seven rushes for 25 yards as well.

True freshman Broc Lowery had the other touchdown pass for the offense as he found Camden Jordan for a nine-yard score. Lowery completed all three of his passes for 37 yards and ran once for 12 yards.

The offense would add a short Freeman field goal to account for their 17 points.

On defense, the Hoosiers had once takeaway (interception) and several sacks. Western Michigan transfer Andre Carter unofficially had four sacks, although a couple of them were negated by penalties. The defense also forced three missed field goals and stopped the offense inside the five-yard line as they were trying to tie the game on the final play of the day.

Overall, the event was a success. IU got fantastic weather and the fan turnout was solid. There were a few takeaways that fans could feel good about going into the summer. Those are that Andre Carter is going to be very good for IU and while the quarterback competition has not been settled, it seems IU has two capable signal callers to work with.