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Written by Nathan Comp (@NathanComp1)
We start our review of the 2019 Indiana University football season with an in-depth look at how the defense performed. We start in spring practice and go through the bowl game.
Read MoreWritten by Evan McShane (@veryreasonable)
The Hoosiers return plenty of experience on the defensive line, but beyond the frontline there will be some questions about IU’s depth that need answered. Seniors Allen Stallings and Gavin Everett are set to anchor the defensive end spots. Stallings tied for the team lead in quarterback hurries last season while collecting two sacks, six tackles for loss, and a forced fumble. Everett started 11 games last year and was the IU defensive player of the week against Michigan. Together, Stallings and Everett hope to make the most of their senior season.
Read MoreName – Allen Stallings
Position – Defensive Line (Senior)
Hometown – Maywood, Illinois (Oak Park and River Forest)
Height – 6’2”
Weight – 246
Name – Nathaniel Snyder
Position – Kicker (Redshirt Junior)
Hometown – Greenwood, Indiana (Center Grove High School)
Height – 6’1”
Weight – 198 pounds
Read MoreWritten By Lauralys Shallow
The defensive unit as a whole has already made great strides the past few seasons under Tom Allen, current head coach and former defensive coordinator. In 2015, IU was 121st nationally in yards per game allowed, and in 2017 IU improved to 27th. Any successful defense starts from dominating the line of scrimmage. Today, we preview the defensive line.
Read MoreWritten By Rylie Kyhn
It wasn’t feeling much like spring in Bloomington on Thursday morning, with the snow flurries falling and the freezing wind chill, but inside John Mellencamp Pavilion the energy and intensity at IU's fourth spring football practice was enough to keep anyone warm as the Hoosiers were in full pads for the first time this spring.
Read MoreWritten By Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)
J-Shun Harris (Special Teams Player of the Week)
Morgan Ellison (Freshman of the Week)
Defense: Allen Stallings and Andre Brown Jr.
Offense: Morgan Ellison
Special Teams: J-Shun Harris
Read MoreBy David Sugarman (@David_Sugarman2)
As Indiana has geared up for its first full season under Tom Allen, there have been a number of coaching changes, but the core of the defensive staff has stayed intact. Back for his second year as the defensive line coach, Mark Hagen will look to continue the progress his group made in 2016.
Last season Indiana gave up 35 less yards per game on the ground than they did in 2015. The team’s crowning achievement may have been when they held likely the Big Ten’s and nation’s best running back in Penn State’s Saquon Barkley to 58 yards on 33 carries, less than two yards per touch.
Now headed into year two with Hagen, Indiana will look to replace Ralph Green III due to graduation and Nile Sykes, undisclosed season ending injury. Those two combined for nearly 50 tackles and six sacks in 2016. If Indiana wants to take another step in the right direction and achieve their goal of becoming a top 25 defense, it starts with the big boys in the trenches.
Read MoreWritten by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)
The Hoosier Huddle Countdown to Kick-off has begun! There are now 99 days until the Indiana Hoosiers kick-off the 2017 season against the Ohio State Buckeyes. That seems like a long way away and I suppose it is but this countdown will fly by and it will be football season before we know it! Today’s countdown takes a look at two different #99s and we’ll start with defensive end Allen Stallings IV.
Read MoreWritten By Alex Compton
The Spring Game came and went. Then it went some more then it ended. A 42-36 win for Team Crimson over Team Cream in overtime, it was full of ups and downs for both teams, but as is the case with both the philosophy remains that it is a glorified scrimmage that you can’t get too high or low about. Stats weren’t even kept and we didn’t go to the effort to keep track too much because that’s not what this game was about. It was about seeing where a team stood still over three months away from opening night kickoff when they take on Ohio State. With multiple key defensive players sitting out, it was hardly a true barometer of what IU will be in the fall, but there were some things worth taking note of. Just remember, Ohio State is still three months away. Indiana didn’t do anything tonight to take a lead or put themselves in a hole against the Buckeyes. With that said, let’s take a look at how the defense fared.
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