Hoosiers Announce 2020 Awards at Annual Football Banquet

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Hoosiers Announce 2020 Awards at Annual Football Banquet

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Indiana football program held their annual awards banquet on Thursday night to commemorate the 2020 season in which the Hoosiers finished 12th in the AP Poll with a record of 6-2. Tom Allen gave out 19 awards to 26 different players. The ceremony was also highlighted by the inaugural Chris Beaty Award, an award given in honor of Chris Beaty, a former Hoosier football player who walked on to the team and was killed last summer trying to thwart a robbery. Below are the award winners:

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Indiana Punter James Evans Adjusting to American Football Little by Little

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Indiana Punter James Evans Adjusting to American Football Little by Little

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Indiana Hoosiers have some big shoes to fill on special teams as IU has to find a replacement for All-Big Ten punter Haydon Whitehead who is preparing for the NFL Draft. After having great success with Whitehead and ProKick Australia, Allen and his staff reached back down under for punter James Evans.

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Haydon Whitehead Gives Hoosiers a Leg Up in the Punt Game

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Haydon Whitehead Gives Hoosiers a Leg Up in the Punt Game

Written by Evan McShane

The Indiana Hoosiers don’t walk out of Madison, Wisconsin with a 14-6 victory if not for the spectacular performance from punter Haydon Whitehead. On Monday, Whitehead earned Big Ten Conference Player of the Week honors and was nationally recognized as one of ten semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award for best punter in the nation. “He was also our player of the game as well,” head coach Tom Allen said in praise of Whitehead.

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Three Hoosiers Named Semi-Finalists For National Awards

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Three Hoosiers Named Semi-Finalists For National Awards

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The 2020 football season is drawing to a close and that means national award watchlists are turning into semi-finalist lists. On Monday three Hoosier players were named to various national award watch lists. Ty Fryfogle was named a semi-finalist for the Biletnikoff Award for the nation’s top receiver, quarterback Michael Penix Jr. was named a semi-finalist for the Davey O’Brien Award for the nation’s top quarterback and Haydon Whitehead was named a semi-finalist for the Ray Guy Award for the nation’s top punter.

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Pair of Hoosiers Earn Conference Players of the Week Honors

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Pair of Hoosiers Earn Conference Players of the Week Honors

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

Linebacker Micah McFadden and punter Haydon Whitehead earned the Hoosiers two more Big Ten Player of the Week honors after Indiana’s 14-6 win over the Wisconsin Badgers. McFadden led the way on defense with two sacks and nine tackles while Whitehead pinned the Wisconsin offense inside their own 20-yard line four times and averaged 40.5 yards per punt.

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Hoosiers Try and Learn For Other's Mistakes on Defense and Special Teams

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Hoosiers Try and Learn For Other's Mistakes on Defense and Special Teams

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

Hindsight Is always 20/20 when it comes to learning life lessons. The Indiana Hoosiers have the advantage of learning from others’ mistakes as they prepare to take the field for the first time in 2020 against Penn State on October 24th. If you have watched any college football at all in 2020, you probably have seen shaky tackling, porous defense and crazier special teams gaffs than the last five seasons combined. It is such a concern for the Hoosiers that head coach Tom Allen is getting texts whenever these issues arise in games around the country.

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2020 Position Preview: Special Teams Got an Overhaul in 2020, Will the Results Follow?

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2020 Position Preview: Special Teams Got an Overhaul in 2020, Will the Results Follow?

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

Special teams was an area where Indiana needed to upgrade after the 2019 season when multiple gaffs lead to painful losses. The Hoosiers have had a solid punter in Haydon Whitehead and place kicking had been steady with Griffin Oakes and Logan Justus until he fell apart in the last two games missing four field goals and a crucial extra point. Where the Hoosiers struggled at was in the kick and punt return department as well as just an overall coaching overhaul. This need was highlighted when Tennessee took advantage of poor communication and players out of position to execute an onside kick that helped the Volunteers steal a victory.

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College Football Links From Across the Country (6/3/20)

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College Football Links From Across the Country (6/3/20)

Daily College Football Links (June 3, 2020)

Exactly 93 days remain until the 2020 Indiana football season is set to kick off in Madison. That means the Hoosier Huddle 100 day countdown is in full swing, so your eyes out for the daily countdown articles featuring each of the players and coaching staff on the 2020 IU football roster. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for daily notifications for countdown articles and the latest IUFB scoop.

While we’re all doing our part to stop the spread of Coronavirus, we have gathered popular news stories from around the state, region and country to keep you updated on it all. If you have any links or stories you’d like to share please email them to TheHoosierHuddle@gmail.com. We have also included some favorite football reads for your off-season enjoyment.

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Countdown to 2020 IUFB Kickoff: 94 Days Part 2 (Haydon Whitehead)

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Countdown to 2020 IUFB Kickoff: 94 Days Part 2 (Haydon Whitehead)

Written by: Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The 2020 edition of the Hoosier Huddle Countdown is underway! We will double dip on Day 94 as two established Hoosiers don the number. We have already read about DeMarcus Elliott and now it is time to turn our attention to sixth-year senior Haydon Whitehead who is one of the best punters in the Big Ten.

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