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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Junior punter James Evans was selected for the Ray Guy Award preseason watch list, the Augusta Sports Council announced on Wednesday (August 2).
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The 2023 edition of the Hoosier Huddle Countdown is officially underway! We are counting down from 100 to the beginning of the 2023 Indiana University football season. Each day, we will look at one (or two) players on the current Indiana football roster and highlight the player’s role in the upcoming season. Today we look at another specialist, punter James Evans.
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After getting a chance to digest the season and go back and review some games, Hoosier Huddle is doing a full post-season evaluation of the Indiana Football program. Today, we look at the special teams and how the group performed in 2022.
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It’s award season for the Big Ten football as the regular season and Indiana’s freshman running back Jaylin Lucas is taking home some hardware. Lucas is the first freshman and first Hoosier to earn the Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist of the Year Award in its history.
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The Indiana Hoosiers suffered their first loss of the 2022 season with a 45-24 defeat against Cincinnati. While many Hoosier fans are freaking out, we are going to take a deeper look into the loss at what worked and what didn’t.
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James Evans, Indiana University’s punter, had a rough transition to American football after coming to Bloomington from New Zealand. Evans had never kicked in an American football game and it showed. While he displayed a strong leg, Evans was wildly inconsistent in 2021 and it cost the Hoosiers on a number of occasions especially early in the season. In 2022 Evans looks much more comfortable and it’s showing on the field and in the stat sheet.
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For teams like Indiana who are trying to spring upsets or get back on track special teams plays a vital role. Just ask Scott Frost at Nebraska who onsides kicked his way onto a seat hotter than the sun in Week 0.
Last season, IU was either great or terrible in the special teams department. Placekicker Charles Campbell was one of the best kickers in the Big Ten early on but, like the rest of the team, tanked in the second half. IU had little-to-no return game after D.J. Matthews and Reese Taylor got injured and Punter James Evans was very inconsistent.
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August 19, 2022
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana sophomore punter James Evans has been named to the preseason watch list for the Ray Guy Award, honoring the nation’s top collegiate punter.
A native of Auckland, New Zealand, Evans averaged 41.9 yards per punt during his freshman season in 12 starts at the position. He hit 12 punts of 50-plus yards and pinned 13 inside the 20-yard line – five landing inside the 10-yard line. His long boot of 62 yards came against No. 2 Ohio State.
Written by T.J. Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)
Welcome to the 2022 edition of the Hoosier Huddle Countdown! We are now officially underway as we countdown from 100 to the beginning of the 2022 Indiana University football season. Each day, we will take a look at one (or two) players on the current roster and highlight the players role in the upcoming season. Today’s profiles are a pair of expected starters: punter James Evans and interior defensive stalwart Demarcus Elliott.
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The Indiana Hoosiers had an interesting year on special teams. When they were on their game, this unit was one of the best in the conference. However, when it did not go their way, the wheels fell off.
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