2022 Countdown to IUFB Kickoff: 77 Days (Joshua Sales)

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

We head back to the offensive line as the Hoosier Huddle Countdown to Kickoff turns another calendar page to day 77. Today’s featured is redshirt freshman offensive lineman Joshua Sales, who could be part of a youth movement upfront.

Joshua Sales (Redshirt Freshman)

Hometown: Brownsburg, IN

Height: 6’6”

Weight: 315 Pounds

Position: Offensive Line

Twitter: (@JSales77)

Sales came to Indiana with big expectations that he would be an anchor along the offensive line. He was a 2020 all-state and all-conference honoree while being named to the 2020 Indiana All-USA Super Team. Sales did not allow a sack as a senior and registered 72 knockdowns in eight games in 2020. He redshirted his first year in Bloomington.

Sales impressed Allen this spring while the head coach knows the importance of this young group of linemen moving through the program.

“Joshua Sales Jr. is another one that continues to grow and develop and get a lot of quality reps and I like the way he's progressing.” Allen said. “That needs to continue. So, I just feel like that our guys there are really, really critical to what we're trying to do and how we're developing our football team.”

Sales should be in the two-deep at left tackle in 2022. He did get mop up duty against Idaho in 2021, but having him in the rotation at tackle will help him get prepared for when Luke Haggard exhausts him eligibility after the ’22 season.