Hoosiers Land Former Michigan OL Zach Carpenter

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Indiana Hoosiers found some help along the offensive line on New Year’s Eve as they landed redshirt freshman offensive lineman Zach Carpenter via the NCAA Transfer Portal. Carpenter signed with Michigan as part of the 2019 class. Carpenter redshirted the 2019 season and was named Michigan’s Offensive Scout Team Player of the year.
Carpenter, now 6’5” and 329 pounds as a redshirt freshman, saw the field in five games including a start. He is from Cincinnati, Ohio and attended Archbishop Moeller High School where he was the third player in school history to start as a freshman and was the first junior to be named captain in school history.

"We are really excited to welcome Zach Carpenter as a part of our family," Indiana head football coach Tom Allen said. "He's a young man that we recruited heavily coming out of high school. We know his family well, we know him well, and we are happy for him to be able to join us. He has experience as a starter in the Big Ten and brings us high character, high work ethic and a lot of toughness."

Out of high school, Carpenter was a 247 Composite three-star and rated as the 32nd offensive guard in the country. Allen Trieu, a recruiting expert for 247 Sports, describes Carpenter as a Power-5 starter. He said Carpenter is a “wide-bodied, thickly-built interior prospect. Average length. Strength, toughness and experience playing high level competition are all pluses. Powerful and knocks defenders off balance with initial contact. Given his size, he gets around the field and into the second level well. Dominant in the run game. Plays with mean streak and finishes his blocks. Same strength and punch help him in pass pro”

This should be the start of a busy transfer season for IU.