2023 Countdown to IUFB Kickoff: 32 Days (Anthony Thompson)

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2023 Countdown to IUFB Kickoff: 32 Days (Anthony Thompson)

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

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 take a look at one (or two) players on the current Indiana football roster and highlight the player’s role in the upcoming season. Of course, there are certain numbers that current players do not wear. Numbers that are reserved for the best of the best in Indiana football history. One such number is 32 and our countdown focus is on all-time great running back Anthony Thompson.

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2022 Countdown to IUFB: 32 Days (Anthony Thompson)

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2022 Countdown to IUFB: 32 Days (Anthony Thompson)

Written by Matt Smith

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. Number 32 on the list is IU legend Anthony Thompson.

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IU Legend Anthony Thompson on ESPN's Top 100 Running Backs in the Last 60 Years

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IU Legend Anthony Thompson on ESPN's Top 100 Running Backs in the Last 60 Years

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

College football is entering ‘Talking Season’ as the sport transitions out of spring practice and into the summer work out portion of the year. On Saturday morning Bill Connelly of ESPN released his list of the top 100 backs of the last 60 years. It is a fun read and will spark debates among you and your college football fan friends.

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Countdown to 2020 IUFB Kickoff: 32 Days (Anthony Thompson)

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Countdown to 2020 IUFB Kickoff: 32 Days (Anthony Thompson)

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

A little more than one month remains in the 2020 version of the Hoosier Huddle Countdown. The Indiana Hoosiers will be playing only conference opponents in this bizarre year as the Big Ten strives to get as much of a season as possible in the books. Today, we take a look at an all-time great Hoosier, Anthony Thompson. I will be using and paraphrasing last year’s excellent countdown entry that was written by Hoosier Huddle’s Nate Comp.

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Indiana's Best of All-Time: Crimson Region

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Indiana's Best of All-Time: Crimson Region

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

Welcome to the Indiana Football’sBest of All-Time Tournament presented by Hoosier Huddle. Below are the first-round previews for the Crimson Region. Voting will start at 12:15 ET on Twitter.

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Countdown to 2019 IUFB Kickoff: 32 Days (Anthony Thompson)

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Countdown to 2019 IUFB Kickoff: 32 Days (Anthony Thompson)

Written by Nathan Comp

#32

The Hoosier Huddle countdown to kickoff is in its final leg. Just over a month remains until the Hoosiers kickoff the 2019 season in Indianapolis against the Ball State Cardinals. Today we will highlight arguably the best to ever wear the Indiana jersey, Anthony Thompson.

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Countdown to 2018 IUFB Kickoff: 32 Days (Anthony Thompson)

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Countdown to 2018 IUFB Kickoff: 32 Days (Anthony Thompson)

Written By Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle) 

Anthony Thompson (Legacy Hoosier)

Hometown: Terre Haute, IN

Position: Running Back

College Football Hall of Fame

Two-Time Big Ten Most Valuable Player (1988, ’89)

Maxwell Award (1989)

Walter Camp Award (1989)

First Team All-American (1988, ’89)

2nd Round NFL Draft Pick (Phoenix Cardinals)

Indiana University’s All-Time touchdown leader (68 total TDs) and All-Time leading rusher (5,299 yards)

There are 32 days until the 2018 Indiana football season kicks off and this day has been reserved for former Hoosier great, Anthony Thompson. Today we will look at the top five performances from Thompson’s career as a Hoosier.

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Countdown to IUFB Kickoff: 32 Days (Anthony Thompson)

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Countdown to IUFB Kickoff: 32 Days (Anthony Thompson)

By David Sugarman (@David_Sugarman2)

#32

Now just 32 days away from the start of the 2017 college football season, but before we continue to look forward, we thought it would be a good time to take a look back. With no number 32 on the roster we’re sliding an Indiana great into the countdown with former Indiana running back, Anthony Thompson.

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