2015 Positional Preview: Offensive Line

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2015 Positional Preview: Offensive Line

Written By: Nick Holmes (@HoosierHolmes)

It’s not really a surprise when I say that the offensive line will be a strength for the Hoosiers, as it has been for the last three seasons. Coach Frey has done a masterful job of molding and making these young men into a formidable force, capable of taking on any defensive front they come up against in the trenches. When injuries attempted to threaten the depth of the group, it was just a case of next man up, the unit barely missing a beat. For the last three seasons the Hoosiers have set numerous offensive records and the guys upfront have been a big reason for that. Whether it was protecting one of the team’s prolific passers or opening up holes for Tevin Coleman, these guys have done it all  and at a high level.

While the team did bid farewell to some talented contributors up front, including senior Ralston Evans, whose career was short due to injuries, the 2015 iteration of the Indiana offensive line has the potential to be the best yet.

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Countdown to Kickoff: 74 Days (DeAndre Herron and Nate Hoff)

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Countdown to Kickoff: 74 Days (DeAndre Herron and Nate Hoff)

As the Hoosiers double downed on Boom’s Monday, we are doubling up on day number 74 in our Countdown to Kickoff. The two guys who don the number 74 have an average height of 6’3” and weigh a combined 605 pounds. DeAndre Herron and Nate Hoff will try and be earth movers on both sides of the ball in 2015 as their playing time should increase.

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Signing Day Video: OL DeAndre Herron

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The staff once again used their relationship with Iowa Western Community College, where they grabbed two players from this year, to snag the 6’5” 325 pound mountain of a man that is DeAndre Herron.  While he is a junior college transfer, one can’t help but be excited when that type of size is brought in

2014 Recruiting Notebook: July 17, 2013

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2014 Recruiting Notebook: July 17, 2013

We are inching closer to the halfway point between National Signing Day 2013 and its namesake on the 2013 calendar.  It has been a little over five months now since Kevin Wilson was able to bring in more four-star recruits in a single class than his predecessors did in the 11 previous seasons combined.  However, the momentum that the staff had to close out the 2013 class did not seem to carry over to 2014.  Indiana received their first commitment to the 2014 class on June 2nd, 2013 from Michael Barwick.  Just over a week early, to the day, from when the coaches heard from Isaac Griffith back in 2013.

While on its own merits the news was exciting, Barwick is still arguably the highest rated recruit to join the class thus far, the fact of the matter is that it once again signaled a late start for Hoosier recruiting.  While other programs had already signed handfuls of players, Indiana has just one.  But that’s when the dominoes started to fall again.

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