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Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)
The 2021 Countdown to Kickoff is well underway now. There are 85 days remaining until the Indiana Hoosiers are playing in Kinnick Stadium against the Iowa Hawkeyes. Eighty-five is a popular number and there are a pair of Hoosiers sporting those digits: Khameron Taylor and McCall Ray.
Read MoreWritten by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)
The Indiana Hoosiers have finally broken through on their usage of the tight end position. After years of frustratingly underutilizing talent, the Hoosiers saw tight ends account for 64 catches, 697 yards and five touchdowns in 2019, most of which was part of Peyton Hendershot’s record setting year.
This season the Hoosiers bring in Kevin Wright from IMG Academy as the tight ends coach. Hendershot is back with the team after a suspension for an off the field incident involving an ex-girlfriend in the spring. The Hoosiers brought in Kham Taylor as a graduate transfer from South Alabama to sure up the depth and bulk of the group and added AJ Barner in the 2020 signing class. Needless to say the 2020 tight end position group is the deepest it has been in a very long time.
Read MoreWritten by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)
Indiana tight ends coach Kevin Wright has only seen IU practice four times. However, he knows exactly what his mission for that position group is and that is to build depth. “Our big emphasis for spring was just to try to develop depth. You didn't have Peyton (Hendershot) out there so it gave everybody the opportunity really to get equal reps.”
Read MoreWritten By: Nate Comp (@NathanComp1)
When last week’s news broke that Indiana had added a graduate transfer tight end to the squad, the move made a lot of sense.
The Hoosiers’ 2019 offense featured the tight end position more than any other year in its history, with starter Peyton Hendershot setting Indiana tight end receiving records in receptions (52) and yards (622). He also added 4 touchdowns and was named to the All-Big Ten team.
But Hendershot took a beating from being utilized so often, and with his February arrest having him participating in a modified role, the tight end room was in need of some additional depth.
Enter Khameron Taylor.
Read MoreWritten by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)
The Indiana Hoosiers added tight end Khameron Taylor to the team as a graduate transfer from the University of South Alabama on Wednesday morning. Taylor is six-foot-four and 270 pounds and adds the veteran depth that Indiana head coach Tom Allen is looking for at the position.
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