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Written by T.J. Inman
After getting a chance to digest the season and go back and review some games, Hoosier Huddle is doing a full post-season evaluation of the Indiana Football program. Today, we look at the running back position and how the group performed in 2022.
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Graduate senior running back Shaun Shivers exhausted his eligibility this season and will enter the NFL Draft, he announced on Twitter on Monday night. Shivers spent his final year of college football at IU after transferring in from Auburn before the 2022 season.
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The Indiana Hoosiers will exit their offseason slumber this coming Saturday when they take on the Fighting Illini this Friday night in Bloomington. Spirits are high for Indiana’s chances against Illinois and for the whole season, but for Friday night to go well, there will have to be a few things go really right. Let’s take a look at some keys to victory for the Hoosiers.
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The 2022 Hoosier Huddle Countdown is very nearly complete. Only two short days from now, IU will take the field at Memorial Stadium to open the 2022 season against the Illinois Fighting Illini. There are still a few very important players to profile and we’ll get to two of them today: James Monds III and Shaun Shivers.
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For teams like Indiana who are trying to spring upsets or get back on track special teams plays a vital role. Just ask Scott Frost at Nebraska who onsides kicked his way onto a seat hotter than the sun in Week 0.
Last season, IU was either great or terrible in the special teams department. Placekicker Charles Campbell was one of the best kickers in the Big Ten early on but, like the rest of the team, tanked in the second half. IU had little-to-no return game after D.J. Matthews and Reese Taylor got injured and Punter James Evans was very inconsistent.
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The Indiana hoosiers running backs room went under a total overhaul. Craig Johnson replaced Deland McCullough as the position coach. Shaun Shivers (Auburn) and Josh Henderson (North Carolina) were added from the portal to replace Stephen Carr (Pro), Tim Baldwins (transfer), Davion Ervin-Poindexter (transfer) and Chris Childers (transfer). While the room added Jaylin Lucas as a high school recruit. Only redshirt freshmen David Holloman, Trent Howland and red shirt sophomore Charlie Spegal return from 2021.
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A successful running game is created by several different factors working together in harmony. The offensive line needs to create holes for the running back. The running back needs to hit those holes at the right time and with enough speed and power to get through arm tackles and create yards after contact
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The Indiana Hoosier football team reported to fall camp in Bloomington on Sunday evening. This marks the official star of the 2022 football season. After going 2-10 (0-9) in 2021, IU is looking to rebound and prove that last year was just a blip on the radar. While the buzz surrounding the Hoosiers is subdued this year, there are plenty of story lines to keep an eye on over the next couple of weeks. Here are the storylines we’ll be watching during fall camp.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana senior running back Shaun Shivers has been named a preseason candidate for the Doak Walker Award, the PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced on Wednesday (July 20). The Forum annually presents the award to the nation's top college running back.
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Phil Steele’s annual college football preview magazine came out earlier this month. It’s a magazine regularly referred to as ‘the Bible’ of college football and has a section ranking the top draft eligible players at each position. Here are where some of the draft eligible football players rank in their position groups:
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