Hoosiers will be "Aggressively Looking at" Transfer Portal to Fill Out 85-Man Roster

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Hoosiers will be "Aggressively Looking at" Transfer Portal to Fill Out 85-Man Roster

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The Indiana Hoosiers and Tom Allen have a couple roster spots to fill as offensive lineman Britt Beery and tight end Turon Ivy Jr. recently hit the NCAA Transfer Portal. In his news conference on Wednesday, Indiana head coach Tom Allen said the portal “will be definitely something that we're going to be aggressively looking at.”

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2020 Position Preview-Tight Ends: Depth and Talent Have People Licking Their Chops

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2020 Position Preview-Tight Ends: Depth and Talent Have People Licking Their Chops

Written 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.

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Kevin Wright Wanted to Develop Tight End Depth, the Hoosiers Have that Heading into 2020

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Kevin Wright Wanted to Develop Tight End Depth, the Hoosiers Have that Heading into 2020

Written 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.”

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