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Indiana Football announced in a press release on Monday that safety Will Dawkins and offensive lineman Tim Gardner are no longer a part of the Indiana Football program. Below is the press release from Indiana Football:
Read MoreEntering the 2015 season, all the prognosticators, including us at Hoosier Huddle predicted that Indiana would struggle mightily defending the pass. Unfortunately, that did not begin to describe the Hoosiers complete inability to slow down any of their opponents’ aerial attacks. Out of 127 Football Bowl Subdivision teams, Indiana was second to last, giving up a putrid 313 passing yards per game.
Honestly, this was not a particularly difficult predication to make, as the team entered the season with four new starters in the secondary. To make matters worse, the only player with starting experience in the defensive backfield, Chase Dutra, was sidelined for the first three weeks of the season.
The Hoosiers enter the spring session with plenty of question marks, but a plethora of semi-experienced options, a much better place to be than they were a year ago.
Over the next six weeks the coaching staff will need to assess which of the returning players best fit into new defensive coordinator Tom Allen’s schemes.
In addition to the new hybrid secondary player (Husky), it remains to be seen how the Hoosiers 4-2-5 defensive alignment will affect the play of the corners and safeties. Is there a greater or less of an emphasis on the field verse boundary cornerbacks? Rashad Fant, the team’s unquestioned number one cover man, thrives as the team’s field cornerback. Will the team look for a bigger body to place opposite of Fant on the boundary side of
the field?
Indiana Athletics Release
Bloomington, Ind.- The following students will not participate in today's football game against Southern Illinois: Tyler Burgett, Will Dawkins, Tim Gardner, Greg Gooch, Ralph Green III, Isaac Griffith, Darius Latham, Alex Rodriguez, and Tegray Scales.
They have not lived up to their responsibilities to the program. We will have no further comment regarding this manner.
We are less than a month away from the season opener against Southern Illinois! As we get ever closer to the season, and ever deeper into the dog days of summer, the countdown is taking a double dip to get you through #28. On offense, #28 is worn by Nick Cox. On defense, we’ll take a look at redshirt freshman Will Dawkins.
Read MoreWhat does Allen’s Suspension mean for IU’s defense?
Antonio Allen has been suspended indefinitely and his football career at IU is most likely over after being arrested on felony drug charges. The junior was expected to start at safety and help anchor a defense that was hoping to continue the improvements they made during the 2014 season. Without him, IU’s secondary now looks extremely young (only two players have made any career starts, Chase Dutra with 1 and Kenny Mullen with 7) and a group that was already looking suspect will now have even more questions to answer.
Read MoreWill Dawkins has committed to play his college ball for Indiana after taking his official visit to Bloomington this weekend. Dawkins, from Vero Beach, becomes the fourth recruit in the 2014 class out of the state of Florida. In high school Dawkins played both receiver (570 yards receiving his senior year) and defensive back (5 career interceptions), but look for him to project in the defensive backfield for the Hoosiers who need more depth and talent on that side of the ball
Super Bowl Sunday is truly becoming a super day for the Indiana football program. Moments after receiving a commitment from 3-star athlete Will Dawkins the Hoosiers received word that 247 Sports 3-star cornerback Kiante Walton has flipped his commitment from Appalachian State to Indiana.
Read MoreAs signing day creeps closer, the Hoosiers keep the momentum rolling as 247 Sports and Rivals.com 3-star athlete Will Dawkins has committed to play his college ball for Indiana after taking his official visit to Bloomington this weekend. Dawkins, from Vero Beach, becomes the fourth recruit in the 2014 class out of the state of Florida.
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