2023 Position Preview: Unproven Tight Ends Will Get Their Shot

2023 Position Preview: Unproven Tight Ends Will Get Their Shot

Written by: Zachary Greene

The Hoosiers will be needing to get production out of a mix of young and veteran tight ends this year. The group enters fall camp with 10 players on the roster including three transfers. Last season, the position struggled and battled through injuries. AJ Barner failed to live up to expectations and transferred to Michigan in the off-season.

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2023 Countdown to IUFB Kickoff: 84 Days (Aaron Steinfeldt)

2023 Countdown to IUFB Kickoff: 84 Days (Aaron Steinfeldt)

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

The 2023 edition of the Hoosier Huddle Countdown is officially underway! We are counting down from 100 to the beginning of the 2023 Indiana University football season. Each day, we will take a look at one (or two) players on the current Indiana football roster and highlight the player’s role in the upcoming season. Today’s countdown focus is on the man expected to be the leader of the tight end group: Aaron Steinfeldt.

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Hoosiers Spring Football Preview: The Tight End Room Needs Someone to Emerge as a Playmaker

Hoosiers Spring Football Preview: The Tight End Room Needs Someone to Emerge as a Playmaker

Written by Zachary Greene (@zachegreene)

Indiana Football lost a key player on the offensive side of the ball when tight end AJ Barner transferred to Michigan. The group lacked physicality and failed to stay healthy this past season. This season, they will head into spring ball with a young relatively inexperienced group.

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Hoosier Huddle's Postseason Review Tight Ends: Up and Down with Bursts of Good Play

Hoosier Huddle's Postseason Review Tight Ends: Up and Down with Bursts of Good Play

Written by Zach Greene (@zachegreene)

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 tight end position and how the group performed in 2022.

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2022 Spring IUFB Position Battles: Tight End

2022 Spring IUFB Position Battles: Tight End

Written by Zach Greene

After the departure of All-Big Ten Tight End Peyton Hendershot someone on the offensive side of the ball will need to step up at the tight end position. Last year, most of the production at the position came from Hendershot who finished the season with over 500 yards receiving and four touchdowns. The offense often would line up in two or three tight end sets with A.J. Barner and Matt Bjorson. However, Bjorson is no longer with the program. This season the Hoosiers have a new offensive coordinator in Walt Bell who looks to ramp up an offense that was historically bad last season. That said, the tight end position is led by a clear front runner in A.J. Barner, who I expect to get starting reps at camp, and a bunch of guys who will battle to get reps. The Hoosiers recruited two local Ohio guys who come into the program as sought-after freshmen. Now let’s dive into the tight end position.

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State of the Room - Tight Ends

State of the Room - Tight Ends

Peyton Hendershot is off to the NFL, and Matt Bjorson hit the portal at the end of January, but the Indiana Football tight end group is a room that is deep, athletic, and oozing with potential. Can Walt Bell put the pieces together to make this a productive unit? Only time will tell.

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State of the Room - IUFB Tight Ends

State of the Room - IUFB Tight Ends

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

The tight end room was one of the few bright spots for the Hoosiers offense in 2021 as Peyton Hendershot put together an All-Big Ten campaign and A.J. Barner started to show what he could do. Walt Bell’s offense will use the tight end in many different positions and even in an H-back formation. It will be different, but Hoosier fans were screaming for different things all season.

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Freshman TE Aaron Steinfeldt Will Lean on Upperclassmen While Adjusting to Big Ten Football

Freshman TE Aaron Steinfeldt Will Lean on Upperclassmen While Adjusting to Big Ten Football

Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

Incoming freshman tight end Aaron Steinfeldt played his high school football right up the road from Memorial Stadium at Bloomington North. Now, he is working out with the Hoosiers gearing up for his first season in cream and crimson.

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