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Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)
The 2023 NFL regular season wrapped up on Sunday and there were several impactful former Hoosiers in the league this year. Let’s take a look at each Hoosier on an NFL roster in 2023.
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The Indiana Hoosiers were without starters Cam Jones and Aaron Casey against Purdue Saturday afternoon, which lead IUto start true freshman Kaiden Turner. Turner ended up leading the Hoosiers with nine total tackles (seven solo). It’s not what IU wanted, but it gives the Hoosiers a glimpse into the future of a player who has been compared to former IU linebacker Micah McFadden.
Written by: Nate Comp (@NathanComp1)
After a hectic day one of the NFL Draft, we still have six rounds and two more days of action left to complete in Las Vegas. Round 1 saw seven players from the Big Ten drafted, five from the East and two from the West, and all of whom Indiana faced last season.
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The Hoosiers are four practices into their spring session and have hit spring break with 11 practices to go. We continue our look into the position battles happening all over the field for IU. After losing All-American linebacker Micah McFadden to the NFL Draft, IU will have a hole to fill at the middle linebacker position. IU does get Cam Jones back at stinger and there is no battle there. The spring should go a long way into determining who starts the opener against Illinois in the middle of the Hoosiers’ defense.
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The Indiana Hoosiers will have to replace the heart and soul of their linebacker room and defense as Micah McFadden is off to chase his NFL dreams. The Hoosiers will also be under the new direction of defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Chad Wilt. While Wilt has not exclusively coached linebackers, he has been a coach for over 20 years and will have Tom Allen calling the plays on defense.
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Amid the flurry of IU football news over the past few days, another piece of news hit the wire Tuesday as linebacker Micah McFadden has declared for the 2022 NFL Draft. McFadden was the heart and soul of the IU defense in 2021 after being named an All-American in 2020.
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The Hoosiers face an extremely tall task on Saturday night as they head to the Big House to face the number seven Michigan Wolverines. Saturday’s matchup to watch will be Indiana linebackers Cam Jones and Micah McFadden against Michigan’s running attack led by Blake Corum and Hasaan Haskins who have combined for 1,435 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns. It is a true strength against strength.
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The Indiana Hoosiers will welcome in the 10th ranked Michigan State Spartans for homecoming on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. The Spartans sit at 6-0, which is quite the turnaround from last season and much of that success is attributed to transfer running back Kenneth Walker III who finds himself on some Heisman Trophy watch lists.
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With the season approaching rapidly, the Hoosier’s roster is taking shape, including the Linebacker position. IU’s linebacker core is led by Micah McFadden who was put on the Butkus award watch list for the season. McFadden will look to lead this group for the season.
“I expect a lot from them personally, I’ve always said you’re only as good as your linebackers defensively and if you want to be good on defense, you have to have great linebackers and we have a great room,” head coach Tom Allen said in a press conference last week. “They’re not just great players, they’re great people and just great leaders.”
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana senior linebacker Micah McFadden and junior cornerback Tiawan Mullen have been selected to Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List, the Football Writers Association of America announced on Tuesday morning. This marks the third watch list appearance for both McFadden (Bednarik, Butkus) and Mullen (Bednarik, Thorpe).
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