2020 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 2020 Indiana Hoosiers football team was to represent Indiana University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers were to play their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana and compete as a member of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. The team was to be led by fourth-year head coach Tom Allen.

2020 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	East Division
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tom Allen (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Nick Sheridan (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Grant Heard (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Kane Wommack (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Kevin Peoples (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 52,626)
Uniform

2020 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Indiana			–							–
Maryland			–							–
Michigan			–							–
Michigan State			–							–
Ohio State			–							–
Penn State			–							–
Rutgers			–							–
West Division
Illinois			–							–
Iowa			–							–
Minnesota			–							–
Nebraska			–							–
Northwestern			–							–
Purdue			–							–
Wisconsin			–							–
Championship: TBA
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Note: Due to COVID-19, the Big Ten suspended the 2020 football season. As of August 15, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

On July 9, 2020, the Big Ten announced that member teams will only play conference games in effort to reduce issues related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

On August 11, 2020, the Big Ten canceled the college football season for the fall of 2020 due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The conference expressed hope that a season could be played in the spring of 2021.[3][4]

Spring Game

The 2020 Spring Game was scheduled to take place in Bloomington on April 17, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.; however, on March 12, 2020, the Big Ten Conference cancelled the remainder of all winter and spring sports seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6]

Date	Time	Spring Game	Site	TV	Result	Source
April 17	7:00 p.m.	Cream vs. Crimson	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN

Previous season

Main article: 2019 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The Hoosiers finished the 2019 season 8–5 overall, 5–4 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place in the Eastern Division. This would be the Hoosiers' best finish to a season since the 1993 season. The Hoosiers were invited to the Gator Bowl, where they would lose by one point to Tennessee, 22–23.[7]

Offseason

Coaching changes

On December 17, 2019, the Fresno State announced it had hired Indiana offensive coordinator Kalen DeBoer as their new head coach; DeBoer had served only one year as the Hoosiers' offensive coordinator.[8] On January 10, 2020, Indiana announced it had promoted Nick Sheridan to offensive coordinator and running backs' coach Mike Hart to associate head coach.[9] On January 19, 2020, Allen announced the additions of Jason Jones as safeties coach, Kevin Wright as tight ends coach and promoted former safeties coach, Kasey Teegardin, to special teams coordinator.[10]

Transfers

Outgoing

Notable departures from the 2019 squad included:

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Coy Cronk	54	Offensive Lineman	6'5"	325	Senior (Redshirt)	Lafayette, Indiana	Graduate transfer
Cole Gest	20	Running Back	5'8'	194	Senior (Redshirt)	Lyndhurst, Ohio	Graduate transfer
Peyton Ramsey	12	Quarterback	6'2"	216	Senior (Redshirt)	Cincinnati, Ohio	Graduate transfer
Ronnie Walker	23	Running Back	5'11"	211	Sophomore	Hopewell, Virginia	Transferred

Incoming

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes	Prev. School
Dylan Powell	72	Offensive Lineman	6'3"	300	Senior (Redshirt)	Hannibal, Missouri	Graduate transfer	Stanford
Jovan Swann	51	Defensive Line	6'2"	270	Senior (Redshirt)	Greenwood, Indiana	Graduate transfer	Stanford
Khameron Taylor	85	Tight End	6'4"	270	Senior (Redshirt)	Alachua, Florida	Graduate transfer	South Alabama

2020 NFL Draft

See also: 2020 NFL Draft

Hoosiers who were picked in the 2020 NFL Draft:

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Team
6	209	Simon Stepaniak	Guard	Green Bay Packers
UFA		Nick Westbrook	Wide receiver	Tennessee Titans

Preseason

Position key

Back	B		Center	C		Cornerback	CB		Defensive back	DB
Defensive end	DE		Defensive lineman	DL		Defensive tackle	DT		End	E
Fullback	FB		Guard	G		Halfback	HB		Kicker	K
Kickoff returner	KR		Offensive tackle	OT		Offensive lineman	OL		Linebacker	LB
Long snapper	LS		Punter	P		Punt returner	PR		Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB		Safety	S		Tight end	TE		Wide receiver	WR

Recruits

The Hoosiers signed a total of 20 recruits.

US college sports recruiting information for 2020 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
David Baker WR	Indianapolis, Indiana	Scecina Memorial High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jun 28, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Tim Baldwin Jr. RB	Nokesville, Virginia	Patriot High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	Dec 8, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
AJ Barner TE	Aurora, Ohio	Aurora High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Dec 8, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Kahlil Benson OL	Southaven, Mississippi	Southaven High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	332 lb (151 kg)	Feb 5, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Bryson Bonds DB	Crowley, Texas	Crowley High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Dec 8, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Chris Bradberry OL	Rancho Cucamonga, California	Etiwanda High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	300 lb (140 kg)	May 10, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Brady Feeney OL	St. Louis, Missouri	Christian Brothers College High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	325 lb (147 kg)	Jul 28, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Luke Haggard OL	Petaluma, California	Petaluma High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Dec 16, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Randy Holtz OL	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Snider High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	350 lb (160 kg)	Dec 17, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Christopher Keys DB	Collins, Mississippi	Collins High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jun 6, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Cameron Knight OL	Noblesville, Indiana	Noblesville High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	May 18, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Damarjhe Lewis DL	Griffin, Georgia	Griffin High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	291 lb (132 kg)	Nov 28, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Caleb Murphy DL	Campbellsburg, Indiana	West Washington High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	260 lb (120 kg)	Jun 4, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Javon Swinton ATH	Stafford, Virginia	North Stafford High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jul 25, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Lem Watley-Neely DB	Harper Woods, Michigan	Harper Woods High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jun 23, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Luke Wiginton OL	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Bishop Dwenger High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	289 lb (131 kg)	Apr 6, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Rashawn Williams WR	Detroit, Michigan	Martin Luther King High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Apr 29, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Dexter Williams II QB	Macon, Georgia	Mount de Sales Academy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jun 23, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Ty Wise LB	Carmel, Indiana	Carmel High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	222 lb (101 kg)	Mar 7, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings:   Rivals: 48  247Sports: 58  ESPN: 55
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Indiana Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020. "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

Preseason Big Ten poll

Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2020 poll, Indiana was projected to finish fourth in the East Division.[11]

Media poll (East Division)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Ohio State	237 (33)
2	Penn State	204 (1)
3	Michigan	169
4	Indiana	134
5	Michigan State	94
6	Maryland	76
7	Rutgers	38

Schedule

The Hoosiers' 2020 schedule originally consisted of 7 home games and 5 away games;[12] however, the Big Ten moved to a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13][14] The Hoosiers were also originally scheduled to play three non-conference games, against Western Kentucky and Ball State at home and on the road against UConn.

The Hoosiers will host Penn State, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland and Purdue. They will travel to Wisconsin, Ohio State, Minnesota, Rutgers and Michigan State.

The season was canceled on August 11, 2020.[4]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4		at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI
September 12		Penn State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN
September 19		Illinois	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN
September 26		at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH
October 10		at Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN
October 17		Michigan	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN
October 24		Maryland	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN
October 31		at Rutgers	SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ
November 7		at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon)
November 21		Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)
Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 3) released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

• Sources:[15]

Rankings

Further information: 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP
Coaches	RV
CFP	Not released																Not released

Personnel

Roster

2020 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Whop Philyor Sr WR 3 Ty Fryfogle Sr QB 5 Dexter Williams II Fr RB 8 Stevie Scott III Jr QB 9 Michael Penix Jr.  So WR 10 David Ellis So WR 13 Miles Marshall  So QB 14 Jack Tuttle  So QB 15 Zack Merrill  Fr QB 16 Grant Gremel  Fr WR 17 Jordan Jakes  Fr WR 18 Jacolby Hewitt  So WR 19 Luke Shayotovich  So RB 22 Tim Baldwin, Jr Fr RB 24 Sampson James So QB 25 Will Jontz  Fr WR 25 Cam Wilson  Jr RB 34 Davion Ervin-Poindexter  So RB 36 Chris Childers Jr RB 37 Ahrod Lloyd  Jr RB 38 Connor Thomas  Jr TE 39 Ryan Barnes  So TE 45 Trey Walker  Fr OL 51 Mackenzie Nworah  Sr OL 52 DaVondre Love  Sr OL 54 Coy Cronk Sr OL 55 Luke Lane  Fr DL 55 C. J. Person  Fr OL 56 Mike Katic  Fr OL 57 Harry Krider Sr OL 61 Ricky Tamis  Fr OL 62 Cameron Knight Fr OL 65 Dominic Altimari  Jr OL 66 Aidan Rafferty  So OL 70 Luke Haggard Jr OL 70 Peter Schulz  Fr OL 72 Dylan Powell  Sr OL 73 Tim Weaver  Fr OL 74 Nick Marozas  So OL 75 Luke Wiginton Fr OL 76 Matthew Bedford So OL 77 Caleb Jones  Jr OL 78 Britt Beery  Jr OL 79 Charlie O'Connor  So WR 80 Da'Shaun Brown  Fr TE 81 Gary Cooper  Fr WR 82 Christian Harris  Jr WR 83 Bryan Parker  Jr TE 84 Turon Ivy Jr.  So WR 85 McCall Ray  Fr TE 86 Peyton Hendershot  Jr WR 88 Justin Berry  Jr TE 89 Matt Bjorson Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 2 Reese Taylor Jr DB 3 Tiawan Mullen So DB 4 Cam Jones Jr DB 5 Juwan Burgess  Jr DL 6 James Head Jr. Jr LB 8 James Miller  So DB 9 Marcelino Ball  Sr DB 13 Larry Tracy III  Fr DB 17 Raheem Layne Sr DL 18 Jonathan King  So WR 19 Josh Sanguinetti  Fr DB 20 Joseph Daniels Jr.  So DB 21 Noah Pierre  So DB 22 Jamar Johnson Jr DB 23 Jaylin Williams Jr DB 26 Gabe Cohen  Sr DB 27 Devon Matthews Jr DB 28 A’Shon Riggins Sr DB 29 Khalil Bryant Sr DB 30 Jordan Jusevitch  So DB 31 Bryant Fitzgerald  Jr DL 34 Damarjhe Lewis Fr DB 35 DeKaleb Thomas  So DB 36 Nicholas Grieser  Fr LB 37 Ty Wise Fr DB 38 Jeremy Boyd  Jr LB 40 Cameron Williams  Fr DL 41 Beau Robbins  Fr LB 42 D. K. Bonhomme So DB 43 Samual Slusher  Jr LB 44 Thomas Allen  Jr LB 46 Aaron Casey  So LB 47 Micah McFadden Jr LB 48 Robert Tolbert IV  Fr DL 50 Sio Nofoagatoto'a So DL 51 Jovan Swann  Sr DL 53 Stephen Walker II  Fr DL 59 Gavin McCabe  So DL 67 Christian Love  So DL 87 Michael Ziemba Sr DL 90 Connor Schneider  So DL 91 Jeramy Passmore  Fr DL 92 Alfred Bryant  Jr DL 93 Caleb Murphy Fr DL 94 DeMarcus Elliott Jr DL 95 Antoine Whitner Jr.  Fr DL 96 Shamar Jones  So DL 97 Tramar Reece  Jr DL 98 Jerome Johnson  Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 60 Jacob Limbach  Sr P 83 Asher King  Fr K 87 Jack Cardillo  Jr K 90 Jared Smolar  Sr P 92 Chase Wyatt  Fr K 93 Charles Campbell  So P 94 Haydon Whitehead  Sr LS 95 Sean Wracher So	Head coach Tom Allen Coordinators/assistant coaches Mike Hart (Assistant Head Coach / Running Backs) Grant Heard (Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers) Darren Hiller (Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line) Jason Jones (Safeties) Kevin Peoples (Defensive Line) Brandon Shelby (Cornerbacks) Nick Sheridan (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks) Kasey Teegardin (Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs) Kane Wommack (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers) Kevin Wright (Tight Ends) Aaron Wellman (Senior Assistant Athletic Director for Football Performance) Danny Friend (Graduate Assistant – Offense) Jeff McInerney (Quality Control - Special Teams) Ryan McInerney (Quality Control - Defense) Drew Moulton (Quality Control - Offense) Lee Wilbanks (Senior Director of Recruiting) Dwike Wilson (Director of Player Personnel & High School Relations) Mike Doig (Director of Football Operations) Mike Pechac (Director of Player Development & Academic Enhancement) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: May 6, 2020

Awards and honors

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year	Date Awarded	Ref
Chuck Bednarik Award	Tiawan Mullen	DB	SO	July 13, 2020	[16]
Doak Walker Award	Stevie Scott	RB	JR	July 15, 2020	[17]
Fred Biletnikoff Award	Whop Philyor	WR	SR	July 16, 2020	[18]
John Mackey Award	Peyton Hendershot	TE	JR (RS)	July 17, 2020	[19]
Wuerffel Trophy	Harry Crider	OL	SR	July 23, 2020	[20]
Maxwell Award	Michael Penix, Jr	QB	SO (RS)	July 24, 2020	[21]
	Whop Philyor	WR	SR
	Stevie Scott	RB	JR

Radio

Radio coverage for all games will be broadcast on IUHoosiers.com All-Access and on various radio frequencies throughout the state. The primary radio announcer is long-time broadcaster Don Fischer with Play-by-Play.[22][23]

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