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SETTING THE SCENE

• --/RV Indiana (2-2, 0-1 B1G East) closes out its two-game road trip at No. 4/6 Penn State (4-0, 1-0 B1G East) on Saturday, Oct. 2. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. EST at Beaver Stadium (106,572; Natural Grass) on ABC.

• IU defeated No. 8/7 Penn State, 36-35, in overtime to kick off the 2020 season on Oct. 24.

• The Hoosiers win over the Nittany Lions was the sixth against a Top-10 opponent in program history.

• Indiana is 7-3 in its last 10 road games.

• Redshirt senior Peyton Hendershot collected 100 yards in the win at Western Kentucky last weekend to become the first IU tight end since Dave Lilja in 1985 and just the fifth overall to reach the century mark.

THE COACHES

• The 2020 American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year, Tom Allen is 26-24 (.520) in his fifth season as Indiana head football coach. His 24 wins over his first four years are the most for an IU head coach during that span. Allen was also named the 2020 Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year (Big Ten coaches vote) and the Dave McClain Coach of the Year (Big Ten media vote). (full bio on page 15)

• James Franklin is 64-28 (.696) in his eighth season at Penn State. Franklin served as Vanderbilt head coach (2011-13) and carries an overall record of 88-43 (.672).

NEWS & NOTES

• Indiana is 16-9 overall and 11-6 in Big Ten play since the start of 2019.

• IU's 16 wins share fourth and 11 victories are fourth in the B1G during that span.

• The Hoosiers have won 11 of its last 15 league games.

• Indiana was ranked in the 2021 preseason for the first time since 1969.

• IU appeared in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll for the 11th- straight week, a program record.

• The team voted WR Ty Fryfogle, TE Peyton Hendershot, LB Cam Jones, DB Marcelino McCrary-Ball, LB Micah McFadden, and QB Michael Penix Jr. season captains.

• Jones, McCrary-Ball, McFadden, and Penix were also 2020 captains.

• The Hoosiers (6-2, 6-1 Big Ten) finished the 2020 season with a No. 12 final rating from the Associated Press, their highest final ranking since 1967 (No. 4).

• Indiana's 11 B1G wins over 2019-20 tied for the most in school history over a two-year span (1987-88).

• IU has played in consecutive January bowl games (2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl and 2021 Outback Bowl) for the first time in school history.

• Tom Allen reached win No. 25 in his 48th career game to become the third-fastest in program history to 25 victories behind James M. Sheldon (40 games) and James H. Horne (46 games).

2021 INDIANA SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Time/TV

S.4 at 18/18 Iowa L, 6-34

S.11 Idaho W, 56-14

S.18 8/8 Cincinnati L, 24-38 S.25 at Western Kentucky W, 33-31 O.2 at 4/6 Penn State 7:30 pm/ABC O.16 17/16 Michigan State Noon O.23 11/10 Ohio State TBA O.30 at RV/RV Maryland Noon N.6 at 14/14 Michigan TBA N.13 RV/-- Rutgers TBA

N.20 Minnesota TBA

N.27 at Purdue TBA

D.4 B1G Championship Game [1] 8 pm/FOX [1] - at Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis -B1G East Division games in bold -Rankings are AP/Coaches -All game times Eastern

2021 PENN STATE SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Time/TV S.4 at 12/15 Wisconsin W, 16-10 S.11 RV/RV Ball State W, 44-13

S.18 22/20 Auburn W, 28-20

S.25 Villanova W, 38-17

O.2 --/RV Indiana 7:30 p.m./ABC

O.9 at 5/5 Iowa 4 p.m./FOX

O.23 Illinois Noon

O.30 at 11/10 Ohio State TBA N.6 at RV/RV Maryland TBA N.13 14/14 Michigan TBA N.20 RV/-- Rutgers TBA N.27 at 17/16 Michigan State TBA -B1G East Division games in bold

TALE OF THE TAPE

IU PSU

Points Scored 29.8 31.5

Rushing Yds. 135.5 113.5

Passing Yds. 228.0 307.8

Total Yds. 363.5 421.3

Total Plays 75.8 65.3

First Downs 21.5 21.3

Time of Possession 33:31 27:12 3rd Down Conversion 45.5% 35.4%

4th Down Conversion 75.0% 40.0%

Red Zone Scores 16-19 12-13

Red Zone TDs 11-19 8-13

Sacks By 7-45 6-60

TFLs By 20-103 23-90

Interceptions 1-0 5-77

Fumbles Recovered 4-9 2-0

Field Goals 7-7 5-8

Kick Return Yds. 24.9 16.9 Punt Return Yds. 15.2 6.8

Points Allowed 29.2 15.0

Rushing Yds. Allowed 106.2 122.3 Passing Yds. Allowed 229.0 204.5 Total Yds. Allowed 335.2 326.8

Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. EST Date: Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021

Location: Beaver Stadium (106,572; Natural Grass) - University Park, Pa.

TV: ABC: Sean McDonough (p-b-p), Todd Blackledge (analyst) & Molly McGrath (sideline) Radio: IU Radio Network; Sirius 113, XM 196, SXM App 958: Don Fischer, Buck Suhr & Joe Smith

STAT LEADERS

Passing

Michael Penix Jr.: 77-140, 821 Yds, 4 TD, 6 INT Rushing

Stephen Carr: 87-336, 3 TD, 3.9 Avg Receiving

Ty Fryfogle: 21-224, 1 TD, 10.7 Avg Defense

LB Micah McFadden: 19 T, 2 S, 5 TFL, 1 FF, 1 FR DL Ryder Anderson: 21 T, 3 S, 5.5 TFL, 1 FF, 1 QBH

LB Cam Jones: 20 T, 1 S, 2 TFL, 1 FF, 1 FR, 1 PBU

STAT LEADERS

Passing

Sean Clifford: 86-120, 1158 Yds, 8 TD, 2 INT Rushing

Noah Cain: 48-164, 3 TD, 3.4 Avg Receiving

Jahan Dotson: 27-362, 4 TD, 13.4 Avg Defense

LB Brandon Smith: 27 T, 4 TFL, 1 PBU, 1 QBH LB Ellis Brooks: 22 T, 1 S, 1 TFL DE Arnold Ebiketie: 19 T, 2 S, 4.5 TFL, 4 QBH

--/RV INDIANA (2-2, 0-1) AT N0. 4/6 PENN STATE (4-0, 1-0)

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MEDIA INFO - 2

INDIANA QUICK FACTS University Facts

Location: Bloomington, Ind.

Population: 85,755 Founded: 1820 Joined Big Ten: 1899

First Year of Big Ten Football: 1900 Enrollment: 48,514

Nickname: Hoosiers Colors: Cream and Crimson Marching Band: Marching Hundred President: Pamela Whitten Director of Athletics: Scott Dolson Senior Woman Administrator: Mattie White Faculty Representative: Dr. Kurt Zorn Ticket Office Phone: 866-IUSPORTS Website: IUHoosiers.com

Twitter: @IndianaFootball, @CoachAllenIU Facebook/Instagram: @IndianaFootball Head Coach

Head Coach: Tom Allen

(Maranatha Baptist ‘92; Indiana ‘02) Record at Indiana (Years): 26-24 (Fifth Year)*

B1G Record (Years): 15-20 (Fifth Year) Career Record (Years): 26-24 (Fifth Year)*

*Coached in the 2016 Foster Farms Bowl Coaching Staff

Deland McCullough - Associate Head Coach/RB Brandon Shelby - Assistant Head Coach/CB Grant Heard - Co-Offensive Coordinator/WR Darren Hiller - Run Game Coordinator/OL Jason Jones - S

Kevin Peoples - DL

Nick Sheridan - Offensive Coordinator/QB Kasey Teegardin - ST Coordinator/OLB Charlton Warren - Defensive Coordinator/LB Kevin Wright - TE

Strategic Communications Football Contact: Jeff Keag Office Phone: 812-855-6209 Cell Phone: 812-219-2925 Email: jkeag@indiana.edu Secondary Contact: Greg Campbell Office Phone: 812-856-2939 Cell Phone: 814-876-0824 Email: campbeg@iu.edu Fax: 812-855-9401

Press Box Phone: 812-855-2754 Team Information

Offensive Formation: Multiple Defensive Formation: Multiple Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 59/19 Offense: 25/10

Defense: 30/7 Special Teams: 4/2 Starters Returning/Lost: 19/7 2020 Overall Record: 6-2

2020 Big Ten Record/Finish: 6-1/2nd (East) MONDAY

11 a.m. EST - Weekly Press Conference in Henke Hall of Champions

11 a.m. - Coach Allen 11:30 a.m. -

Players 12:15 - Coach Sheridan

12:30 p.m. - Coach Warren 12:45 p.m. -

Lunch

TUESDAY Requested players

and assistant coaches available

for post-practice interviews at approx. 11:15 a.m.

in the Team Room

WEDNESDAY Requested players

and assistant coaches available

for post-practice interviews at approx. 10:45 a.m.

in the Team Room 7:05 p.m. - Inside IU Football

with Tom Allen Radio Show

THURSDAY Coach Allen

available post-practice at

11:15 a.m.

via Zoom

FRIDAY No Availability

SATURDAY 7:30 p.m. EST -

Kickoff at Penn State

(ABC) Postgame - Coach Allen and requested players

available in the designated media area In alignment with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Indiana University, and IU Athletics, the following guidelines have been established for media covering Indiana Football:

•Everyone is required to wear a mask indoors at Memorial Stadium.

•Individuals who are feeling sick and/or experiencing COVID-19 symptoms should not attend.

•All guidelines are subject to change based on University, state, and local protocols.

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS

Senior assistant athletic director for strategic communications and football contact Jeff Keag (812-855-6209 office, 812- 219-2925 cell, jkeag@indiana.edu) and assistant director of strategic communications Greg Campbell (812-856-2939 office, 814-876-0824 cell, campbeg@iu.edu) handle all media requests for the Indiana football program.

WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE

Indiana head coach Tom Allen will hold his weekly press conference every Monday during the regular season at 11 a.m. ET in the Henke Hall of Champions. A transcript will be provided by ASAP Sports. Selected players will be available at 11:30 a.m. Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Nick Sheridan and defensive coordinator/linebackers Charlton Warren will be available following the players. Lunch will be provided. Live streaming will be made available on IUHoosiers.com.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE

Practices are closed to the media. Requested coaches and players will be available in the Team Room in the North End Zone complex for post-practice interviews on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Allen, Sheridan, Warren, and players made available at Monday’s press conference will not be available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

INTERVIEW REQUESTS

All player and coaching staff interview requests should be directed to Jeff Keag. Requests for post-practice interviews should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Personal phone numbers will not be made available to media. Players have been instructed not to conduct interviews when contacted without prior approval from the strategic communications staff. Please contact Keag if you would like to contact players family members.

POST-GAME INTERVIEW POLICY

The Indiana locker room is closed at all times. A strategic communications staffer will collect all player requests in the press box midway through the fourth quarter. Requested players will be available in the Team Room of the North End Zone complex immediately following head coach Tom Allen’s post-game press conference.

Allen will be available in the Team Room following his post-game radio duties. Post-game interviews on the road will be held in accordance with the host school’s procedures.

CREDENTIALS

Working credentials for the 2021 Indiana football season must be requested via the web. To request credentials visit IUHoosiers.com and click on the strategic communications link under “Athletics.” A link to apply for football credentials will be at the top of the page.

Credentials will be mailed to the address provided. To guarantee that your credential is mailed to you, your request should be made 10 days prior to the game. All requests made during the week of the game will be held at media will call, which is located at ticket booth No. 3 located on the west side of Memorial Stadium and opens three hours prior to kickoff.

IUHOOSIERS.COM

IUHoosiers.com is the official web site of the Indiana football program. This is the best and most efficient way for media wishing to receive updated information on IU football.

SOCIAL MEDIA

The Indiana Football program is on Twitter and Instagram (@IndianaFootball) and Facebook (facebook.com/IndianaFootball).

Head coach Tom Allen is on Twitter (@CoachAllenIU) and Facebook (facebook.com/CoachAllenIU).

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TEAM HOOSIERS HONORS

Tom Allen

•Dodd Trophy Watch List Matthew Bedford, OL

•Outland Trophy Watch List Camron Buckley, WR

•Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List Charles Campbell, K

•Lou Groza Award Watch List Stephen Carr, RB

•Doak Walker Award Watch List Ty Fryfogle, WR

•Maxwell Award Watch List

•Biletnikoff Award Watch List Peyton Hendershot, TE

•John Mackey Award Watch List D.J. Matthews Jr., WR/RS

•Paul Hornung Award Watch List Micah McFadden, LB

•Bednarik Award Watch List

•Butkus Award Watch List

•Nagurski Trophy Watch List

•Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List Tiawan Mullen, CB

•Bednarik Award Watch List

•Jim Thorpe Award Watch List

•Nagurski Trophy Watch List Sio Nofoagatoto'a, DT

•Polynesian POY Award Watch List Michael Penix Jr., QB

•Maxwell Award Watch List

•Davey O'Brien Award Watch List

•B1G Preseason Honors

•Walter Camp POY Award Watch List

•Manning Award Watch List

•Johnny Unitas Award Watch List Michael Ziemba, OLB

•Wuerffel Trophy Watch List

*Of the 16 official watch lists announced by the FWAA, Indiana led the Big Ten with a player on 14 of the lists and with 17 total honorees.

2021 TRANSFERS

1 Camron Buckley, WR ... Texas A&M 5 Stephen Carr, RB ... USC 7 D.J. Matthews Jr, WR ... Florida State 10 Ryder Anderson, DL...Ole Miss 13 Jaren Handy, OLB ... Auburn 17 Jonathan Haynes, DB...Ole Miss 25 Deland McCullough II, DB ...Miami (OH) 50 Zach Carpenter, OL ...Michigan 99 Weston Kramer, DL ...Northern Illinois

2021 SUPER SENIORS

0 Raheem Layne, DB 3 Ty Fryfogle, WR

9 Marcelino McCrary-Ball, DB 26 Gabe Cohen, DB

85 Khameron Taylor, TE 87 Michael Ziemba, OLB 90 Jared Smolar, K IU-PSU NOTES

• Four Hoosiers hail from Pennsylvania: wide receiver Eli Jochem (Gibsonia), defensive tackle Shamar Jones (Johnstown), and offensive linemen Mike Katic (Gibsonia) and Tim Weaver (Hellertown).

• Penn State offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Mike Yurcich was a graduate assistant at Indiana (2003-04).

• PSU leads the overall series, 22-2, including an 11-0 mark at Beaver Stadium.

2020 NEWS & NOTES

• Indiana collected its first Top-10 ranking in the Nov. 8, 2020, AP Poll (No. 10) since Sept. 22, 1969 (No. 10).

• The Hoosiers No. 7 rating (Dec. 13 and 20, 2020) was their best in the AP Poll since Nov. 27, 1967 (No. 4).

• IU's three Top-25 victories tied for the third-most in the country and matched the school record (1945).

• Indiana clinched a winning league record in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1987-88 and for the sixth time overall (1967-68, 1944-46, 1936-37).

• The Hoosiers six conference wins tied for the most in program history (1967, 1987).

• IU collected its first win over No. 16 Wisconsin (14-6) since 2001 and 2002, the former coming at Camp Randall Stadium.

• Indiana recorded its first road victory over a ranked opponent since No. 18 Missouri in 2014, and its first Big Ten road win over a ranked opponent since No. 22 Michigan State in 2001.

• The Hoosiers defeated Michigan State, 24-0, to reclaim the Old Brass Spittoon for the first time since 2016 and earn their first win in East Lansing since 2001.

• IU's 38-21 victory over No. 23 Michigan was its first over the Wolverines since 1987.

• Indiana's 36-35, overtime win against No. 8 Penn State in the season opener was the sixth against a Top-10 opponent in program history, with the last coming at No. 9 Ohio State in 1987.

• It marked the Hoosiers first Top-10 victory at Memorial Stadium since 1967 (No. 3 Purdue).

• IU defeated PSU, U-M, MSU, and UW in the same season for the first time in school history and beat the Wolverines and Spartans in the same year for the first time since 1967.

2020 HONORS

• CB Tiawan Mullen (1st team FWAA), LB Micah McFadden (3rd team AP), and WR Ty Fryfogle (3rd team AP) collected All-America status, the first time since 2007 three Hoosiers were named All-Americans.

• Mullen became the first cornerback in program history to be named a first-team All-American.

• A school record 16 Hoosiers earned 2020 All-Big Ten honors, highlighted by Fryfogle, who became the first wideout in Indiana history to be recognized as the Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year.

• A program record seven Hoosiers, including a school record four first-teamers, garnered defensive accolades.

• Mullen was Indiana's first first-team selection at cornerback since Tracy Porter (2007), while McFadden received first-team honors for the first time in his career.

• CB Jaylin Williams (2nd team) and Devon Matthews (3rd team) also collected defensive recognition.

• QB Michael Penix Jr. picked up second-team accolades, while TE Peyton Hendershot earned third-team honors.

• K Charles Campbell was named second-team All-Big Ten.

• Twenty-nine Hoosiers garnered Academic All-B1G, matching the school record set in 2018 under Tom Allen.

• During Allen's tenure, 95 student-athletes have been named Academic all-conference.

STAFF UPDATE

• Tom Allen welcomed two members to his coaching staff in the offseason: associate head coach/running backs coach Deland McCullough (bio on page 16) and defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Charlton Warren (bio on page 16).

• McCullough enters his second stint in Bloomington (2011-16) after working the last three campaigns with the Chiefs.

• Warren, a 16-year veteran, spent the last four years in the SEC, including the last two as defensive backs coach at Georgia.

• Brandon Shelby (bio on page 16) was elevated to assistant head coach and will continue to oversee the cornerbacks, while special teams coordinator Kasey Teegardin (bio on page 16) is now coaching the outside linebackers.

HOOSIERS IN THE NFL

• Twelve Hoosiers are currently on NFL rosters: RB Tevin Coleman (Jets), OL Dan Feeney (Jets), RB Jordan Howard (Eagles), S Jamar Johnson (Broncos), OL Brandon Knight (Cowboys), OL Wes Martin (Redskins), WR Whop Philyor (Vikings), OL Rodger Saffold (Titans), OL Jason Spriggs (Falcons), QB Nate Sudfeld (49ers), TE Ian Thomas (Panthers), and WR Nick Westbrook (Titans).

RANDLE EL CFB HALL OF FAME

• Former IU quarterback Antwaan Randle El (1998-2001) is on the 2020 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame for the 10th-consecutive year.

• He earned All-Big Ten distinction in 1999, 2000 and 2001, and he was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 1998. The Big Ten MVP, and first team All-American in 2001, Randle El was also sixth in Heisman Trophy balloting.

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• Nick Sheridan is in his second season overseeing the Indiana offense.

• IU returned 25 letterwinners (10 lost) on offense, including seven starters, from 2020.

• A year ago, senior Ty Fryfogle earned third-team Associated Press All-America honors, became the first wideout in program history to be named the Big Ten's Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year, claimed first-team all- conference honors, and was a Biletnikoff semifinalist.

• Redshirt junior quarterback Michael Penix Jr. carded second-team All-Big Ten honors and was a Davey O'Brien semifinalist, while redshirt senior tight end Peyton Hendershot collected third-team accolades.

• The Hoosiers have reached 30 points 15 times since the start of 2019 (twice in 2021), which shares second in the B1G (Minnesota) to Ohio State's 20.

• In last weekend's victory at Western Kentucky, the offense piled up 507 total yards on 92 snaps, the team's largest offensive output since racking up 522 yards at Purdue on Nov. 30, 2019.

• In 2020, Indiana led the conference in fewest sacks allowed (1.25, T-17th nationally), ranked second in 30-yard passing plays (tied with 13), 60-yarders (4, T-8th nationally),

and 50-yarders (6, T-15th), tied for third in 40-yarders (6), ranked fourth in scoring (28.9) and interceptions lost (tied with 5, T-32nd), and ranked fifth in passing (250.9, 43rd) and time of possession (31:15, 36th).

• IU threw for 342 yards in its victory over No. 23 Michigan, the program's second-highest passing yardage against U-M in 69 all-time meetings, for 320 in the win at Michigan State, and for 491 at No. 3 Ohio State, the most in 94 all-time meetings, the second-highest total in program history, and the fourth-most ever allowed by OSU.

• The Hoosiers posted 460 yards against the Wolverines, 433 against the Spartans, and 490 against the Buckeyes.

• Sheridan is in his fifth year in Bloomington. He coached the tight ends in 2019 and the quarterbacks in 2017-18.

• The Saline, Mich., native worked as an offensive graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee from 2014-16.

• Sheridan (33) was named one of the nation’s Top 30 coaches under 30 years of age by 247Sports in 2017.

• A quarterback at the University of Michigan (2006-09), he appeared in 12 games and made four starts.

• Sheridan's father, Bill, is a 36-year NFL and collegiate coaching veteran, currently serving as the defensive line coach at the Air Force Academy.

OFFENSE CAREER SUPERLATIVES - OFFENSE

100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES Ty Fryfogle, WR (4)

218 at Ohio State, 11/21/20 200 at Michigan State, 11/14/20 142 Michigan, 11/7/20 131 at Penn State, 11/16/19 D.J. Matthews Jr., WR (2) 133 at N.C. State, 11/3/18 120 Cincinnati, 9/18/21 10+ RECEPTION GAMES Ty Fryfogle, WR (2)

11 at Michigan State, 11/14/20 10 at Western Kentucky, 9/25/21 D.J. Matthews Jr., WR (1) 10 at N.C. State, 11/3/18 MULTI-TD RECEIVING GAMES Ty Fryfogle, WR (2)

3 at Ohio State, 11/21/20 2 at Michigan State, 11/14/20 Peyton Hendershot, TE (1) 2 at Rutgers, 10/31/20 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES Stephen Carr, RB (3) 119 Stanford, 9/9/17 118 Idaho, 9/11/21

109 at Western Kentucky, 9/25/21 Tim Baldwin Jr., RB (1) 106 Maryland, 11/28/20 MULTI-TD RUSHING GAMES Stephen Carr, RB (2) 2 Western Michigan, 9/2/17 2 at Western Kentucky, 9/25/21 300-YARD PASSING GAMES Michael Penix Jr., QB (5) 491 at Ohio State, 11/21/20 373 at Western Kentucky, 9/25/21 342 Michigan, 11/7/20

326 vs. Ball State, 8/31/19 320 at Michigan State, 11/14/20 MULTI-TD PASSING GAMES Michael Penix Jr., QB (9) 5 at Ohio State, 11/21/20 3 at Michigan State, 9/28/19 3 Rutgers, 10/12/19 3 at Rutgers, 10/31/20 3 Michigan, 11/7/20 2 Eastern Illinois, 9/7/19 2 at Michigan State, 11/14/20 2 Idaho, 9/11/21

2 Cincinnati, 9/18/21 Jack Tuttle, QB (1) 2 at Wisconsin, 12/5/20

• Associate head coach and Super Bowl champion Deland McCullough is in his second stint as Indiana’s running back coach (2011-16).

• McCullough spent 2018-20 as the Kansas City Chiefs running backs coach.

• In his seven years in the collegiate coaching ranks, McCullough has mentored seven 1,000-yard running backs, including five from 2014-17.

• Two of his backs have earned All-America honors and nine have secured all-conference recognition.

• All five of his featured rushers - Stephen Houston, Tevin Coleman, Jordan Howard, Devine Redding, and Ronald Jones (USC) - have reached the NFL.

• During his first run in Bloomington, the Hoosiers set 19 program rushing records.

• Stephen Carr joined the program as a transfer from USC on May 20, 2021, and notched his first 100-yard game as a Hoosier with 118 yards on 22 carries (5.4 average) with one touchdown in the Idaho win.

• The Doak Walker Award candidate added his second 100-yarder of 2021 and the third of his career with 109 yards on a career-high 25 attempts (4.4) in the victory at Western Kentucky last weekend.

• Carr reached the end zone twice for the second time in his career and for the first time since Sept. 2, 2017.

• The 6-2, 215-pounder has 336 yards on 87 rushes with three TDs on the year.

• Carr also has five receptions for 35 yards and one score.

• He rushed for 1,329 yards on 264 carries (5.0) with 12 touchdowns in 35 games (6 starts) at Southern Cal.

• The Gardena, Calif, native caught 57 passes for 421 yards with one TD, and he returned 15 kickoffs for 321 yards (21.4).

• Carr earned his degree in communications in May 2021.

• McCullough coached Carr in his only season with the Trojans in 2017.

• David Ellis (6-1, 214) moved from wide receiver to running back during 2020 spring practice.

• He played in the final five games of 2020 after he missed the first three with an ankle injury and rushed for 61 yards on 16 attempts.

• The junior also brought in 11 passes for 137 yards with his first career receiving score at No. 3 Ohio State, where he hauled in four grabs for a career-best 86 yards.

• Ellis made 16 receptions for 173 yards, rushed nine times for 53 yards with one touchdown, and collected 579 yards on 28 kick returns as a true freshman in 2019.

• His kick return yardage ranked third nationally among true freshmen, fifth in the Big Ten, 12th in IU single-season history, and 27th nationally.

• Ellis saw time at running back, wide receiver, defensive back, and kick returner at Chippewa Valley High School, where he became the 11th player in state history with a 99- yard scoring rush.

• Tim Baldwin Jr. (6-0, 211) finished his true freshman campaign with 22 rushes for 141 yards (6.4 average).

• He became the 14th Indiana true freshman to hit the century mark when he carried the ball 16 times for a game- high 106 yards, both career-best efforts, against Maryland.

• In 2021, Baldwin owns 102 yards on 27 attempts.

• A native of Nokesville, Va., Baldwin was a first-team all- state honoree at Patriot High School, where he rushed for 1,604 yards on 233 carries with 25 TDs as a senior.

• Each of the Hoosiers last five featured running backs have reached the NFL – Stevie Scott III (New Orleans, Denver), Redding (Kansas City, Tampa Bay), Howard (Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago), Coleman (New York Jets, San Francisco, Atlanta), and Houston (New England, Pittsburgh, Baltimore).

RUNNING BACK

Stephen Carr

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B1G OVERALL WINS (SINCE 2019)

Ohio State ...23

Iowa...20

Penn State ...19

INDIANA ...16

Minnesota ...16

Michigan ...15

Wisconsin...15

Michigan State...13

Northwestern ...12

Nebraska ...10

Illinois ...9

Maryland ...9

Purdue ...9

Rutgers ...8

B1G CONFERENCE WINS (SINCE 2019)

Ohio State ...15

Iowa ...13

Penn State ...12

INDIANA ...11

Minnesota ...10

Wisconsin ...10

Michigan ...9

Michigan State ...8

Illinois ...7

Northwestern ...7

Nebraska ...6

Purdue ...6

Maryland ...4

Rutgers ...3

IU IN THE POLLS (SINCE 2020)

Date (2020) AP Coaches CFP 10/18 RV RV -- 10/25 17 19 -- 11/1 13 13 -- 11/8 10 10 -- 11/15 9 10 -- 11/22 12 12 12 11/29 10 11 12 12/6 8 9 12 12/13 7 7 -- 12/20 7 8 11 Final 12 13 -- Date (2021) AP Coaches CFP Preseason 17 17 --

9/7 RV RV --

9/12 RV RV -- 9/19 NR NR -- 9/26 NR RV --

• Michael Penix Jr. is on watch lists for the Maxwell, Davey O'Brien, Walter Camp Player of the Year, Manning, and Unitas Awards, and he was one of 10 players to earn Big Ten Preseason honors.

• The redshirt junior owns an 12-4 record as a starter and is 332-of-554 (59.9 percent) for 4,079 yards with 29 touchdowns, 14 interceptions, a 134.0 pass-efficiency rating, and five 300-yard efforts in 19 games. Penix also has 157 yards on the ground on 62 attempts with six TDs.

• His completion percentage is fourth and his five 300-yarders share fifth in program history.

• Penix threw for 373 yards, the second-highest mark in his career, with career-highs in completions (35 - T-5th in program history) and attempts (53 - T-9th) in the win at Western Kentucky last weekend.

• A 2020 team captain and co-Most Valuable Player, Penix earned second-team All-Big Ten recognition and was one of 17 O'Brien Award semifinalists.

• The southpaw started all six games in which he appeared before he suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the Maryland win (11/28).

• Penix completed 124-of-220 for 1,645 yards with 14 scores and four INTs, averaged a Big Ten-leading 274.2 yards per game (18th nationally), and recorded a 136.54 pass- efficiency rating.

• The 6-3, 218-pounder added a pair of touchdowns on the ground and 25 yards, and totaled 278.3 yards of offense (2nd in the Big Ten, 29th nationally).

• Before the injury, he led the league in passing yardage, passing yardage per game (312.2, 9th nationally), passing touchdowns, completions, attempts, 60-yard passing plays (4, T-2nd), 50-yarders (6, T-7th), 40-yarders (tied 6, T-33rd), and 30-yarders (11, T-39th).

• Penix ran for one TD with :22 remaining, threw for a score in overtime, and then converted the ensuing two-point conversions following both to lift Indiana to a 36-35 victory over No. 8 Penn State.

• In the win over No. 23 Michigan, the southpaw completed 30-of-50 for 342 yards, the second-highest yardage for a Hoosier against the Wolverines, with three touchdowns.

• Penix was named the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week and recognized on the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award's Great 8 list.

• He turned in a career day at No. 3 Ohio State and secured his second O'Brien Great 8 honor, throwing for a career- high 491 yards (2nd in program history, 1st in Big Ten/6th nationally in 2020) with a career-best five TDs (T-3rd in program history, T-2nd in Big Ten/T-8th nationally in 2020) on 27-of-51.

• It marked his third-straight 300-yard game, and Penix became just the second Hoosier to accomplish the feat (Nate Sudfeld, 3 in 2015).

• His three-game total of 1,153 yards was the second-best total in program history (Ben Chappell - 1,188 in 2010).

• The 491 yards are the most against OSU at Ohio Stadium since 1985 (Jim Everett, 497) and the fourth-highest put up against the Buckeyes, including the most by an IU QB.

• Penix became the fourth to throw at least five scores against Ohio State.

• He completed 110-of-160 passes, good for a school- record 68.8 completion percentage (6th in Big Ten history), for 1,394 yards with 10 touchdowns, four picks, and a 157.56 pass-efficiency rating in six starts in 2019. He rushed for 119 yards on 22 attempts (5.4) with two TDs.

• Penix suffered a season-ending right sternoclavicular joint injury in the Northwestern win on Nov. 2.

• In 2019, Penix twice claimed Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors (Ball State, Michigan State).

• Penix became the first IU freshman to start the opening game at quarterback since Antwaan Randle El in 1998.

• The Tampa native joined Randle El as the only freshman to surpass 300 passing yards in his first start and is one of just four freshmen to ever reach the benchmark.

• Penix finished with 326 yards on 24-of-40 with a 75-yard score. He added 67 rushing yards for 393 total yards.

• His total yardage and passing yardage trail only Randle El for the most in a freshman debut. Randle El posted 467 total yards and 385 passing yards against Western Michigan on Sept. 12, 1998.

• In his first career road start at No. 25 Michigan State, he went 33-of-42 (78.6) for 286 yards with three passing touchdowns and one rushing TD.

• Penix completed a school-record 20-straight passes, the second-longest streak in Big Ten history behind Chuck Long’s 22-straight in 1984.

• His 33 completions share eighth on the program’s single- game list.

• Penix threw for 61 scores and just six interceptions in his two years as a starter (24 games) at Tampa Bay Technical High School.

• The team captain added 16 touchdowns on the ground.

He also played center field, jumped 22 feet in the long jump, and tallied a time of 22.8 in the 200-meter dash.

• Jack Tuttle relieved Penix against the Terrapins and started the final two games of 2020, including the Outback Bowl, where he played every snap despite suffering a separated shoulder in the first quarter.

• Tuttle went 44-of-72 (61.1 percent) for 362 yards with two touchdowns and one interception and led the Hoosiers to a pair of victories.

• In his first career start, he guided IU to a 14-6 win at No.

16 Wisconsin, the program's first win in Madison since 2001.

• A 6-4, 212-pound right-hander, Tuttle completed 13-of-22 for 130 yards with two TDs and zero INTs.

• The redshirt junior graduated with a supply chain management degree in May 2021 and earned 2020 Academic All-Big Ten recognition.

• Tuttle transferred from the University of Utah on Dec. 17, 2018, practiced with team, and was ruled eligible for the 2019 campaign in the spring. He did not see action at Utah.

• In five games in 2019, Tuttle went 6-of-11 for 34 yards and had nine rushes for 20 yards.

• A graduate of Mission Hills High School in San Marcos, Calif., Tuttle was a Rivals and 247Sports four-star prospect.

• He was ranked the No. 4 pro-style quarterback nationally by Rivals, the No. 5 pro-style quarterback nationally by 247Sports, and the No. 13 player in California by 247Sports.

• Tuttle’s father, Jay, was a walk-on kicker at IU (1986-88).

QUARTERBACK

Michael Penix Jr.

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THE START CHART

• Twenty-two players on defense brought 275 career starts into 2021, while 17 players added 169 career starts on offense for a total of 444 career starts from 39 players.

• On defense, the secondary is the most experienced unit with 157 career starts among 10 different players.

• The offense’s most experienced unit is the wide receivers/tight ends with 113 career starts among eight players.

• Across both lines, IU owns 182 career starts among 14 players, including 96 from seven on defense and 67 from seven on offense.

‘17 ‘18 ‘19 ‘20 ‘21 Total OFFENSE

Bedford - - 8 7 4 19 Bjorson - - 1 1 - 2 Buckley - 3 1 - 2 6 Carpenter - - - 2 - 2

Carr 1 1 1 3 4 10

Fryfogle - 3 12 7 4 25

Haggard - - - 4 3 7 Hendershot - 10 13 8 4 35 Caleb Jones - - 13 5 4 22

Katic - - - 4 4 8

Marshall - - 1 7 2 10 Matthews Jr. 1 6 9 - 4 20 Penix Jr. - - 6 6 4 16

Powell - 3 - 6 4 13

Swinton - - - 1 - 1

K. Taylor - 5 9 - - 14

Tuttle - - - 2 - 2

Weaver - - - - 1 1

‘17 ‘18 ‘19 ‘20 ‘21 Total DEFENSE

Anderson - 2 4 9 4 19 Bonhomme - - - 3 - 3 Burgess - - 7 - - 7

Bryant - - 4 3 4 11

Elliott - - 12 6 4 22

Fitzgerald - 4 5 8 - 17

Haynes - - 10 7 - 17

Head Jr. - - 13 7 - 20

Cam Jones - - - 7 4 11

King - - - 1 - 1

Kramer - 13 11 6 4 34

Layne 1 7 5 - 4 17

Matthews - - 6 8 2 16 McCrary-Ball* 12 3 11 12 3 41 McFadden - - 12 7 4 23

Miller - 1 1 2 1 5

Mullen - - 8 8 4 20

Nofoagatoto'a - - - 2 - 2

Person - - - 1 - 1

Sanguinetti - - - - 2 2

R. Taylor - - 1 3 3 7

Ja. Williams - - 7 5 1 13 Ziemba - - 9 1 - 10

*-McCrary-Ball started 12 games in 2016, three in 2017, 11 in 2018 and 12 in 2019.

• Ty Fryfogle earned 2020 third-team Associated Press All-America honors, became the first wideout in program history to be named the Big Ten's Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year, and claimed first-team all-conference honors.

• One of 11 semifinalists for the 2020 Biletnikoff Award, Fryfogle also became the first receiver in B1G history to record back-to-back 200-yard games, the first Indiana wideout to reach 200 yards twice, and the first Hoosier since Nate Sudfeld (2015) to claim back-to-back Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors.

• The senior opened the season with game-highs in catches (5-tied) and yardage (84) at No. 18 Iowa, and he reached double digits for the second time in his career with 10 for 98 in the win at Western Kentucky last weekend.

• He leads the team with 21 grabs for 224 yards to go along with one touchdown overall.

• Fryfogle is 10th on IU's career TD list (14, T-5th among active B1G receivers, T-27th nationally), 13th in yards (1,943, 4th, 18th), and T-13th in receptions (133, T-3rd, T-27th).

• He became the 13th Hoosier to reach 125 catches and 1,750 yards.

• Fryfogle led the team with 721 yards (4th in the Big Ten), 90.1 yards per game (5th, 29th nationally), seven scores (T-3rd, T-30th), and 19.5 yards per grab (3rd, 23rd) in 2020.

• The 6-2, 205-pounder also finished second with 37 receptions (T-9th) and 4.6 receptions per game, and he paced the conference in 30-yard catches (7), shared second in 20-yarders (14) and 60-yarders (2), and tied for third in 40-yarders (3) and 50-yarders (3).

• Fryfogle's three 100-yard games shared ninth in school single-season history, and he owns four career 100-yarders.

• At No. 3 Ohio State, Fryfogle hauled in seven passes for 218 yards (5th in program history, 1st in the Big Ten/15th nationally in 2020) and three scores (T-2nd in program history, T-1st in Big Ten/T-7th nationally in 2020).

• His 218 yards were the third-highest total ever vs. the Buckeyes, the most by a Hoosier vs. OSU, and the fifth- highest total in school history.

• The senior scored from 63, 56, and 33 yards out and became the first Hoosier since James Hardy on Sept. 1, 2007, vs. Indiana State to bring in a pair of 50-yard TDs.

• Fryfogle set a career-high with 11 receptions (T-5th in the Big Ten in 2020) for 200 yards (8th in program history/2nd in Big Ten/23rd nationally in 2020), and reached the end zone twice, including a career-long 65-yarder, in the win at Michigan State.

• He became the first Hoosier since Cody Latimer (2013) with a touchdown in four-straight games and with three- consecutive 100-yarders.

• Fryfogle, whose only Power 5 offers were from Indiana and Ole Miss, made seven grabs for 142 yards with a 24-yard score in the win over No. 23 Michigan to give him 25 for 560 and six TDs over a three-week stretch.

• His 560 yards were the most over a three-game span in school history and the six scores were the most since Hardy's eight (2006).

• The Lucedale, Miss., native graduated with a liberal studies degree in May 2021, and is cousin's with IU outside linebacker Jaren "Stone" Handy.

• Redshirt junior Miles Marshall finished third on the team with 290 yards on 19 receptions with one touchdown in 2020, and he owns 582 yards on 42 catches and a pair of TDs in 25 career games (10 starts).

• Marshall made a career-high five receptions for a season- best 64 yards against the Hilltoppers last weekend.

• One year ago, the 6-4, 212-pounder started all seven games in which he appeared, averaged 41.4 yards per game, and finished second on IU with 15.3 yards per grab.

• The Lilburn, Ga., native tallied four catches for a career- best 89 yards, including a career-long 68-yarder, against the Buckeyes.

• Marshall led the team in yardage twice and catches once.

• Graduate transfers D.J. Matthews Jr. (Florida State) and Camron Buckley (Texas A&M) have provided the receiving corp with some experienced depth.

• The 5-11, 160-pound Matthews suffered a season-ending ACL injury at Western Kentucky last weekend. He enrolled in 2021 spring classes and participated in practice.

• Matthews recorded his second career 100-yard game with 120 on five catches in addition to 28 rushing yards, including a 14-yard touchdown, against No. 8 Cincinnati.

• He finished the year with 13 receptions for 165 yards (41.2 average) and 276 all-purpose yards (69.0).

• Matthew returned a punt 81 yards for a TD vs. Idaho, the second of his career, and averaged 20.8 on four returns.

• In 35 games (16 starts) at FSU, he had 84 catches for 809 yards and six scores (1 punt return).

• The Jacksonville, Fla., native also ranks 10th at Florida State with 582 career punt return yards and 56 returns, and he holds two of the top-4 single-game marks.

• Matthews did not play in 2020, but he caught 36 passes for 355 yards and three touchdowns in 12 games (9 starts) in 2019, and he totaled 42 receptions for 382 yards and one TD in 12 games (6 starts) in 2018.

• He earned an interdisciplinary social science degree in Dec. 2020.

• Buckley joined the Hoosiers in May after he made 62 catches for 877 yards (14.1 average) and four TDs in 39 games (4 starts from 2017-19). Like Matthews, he missed the 2020 season (injury).

• The 6-2, 198-pounder out of Cedar Hill, Texas, enjoyed his most successful campaign in 2018, where he collected 34 receptions for 474 yards with one TD in 13 games (3 starts).

• Buckley graduated with an university studies degree in Dec. 2020.

WIDE RECEIVER

Ty Fryfogle

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PLAYERS OF THE GAME

The Indiana coaching staff will select offensive, defensive, special teams, and scout players of the game each week.

• Iowa O: None D: None ST: None

Scout: Freeman (D), Holloman (O), Marozas (O), Turvy (ST)

• Idaho O: Carr

D: Anderson, McFadden

ST: Barner, Matthews Jr., Pierre, Swinton Scout: Hole (ST), Jontz (O), McCabe (D)

• Cincinnati

Scout: Delp (D), Freeman (ST), Hohlt (D), Tamis (O), Turvy (D)

• Western Kentucky O: Carr (2), Hendershot D: McFadden (2), Mullen ST: Campbell

Scout: Buttrell (O), Grieser (D), Howland (ST), Smith (O)

• Penn State

• Michigan State

• Ohio State

• Maryland

• Michigan

• Rutgers

• Minnesota

• Purdue

• Redshirt senior tackle Caleb Jones brings the most experience to the line with 22-straight starts (16 right tackle, 6 left tackle) dating back to the start of 2019.

• Jones (6-8, 362), a 2019 honorable-mention All-Big Ten honoree, started the 2021 opener at left tackle before he moved to right tackle in week two.

• He has appeared in 33 games overall.

• Jones was an all-state standout in 2015 and 2016 at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, where he also lettered two seasons in basketball.

• Outland Trophy Watch Lister Matthew Bedford (6-6, 310), started all seven games in which he appeared at right tackle one season ago, opened 2021 there at Iowa, and made his first career start at right guard the last three weekends.

• He started eight and played in nine overall at left tackle as a true freshman in 2019.

• IU's 2019 Offensive Newcomer of the Year chose the Hoosiers over Mississippi State and South Carolina.

• Luke Haggard (6-7, 305) gained 30 pounds in the offseason after he started and appeared in six games at left tackle in his debut last campaign.

• After missing the season opener at No. 18 Iowa due to injury, Haggard returned to the lineup at left tackle the last three weekends.

• A senior out of Santa Rosa (Calif.) Junior College, Haggard was a team captain and an All-Bay 6 conference selection during his two years.

• Redshirt sophomore Mike Katic (6-4, 312) was named IU's 2020 Offensive Newcomer of the Year.

• The Gibsonia, Pa., native made four starts at left guard and played in six games overall, and has started all four games at left guard this year.

• Graduate student Dylan Powell, a transfer from Stanford University in 2020, is the Hoosiers center.

• He made his first starts at IU (12 overall) the last six games of 2020 with four at left guard and two at right guard.

• Powell (6-3, 310) graduated with a communications degree in Dec. 2019 and is currently enrolled in the IU Kelley School of Business.

• Zach Carpenter (6-5, 320) joined the program as a transfer from the University of Michigan on Jan. 11, 2021.

• The redshirt sophomore appeared in five games on special teams and three on the offensive line in 2020, with starts in the final two games at Rutgers and vs. Penn State.

• Darren Hiller is in his fifth season overseeing the offensive line. The 27-year coaching veteran has coached 22 players who have moved on to the NFL, including former Hoosiers Wes Martin (guard), Brandon Knight (tackle), Simon Stepaniak (guard), and Harry Crider (center).

• Crider was a 2021 free-agent signing of Philadelphia, Stepaniak was a sixth-round selection by Green Bay in the 2020 NFL Draft, Martin was a fourth-round selection by Washington in 2019, and Knight was a 2019 free-agent signing of Dallas.

• Tackle Jason Spriggs (Atlanta) and guard Dan Feeney (New York Jets) were drafted in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

Spriggs was taken with pick No. 48 (round 2 by Green Bay), and Feeney was selected with pick No. 71 (round 3 by Los Angeles Chargers).

• Rodger Saffold, a 12-year veteran guard with Tennessee, along with Martin, Knight, Spriggs, and Feeney give Indiana five former O-line standouts currently on NFL rosters.

OFFENSIVE LINE

• Peyton Hendershot (6-4, 254) is a member of the John Mackey Award Watch List for the second-straight season and fresh off his second-straight third-team All-Big Ten recognition.

• The fifth-year senior ranks second on Indiana’s tight ends career list with 11 touchdowns (1st among active B1G tight ends, T-8th nationally), third with 106 receptions (2nd, 4th), and fourth with 1,122 yards (2nd, 8th).

• Ted Bolser (2010-13) is the all-time leader with 15 TDs and 117 catches, and Bob Stephenson (1978-81) holds the yardage mark with 1,252.

• Hendershot hauled in six balls for 60 yards against No.

8 Cincinnati and followed that up with a career-high-tying seven for a career-high 100 at Western Kentucky to become the 22nd Hoosier to reach 100 receptions and 1,000 yards.

• The North Salem, Ind., native became the first IU tight end since 1985 (Dave Lilja) and the fifth overall to reach the century mark.

• He ranks second on the team with 16 catches and 186 yards with one score.

• Hendershot finished second on the team with 23 receptions for 151 yards with four touchdowns, also second on the team, in eight starts last year.

• The four TDs shared second (T-10th overall) and the 23 catches shared fourth among conference tight ends.

• In 2019, Hendershot set IU single-season tight end records with 52 receptions (10th in the Big Ten) and 622 yards, and he tied for third with four scores in 13 starts.

• He tied for fourth among tight ends nationally in catches and 10th in yardage.

• Hendershot finished second among Big Ten tight ends in receptions and yardage, and tied for third in touchdowns.

• Hendershot graduated with a liberal studies degree in May 2021.

• Senior Matt Bjorson (6-3, 241) has played in 37 games with 15 receptions for 117 yards and one TD.

• Sophomore AJ Barner (6-6, 245) has appeared in all 12 games since his arrival.

• In the home-opening win over Idaho, he reached the end zone for the first time from 76 yards out, with 48 yards coming after the catch, and he owns three receptions for 83 yards with the score overall in 2021.

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TIGHT END

Peyton Hendershot

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CAREER SUPERLATIVES - DEFENSE

10+ TACKLE GAMES

Marcelino McCrary-Ball, DB (5) 10 at Northwestern, 10/22/16 10 Ohio State, 8/31/17 10 Penn State, 10/20/18 10 at Michigan, 11/17/18 10 vs. Ball State, 8/31/19 Micah McFadden, LB (4) 12 at Western Kentucky, 9/25/21 11 at Nebraska, 10/26/19 11 Penn State, 10/24/20 10 at Ohio State, 11/21/20 MULTI-SACK GAMES Micah McFadden, LB (2) 2 at Michigan State, 11/14/20 2 at Wisconsin, 12/5/20 James Head Jr., DL (1) 1.5 Eastern Illinois, 9/7/19 Cam Jones, LB (1) 2 Rutgers, 10/12/19

Marcelino McCrary-Ball, DB (1) 2 Michigan State, 9/22/18 Tiawan Mullen, CB (1) 2.5 at Rutgers, 10/31/20 MULTI-TAKEAWAY GAMES Tiawan Mullen, CB (3)

2 Northwestern, 11/2/19 (FF, FR) 2 at Purdue, 11/30/19 (FF, FR) 2 at Michigan State, 11/14/20 (2 INT) Cam Jones, LB (2)

2 Michigan State, 9/22/18 (FF, INT) 2 at Iowa, 9/4/21 (1 FF, 1 FR) Alfred Bryant, DL (1)

2 Maryland, 11/10/18 (FF, FR) Juwan Burgess, S (1)

2 at Maryland, 10/19/19 (FF, FR) Bryant Fitzgerald, DB (1)

2 at Minnesota, 10/26/18 (FF, INT) Raheem Layne, S (1)

2 at Minnesota, 10/26/18 (FF, FR) Micah McFadden, LB (1) 2 Cincinnati, 9/18/21 (FF, FR) Marcelino McCrary-Ball, DB (1) 2 Maryland, 10/29/16 (FR, INT) Reese Taylor, CB (1)

2 at Michigan State, 11/14/20 (FF, INT)

• Charlton Warren took over the defensive reins from Kane Wommack, who is in his first season as head coach at South Alabama.

• A 16-plus year coaching veteran and the 247Sports No.

11 recruiter in the nation, Warren spent the previous four seasons in the SEC.

• He led the defensive backs at the University of Georgia (2019-20), the cornerbacks at the University of Florida (2018), and he mentored the defensive backs and served as special teams coordinator at the University of Tennessee (2017).

• Warren oversaw the defensive backs at the University of North Carolina (2015-16) and the University of Nebraska (2014) after he spent 2005-13 at the United States Air Force Academy, his alma mater, including two years as coordinator (2012-13) and four years as co-coordinator (2008-11).

• Head coach Tom Allen stresses the importance of takeaways and the team's magic number per game is three.

• The defense has reached that number 16 times since Allen brought the 4-2-5 to Indiana in 2016.

• Since the start of that campaign (62 games), Indiana has five games with four takeaways, 17 with at least three takeaways, and 31 with multiple takeaways, including two this season (at Iowa, No. 8 Cincinnati).

• IU has 25 takeaways since the beginning of the 2020 season, which shares fourth in the Big Ten over that span.

• The Hoosiers have at least one takeaway in 39 of their last 43 games, including 18 of their last 20, and they have an interception in 11 of their last 15.

• In 2020, Indiana led the B1G in interceptions (17, 2nd nationally), opponent red zone scores (64.0, 1st), takeaways (20, T-13th), and sacks (3.13, 14th), finished fourth in scoring defense (20.3, T-19th), and fifth in rushing defense (137.1, 34th), total defense (378.1, 43rd), and opponent third-down conversions (37.5, 39th).

• A program record seven Hoosier defenders earned 2020 All-Big Ten honors, including a school record four first- teamers, and five of those seven return in 2021: senior

linebacker Micah McFadden (1st), junior cornerback Tiawan Mullen (1st), senior cornerback Jaylin Williams (2nd), senior safety Devon Matthews (3rd), and senior linebacker Cam Jones (honorable mention).

• Mullen became the first corner in program history to be named a first-team All-American (FWAA), while McFadden earned third-team All-America honors (AP).

• The Hoosiers led the B1G in sacks for the first time ever and their 17 picks tied for the third-most in school history (19 in 1998 and 2007).

• IU had a pair of picks in a program-record seven-straight games and became the first team since Oklahoma State in 2011 with at least two interceptions in six-consecutive games in the same year, also a school record.

• Indiana's five shutouts since the start of 2017 share second nationally with Alabama, Virginia Tech, and Wisconsin. Georgia leads the country with six.

• Since the start of 2019, the Hoosiers have held six opponents, including four conference foes, to six points or fewer, the most in the league. Iowa, Ohio State, and Wisconsin rank second with four.

DEFENSE

DEFENSIVE LINE

• Ole Miss graduate transfer end Ryder Anderson (6-6, 266) and Northern Illinois graduate transfer tackle Weston Kramer (6-2, 290) bolster a line that helped Indiana lead the Big Ten in sacks for the first time in program history.

• The duo made an immediate impact in the season opener at No. 18 Iowa, sharing the team lead with seven tackles.

• Anderson added a sack and a career-high-tying two stops for loss, while Kramer delivered one TFL.

• Against No. 8 Cincinnati, Anderson once again tallied seven tackles with a career-high two sacks and a career-best 2.5 TFLs (his sixth career multi-TFL game), his second career forced fumble, and one quarterback hurry.

• He tops the Hoosiers with the three sacks (T-8th in the Big Ten) and the 5.5 tackles for loss (T-3rd), and he sits second with 21 stops and 14 solos.

• In 37 games (14 starts) for the Rebels, Anderson collected 99 stops, 38 solo, 6.5 sacks, 15 tackles for loss, 17 QBHs, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one pass breakup, and one blocked punt.

• The Katy, Texas, native earned his degree in integrated marketing communications in May 2020.

• Kramer, a Naperville, Ill., product, earned his degree in general studies in June 2021.

• He added his first career fumble recovery against Idaho in week two and is second to Anderson among the D-linemen with 11 tackles.

• A 2020 second-team All-MAC selection, Kramer played in 45 games at tackle with 30 starts from 2017-20.

• He made 97 stops, 38 solo, 3.5 sacks, 12.5 for loss, and two PBUs.

• Joining Kramer in the interior is senior Demarcus Elliott (6-3, 307), an honorable-mention All-Big Ten selection in 2019, who has started 22 of the 24 games in which he has appeared since his arrival in Bloomington.

• Elliott made 35 tackles, 27 solo, with three sacks, five for loss, one forced fumble, and one quarterback hurry in 13 games (12 starts) during the 2019 season.

• He added 14 stops, nine solo, with one breakup, and one hurry last year.

• The Garden City, Kan., native played the 2018 campaign at Garden City Community College.

• Junior Sio Nofoagatoto'a (6-3, 315) and redshirt sophomore C.J. Person (6-3, 292) fill out the interior.

• Nofoagatoto'a made two starts and played in all eight games last season, where he made 12 tackles, one for loss, with one pass breakup.

• The lli'ili, American Samoa, native appeared in 10 games as a true freshman and tallied nine stops.

• He is the first Hoosier from American Samoa since offensive lineman Pita Elisara (1998-99).

• Nofoagatoto'a was born in New Zealand and lived there until 2008, when he moved to American Samoa.

• He moved to Australia in 2015 and played two years at Clearwater (Fla.) Academy International with IU outside linebacker D.K. Bonhomme.

• Person was named Indiana's 2020 Defensive Newcomer of the Year following a redshirt season that saw him play in four games.

• The Montgomery, Ala., native made eight tackles, five solo, a half for loss, and one pass breakup in eight contests, including a start at end in the win at No. 16 Wisconsin.

RETURNING PRODUCTION

The Indiana defense returned 10 starters and 30 letterwinners (7 lost). Below is a look at the returning production from 2020:

Returning Pct.

Tackles 413 85.7

Pass Breakups 30 85.7

Quarterback Hurries 19 82.6 Tackles For Loss 38.5 81.9

Sacks 19 76.0

Interceptions 12 70.6

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GAME-BY-GAME LEADERS IowaPassing - Penix Jr. (156 yards) Rushing - Carr (57 yards) Receiving - Fryfogle (84 yards) Tackles - Anderson (7), Kramer (7)

• Idaho

Passing - Tuttle (91 yards) Rushing - Carr (118 yards) Receiving - Barner (76 yards) Tackles - Mullen (9)

• Cincinnati

Passing - Penix Jr. (224 yards) Rushing - Carr (52 yards)

Receiving - Matthews Jr. (120 yards) Tackles - Layne (8)

• Western Kentucky Passing - Penix Jr. (373 yards) Rushing - Carr (109 yards) Receiving - Hendershot (100 yards) Tackles - McFadden (12)

• Penn State

• Michigan State

• Ohio State

• Maryland

• Michigan

• Rutgers

• Minnesota

• Purdue

• In the middle, Micah McFadden (6-2, 232) earned 2020 third-team Associated Press All-America and first-team All- Big Ten honors.

• A team captain, he shared Indiana’s Anthony Thompson Most Valuable Player honors with Michael Penix Jr.

• McFadden is on four preseason watch lists: Bednarik, Nagurski, Butkus, and Lombardi.

• The senior is the team leader with 9.5 sacks and 26.5 tackles for loss, while he shares second with four interceptions. He owns 158 tackles, 113 solo, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, two breakups, and 10 hurries in 37 games (23 starts).

• Through four games in 2021, McFadden leads the team with two forced fumbles, sits second with two sacks and five stops for loss (T-5th in the Big Ten), has the fumble recovery, 19 tackles, 13 solo, one PBU, and one QBH.

• He shares the top spot on IU with eight career takeaways and he has six multi-TFL games (career-high 3) after he recorded a pair in the Idaho win.

• In the victory at Western Kentucky last weekend, McFadden tallied a career-high 12 stops (4th game in double digits), eight solo, with one sack, and one pass breakup.

• McFadden paced the Hoosiers with 58 tackles, 44 solos, six sacks, and 10.5 for loss, shared second with three hurries, and finished fourth with two INTs one year ago.

• He paced the conference in sacks, tied for second in solo stops, shared third in tackles for loss, and tied for eighth in picks. He became the first Hoosier standout to lead the B1G in sacks since Greg Middleton (2007).

• McFadden's only Power 5 offers were from Indiana and Boston College.

• In the victory at No. 16 Wisconsin, he finished with a team-best nine stops, and he delivered a pair of sacks en route to Walter Camp Foundation National Defensive Player of the Week honors and his first Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week accolade.

• IU’s 2019 Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year led the team with 61 tackles, 42 solos, 10 for loss, and two picks (tied).

• The Tampa Plant grad tallied a program-record 211 stops, 124 solo, 39 for loss, seven sacks, two interceptions, and two fumble recoveries as a senior.

• Senior Cam Jones (6-3, 224), a 2020 honorable-mention All-Big Ten pick, team captain, and Academic All-Big Ten selection, shifted over from the husky position to stinger in 2019. He has played in all 24 games since the move with 11 starts in 12 contests since the start of 2020.

• In the 2021 season opener at No. 18 Iowa, Jones forced a fumble (4th of his career) and made the recovery (2nd), and he backed that up with five tackles and his sixth career sack in the victory over the Vandals.

• Jones ranks third on the team with 20 stops, 13 solo (tied), and two for loss (tied) in addition to the sack, force, recovery, and one pass breakup.

• He delivered 35 tackles, 24 solo, with three sacks, four for loss, four quarterback hurries (team-high), and three PBUs in eight games last campaign.

• Jones made his first start in the 2020 opener and win over No. 8 Penn State, where he made a career-best seven stops, one for loss, and matched a career-high with six solos.

• His eight career takeaways share the team lead with McFadden and junior cornerback Tiawan Mullen.

• The Memphis, Tenn., native was recognized as the team’s 2018 defensive newcomer of the year after he tied for the team lead with two forced fumbles (T-1st among Big Ten true freshmen, T-2nd among freshmen nationally, T-7th in the Big Ten overall) in 11 games.

• Playing behind McFadden, Thomas Allen (6-3, 240) is back after he suffered a season-ending hip injury, the same one sustained by Tua Tagovailoa, in game four at Michigan State last season.

• He has carded 55 tackles, 36 solo, one sack, 3.5 for loss, one forced fumble, and one INT in 26 games.

• A three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and a 2020 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Allen graduated with a SPEA management degree in Aug. 2020, and he is currently enrolled in the Kelley School of Business MBA program.

• The redshirt senior is the son of head coach Tom Allen and was a teammate of McFadden's at Plant.

• Tom is one of eight FBS coaches to coach his son: Luke Fickell (Landon), Todd Graham (Michael), Mike Gundy (Gunnar), Butch Jones (Adam), Phillip Montgomery (Cannon), Dabo Swinney (Will, Drew), Willie Taggart (Willie Jr.).

• James Miller (6-2, 223) tallied 24 tackles, 16 solo, with one fumble recovery and one QBH in eight games (1 start) last year.

• The redshirt junior has appeared in 28 games (4 starts) and has 65 stops, 44 solo, a half-sack, 4.5 for loss, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, and two breakups.

• A Tampa native (Armwood H.S.), Miller chose the Hoosiers over Florida State.

LINEBACKER

Micah McFadden

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BIG TEN STANDINGS

EAST Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.

Michigan State 2-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 Maryland 1-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 Michigan 1-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 Penn State 1-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 Ohio State 1-0 1.000 3-1 .750

Rutgers 0-1 .000 3-1 .750

INDIANA 0-1 .000 2-2 .500 WEST Big Ten Pct. Overall Pct.

Iowa 1-0 1.000 4-0 1.000

Purdue 1-0 1.000 3-1 .750

Illinois 1-2 .333 1-4 .200

Minnesota 0-1 .000 2-2 .500 Northwestern 0-1 .000 2-2 .500 Wisconsin 0-1 .000 1-2 .333

Nebraska 0-2 .000 2-3 .400

AROUND THE BIG TEN - WEEK 5 Friday, Oct. 1 (All Times ET)

Iowa at Maryland, 8 p.m., FS1 Saturday, Oct. 2 (All Times ET) INDIANA at Penn State, 7:30 p.m. ABC Minnesota at Purdue, Noon, BTN Charlotte at Illinois, Noon, BTN Michigan at Wisconsin, Noon, FOX Ohio State at Rutgers, 3:30 p.m., BTN Northwestern at Nebraska, 7:30 p.m., BTN Western Kentucky at Michigan, 7:30 p.m., BTN

AROUND THE BIG TEN - WEEK 4 RESULTS Saturday, Sept. 25 (All Times ET)

INDIANA 33 at WKU 31 Notre Dame 41 vs. Wisconsin 13 Bowling Green 14 at Minnesota 10 Villanova 17 at Penn State 38 Ohio 6 at Northwestern 35 Rutgers 13 at Michigan 20 Colorado State 14 at Iowa 24 Illinois 9 at Purdue 13 Kent State 16 at Maryland 37 Nebraska 20 at Michigan State 23 (OT) Akron 7 at Ohio State 59

• Redshirt senior Alfred Bryant (6-2, 250) has started the first four games of 2021.

• The Fresno, Texas, native owns 52 tackles, 30 solo, 7.5 for loss, two fumble recoveries, and two forced fumbles in 32 games (11 starts).

• Senior Michael Ziemba (6-3, 260), junior Jaren

"Stone" Handy (6-6, 255), and junior D.K. Bonhomme (6-3, 235) round out the depth chart.

• Ziemba graduated with a criminal justice degree in May 2021, and he is a candidate for the Wuerffel Trophy.

• He has played in 46 games (10 starts) and has 56 stops, 35 solo, one sack, 8.5 TFLs, and two fumble recoveries.

• Handy joined the program as a transfer from Auburn University on May 17, 2021.

• He made three tackles in his Hoosier debut at No. 18 Iowa and has eight overall with one hurry in four games.

• Handy appeared in 14 games with the Tigers after he was a consensus four-star prospect and the No. 100 prospect nationally by 247Sports out of Hattiesburg (Miss.) H.S.

• Handy was nicknamed "Stone" by his late grandmother, in reference to wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin, because he was a rambunctious kid.

• Indiana All-American wideout Ty Fryfogle is his cousin.

• Bonhomme started three times and played in eight games one season ago after he appeared in 11 as a true freshman.

• He carded 15 tackles, 11 solo, one sack, and two for loss, including a safety, in 2020.

• Bonhomme attended Clearwater (Fla.) Academy International with IU defensive tackle Sio Nofoagatoto'a.

• He was born in Haiti, moved to Montreal at five years old and Ottawa at 15, and he is the first Canadian to join the Hoosiers since offensive lineman Paul Hearn (2003-06).

• Bonhomme's primary language is French.

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER/BULL

• After he suffered a season-ending ACL injury during practice last September, Marcelino McCrary-Ball has returned for his sixth campaign.

• He is the team leader in career tackles (216) and solo stops (151) with 41 starts at husky in 45 games.

• McCrary-Ball ranks second on the team with 15.5 tackles for loss, 13 pass breakups, and four interceptions (tied), and fourth with 4.5 sacks, to go along with one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.

• He picked off his first pass of 2021 against No. 8 Cincinnati, and he has 15 tackles and nine solos in four games (3 starts).

• The Roswell, Ga., native started 12 times and was a 247Sports True Freshman All-American in 2016, when Tom Allen arrived in Bloomington in his lone year as defensive coordinator.

• A two-time honorable-mention All-Big Ten recipient, Marcelino is the younger brother of Marcus, a former NFL defensive back who played at the University of Memphis (2009-10), Reggie Jr., a quarterback at Georgia Tech University (2003-06) and Raeshon, a defensive back at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (2006-08).

• McCrary-Ball graduated with a liberal studies degree in May 2020.

• Bryant Fitzgerald replaced Ball one season ago after he moved from safety to husky during 2020 spring practice.

• The redshirt senior started eight games at free safety and played in 25 overall in 2018 and 2019. He did start one game at husky in 2018 at Rutgers.

• Fitzgerald topped the team with three picks (T-8th in the Big Ten), two forced fumbles (tied, T-7th in the Big Ten), and six takeaways as a redshirt freshman in 2018.

• The Indianapolis product out of Avon High School shared first in the Big Ten among freshmen in INTs (T-7th nationally) and forced fumbles (T-4th nationally).

• Fitzgerald’s six career takeaways share fourth on the team with McCrary-Ball and senior cornerback Jaylin Williams.

HUSKY

Marcelino McCrary-Ball

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