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WEEK 3 BIG TEN OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Omar Cooper Jr., Indiana, WR - Jr. - Indianapolis, Ind. - Lawrence North,...Set career highs for yards receiving (207), receptions (10) and receiving touchdowns (4) in the Hoosiers 73-0 victory against Indiana State...His first career multi-touchdown game tied the school-record for most receiving scores in a single game with James Hardy...His 10-catch effort is the first double-digit catch game since Jaylin Lucas (10) in 2023 versus Louisville...Last Indiana Offensive Player of the Week: Kurtis Rourke (Dec. 2, 2024). - Big Ten Football

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WR Omar Cooper Jr., Indiana
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09/15/25 - Lee Beebe Jr., rJr/2027, Indiana, 5-10, 218 (DS#999 RB) + More +

No. 19 Indiana has lost running back Lee Beebe Jr. to a season-ending knee injury, coach Curt Cignetti told reporters Monday. Beebe suffered a noncontact injury during Friday night's 73-0 rout of Indiana State. The transfer from UAB was leading the team in yards per carry at 7.7 through three games and was second in yards rushing with 209 on 27 carries. He also ran for one score and had one reception for 7 yards. Losing Beebe likely means Roman Hemby, the transfer from Maryland, and Kaelon Black will carry a heavier workload starting this week when the Hoosiers (3-0) face their toughest test yet when they host No. 9 Illinois (3-0) in the Big Ten Conference opener for both teams. Indiana is 11-0 at home in Cignetti's two seasons. - AP College Football

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RB Lee Beebe Jr., Indiana
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09/12/25 - Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2027, Indiana, 6-5, 225 (DS#2 QB) + More +

Fernando Mendoza threw five first-half touchdown passes, Omar Cooper Jr. tied an Indiana record with four TD receptions and the No. 22 Hoosiers routed Indiana State 73-0 on Friday night. Indiana (3-0) allowed only 77 yards in its largest shutout victory since a 78-0 romp over Franklin on Oct. 19, 1901. "Our team took another step, especially our offense," Mendoza said. "It was touchdowns galore." The Hoosiers jumped out with three first-quarter scores against their outmanned Football Championship Subdivision foes, with Mendoza scoring on a 7-yard run and throwing two 13-yard TD passes to Cooper. Mendoza then connected with Holden Staes from 18 yards out, hit Jonathan Brady on a 4-yarder and added a 31-yarder to Cooper in the second quarter.

Cooper had 58-yard TD catch from Mendoza's brother, Alberto, in the third quarter to finish with 10 catches for 207 yards. He tied James Hardy's 2006 record for TD catches in a game. Mendoza, a California transfer, completed his first 14 passes. He finished 19 of 20 for 270 yards, and did not play in the second half. "We did tonight what we wanted to do," Indiana coach Curt Cignetti said. "I was pleased about that. I didn't see anybody relaxing at any point in the game, coaches or players." The Sycamores (2-1) had just five first downs. Indiana State's Keegan Patterson completed 8 of 16 passes for 13 yards before being replaced late in the third quarter. He was sacked four times. "We couldn't get anything going," Indiana State coach Curt Mallory said. "We couldn't stop them on drives. They converted early and we couldn't stop ‘em after that." - Indiana/AP College Football

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QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
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09/06/25 - Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2027, Indiana, 6-5, 225 (DS#2 QB) + More +

Fernando Mendoza threw for four touchdowns to lead No. 23 Indiana to a 56-9 rout of Kennesaw State on Saturday. Mendoza, a transfer from University of California, completed 18 of 25 passes for 245 yards. He threw scoring passes of 3, 9 and 20 yards to Elijah Sarratt and an 8-yard strike to E.J. Williams early in the fourth quarter. The Hoosiers held the Owls to two field goals in the first half and led 21-6 at the break. Kennesaw State's Daniel Kinney finished with field goals of 28, 29 and 50 yards. Indiana scored on a 1-yard run by Riley Nowakowski and an 11-yard run by Lee Beebe Jr. in the first half to go with the first of Sarratt's TD catches. Beebe finished with a team-best 90 rushing yards on 11 carries. - Indiana/AP College Football

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QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
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09/01/25 - Bryson Bonds, rSr/2026, Indiana, 6-0, 202 (DS#999 SS) + More +

Indiana's secondary depth took two hits in Saturday's season-opening 27-14 victory over Old Dominion, coach Curt Cignetti confirmed Monday. Cignetti said defensive back Bryson Bonds suffered a season-ending right knee injury and defensive back Byron Baldwin Jr. also got hurt though his undisclosed injury is "more day to day." Bonds did not win a starting job in his sixth college season but was expected to play a key role again this season for No. 20 Indiana. He had appeared in 37 of 38 games since returning from another season-ending injury early in the 2021 season. He played high school football in Fort Worth, Texas. Bonds was injured late in the first half of Indiana's ninth straight home win, 27-14, under Cignetti. Bonds stayed down after the play as trainers examined his right leg and eventually was taken straight to the locker room. - AP College Football

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SS Bryson Bonds, Indiana
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08/30/25 - Fernando Mendoza, rJr/2027, Indiana, 6-5, 225 (DS#2 QB) + More +

Fernando Mendoza scored on a 5-yard run in his debut as Indiana's quarterback, Jonathan Brady returned a punt 91 yards for a score, and the 20th-ranked Hoosiers wore down Old Dominion in a season-opening 27-14 victory on Saturday. Mendoza, the starter at California last season, finished 18 of 31 for 193 yards and ran six times for 34 yards. His TD run late in the first half gave the Hoosiers a 17-7 lead. Indiana's 309-yard rushing attack was led by Maryland transfer Roman Hemby, who had 23 carries for 110 yards. Kaelon Black added 92 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.

Indiana won its ninth straight home game to improve to 9-0 at Memorial Stadium under second-year coach Curt Cignetti - but not without some stress. Old Dominion started fast, with quarterback Colton Joseph faking out the Hoosiers' defense on the first offensive play of the game and sprinting 75 yards for a TD, and the Monarchs controlled most of the first quarter. Brady's punt return tied the game with 9 seconds left in the period. Joseph added a 78-yard TD run midway through the fourth quarter that got ODU within 27-14. He finished with a career-high 179 yards rushing on 10 carries and went 11 of 22 through the air for 96 yards and three interceptions. But the Monarchs couldn't get the late stop they needed to make it a one-possession game. Indiana scored just 20 points - two touchdowns and two field goals - on six trips inside the Old Dominion 10-yard line. The Hoosiers turned it over on downs the other two times. - Indiana/AP College Football

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QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
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08/31/24 - Ty Son Lawton, rSr/2025, Indiana, 5-09, 208 (DS#44 RB) + More +

Ty Son Lawton rushed for two scores in the first half, Kurtis Rourke threw for another score and the new-look Indiana Hoosiers pulled away from Florida International 31-7 in Saturday's season opener. Lawton carried 16 times for 74 yards in his first game with the Hoosiers (1-0). Rourke finished 15 of 24 with 180 yards in his Indiana debut, and Curt Cignetti became the first Hoosiers head coach to win his first game since 2007. The Panthers (0-1) have lost five straight and eight of their last nine dating to last season, falling to 0-13 all-time against Big Ten schools.

Keyone Jenkins completed 20 of 29 passes for 129 yards with one interception and hooked up with Rocky Beers for a 7-yard TD pass in the final minute of the first half for Florida International's only score. Beers left the game with a hamstring injury after the score and was ruled out of the game in the second half. Indiana sealed it with a 51-yard TD run from Elijah Green with 1:06 to play. - AP College Football

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RB Ty Son Lawton, Indiana
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12/27/23 - James Evans, Sr/2025, Indiana, 6-1, 219 (DS#17 P) + More +

2023 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION: ST James Evans,...With a punting average of 45.8 yards per punt, Evans set the Indiana single season record by one yard per punt, blasting past Drew Hagan's mark of 44.8 in 1999. Of his 57 punts, 22 traveled over 50 yards, with a long punt of 70 yards. His punting average ranked No. 3 in the Big Ten and No. 15 nationally. A three-year anchor on special teams, he owns 201 punts in his career and is just the fifth Hoosier to reach the 200-punt mark in a career. With a career 43.9 yards per punt average, Evans ranks No. 1 on Indiana's career charts, more than a full yard ahead of Alan Sutkowski (42.5 ypp; 1995-97). Evans is the first Indiana punter to earn All-B1G honors since Hagan was a first-team honoree during the 1999 season.

With his kickoff return touchdown at Purdue, Lucas is tied for the lead among active FBS returners with three career kickoff return touchdowns, which ties Marcus Thigpen (2005-08) for the IU career record. His career kickoff return yardage total of 1,163 ranks No. 10 all-time at Indiana, as well as No. 22 among active NCAA returners and second among non-upperclassmen. In 2023, Lucas finished with 1,108 all-purpose yards, the most in a season since Stevie Scott III (1,223) in 2018. His total included 572 kickoff return yards, 275 rushing yards, 247 receiving yards and 14 punt return yards. He accounted for five total touchdowns - 1 return, 2 rushing and 2 receiving - and led the team with 101 offensive touches during the season. - Indiana Football

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P James Evans, Indiana
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12/27/23 - Andre Carter, rSr/2024, Indiana, 6-4, 285 (DS#43 DT) + More +

2023 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION: Andre Carter,...Carter was among the most disruptive defensive linemen in the Big Ten and finished his one season on campus with 49 tackles, 11.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks. Per Pro Football Focus, Carter ranked No. 8 in the Big Ten in total pressures (sacks, hits and hurries) at 32 and his 697 total snaps played were No. 4 among Big Ten defensive linemen. In 12 games played, Carter had at least 1.0 tackles for loss in seven games and posted four games with multiple tackles behind the line of scrimmage. The Detroit, Michigan, native began the season with 2.0 tackles for loss in each of the first two games. That total was the best start to a season since 2004 when Kyle Killion posted 5.5 tackles for loss in games versus Central Michigan and Oregon. - Indiana Football

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DT Andre Carter, Indiana
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12/27/23 - Aaron Casey, rSr/2024, Indiana, 6-1, 230 (DS#20 ILB) + More +

2023 ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM: Aaron Casey, Indiana,...Casey was among the nation's best at the linebacker position with 109 tackles on the season, which included a Big Ten-best 20.0 tackles for loss - a total that ranked No. 2 in the FBS at the end of the regular season. The only FBS defender with multiple games of 4.0 tackles for loss or more, Casey ranked No. 2 nationally in TFLs, while his 19 solo tackles for loss led the nation. In 2023, Casey led the Big Ten and ranked No. 2 nationally in tackles for loss (20.0) and solo tackles (78). His 109 total tackles sit No. 4 in the Big Ten and No. 23 in the FBS and mark the first 100-tackle season by an IU defender since Tegray Scales (126) in 2016. He led the Power 5 with 22 tackles for loss or no gain per Pro Football Focus.

His 20.0 tackles for loss are tied for No. 4 on the single season charts with Nathan Davis (1995) and were the most by an IU defender since Scales' 23.5 in 2016. Of his 20.0 tackles for loss, 19 of those were solo TFLs, which led the FBS. His career total of 36.0 tackles for loss finished No. 8 all-time at IU, just one behind Micah McFadden's career total (37.0). Casey is the 12th linebacker in Indiana history to earn first-team All-Big Ten honors and the third since 2017. He joins Scales (2017) and Micah McFadden (2020) as the most recent to win the award. In 2023, Casey was the first IU defender to earn multiple Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week awards in a career and gave IU two defensive weekly award winners for just the second time in a single season. - Indiana Football

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ILB Aaron Casey, Indiana
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12/27/23 - Roman Hemby, rSr/2026, Indiana, 6-0, 210 (DS#21 RB) + More +

2023 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION: Roman Hemby,...Hemby has been Maryland's primary running back this season, rushing for 663 yards on 135 carries with four rushing touchdowns while also totaling 288 receiving yards on 37 receptions and another three touchdowns. The sophomore had 100-yard rushing games against Charlotte (162 yards) and Rutgers (113 yards), and had two rushing touchdowns in a win over Virginia. This is Hemby's second-straight honorable mention All-Big Ten selection. - Maryland Football

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RB Roman Hemby, Indiana
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01/11/23 - DeQuece Carter, rSr/2024, Indiana, 5-11, 199 (DS#162 WR) + More +

Dequece Carter is the most accomplished of the Hoosiers' recent commits. In four years at Fordham, he had 176 receptions for 3,035 yards and 31 touchdowns. He started 38 games and was all-Patriot League as a junior and senior. He's among the top 10 in Fordham history in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns despite playing only three games in the pandemic-affected 2020 season. He has one season of eligibility remaining. According to his social media, he also held offers from Tulane, UConn, James Madison and Old Dominion. - Indianapolis Star/News

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WR DeQuece Carter, Indiana
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12/19/22 - James Carpenter, rSr/2025, Indiana, 6-1, 293 (DS#53 DT) + More +

2022 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: DL - James Carpenter, James Madison (RS So., DL - Roanoke, Va.),...Carpenter had a breakout season at nose guard, making 52 tackles with 11.5 for loss and 5.5 sacks with three breakups. JMU's third-leading tackler was second on the team in TFL and third in sacks. Carpenter turned in 1.5 tackles for loss or more five times, including a career-high 3.0 at Louisville. He also had 1.5 sacks twice, as he ranks tied for 12th in the SBC in sacks per game (0.5). His tackles total also ranks third by all SBC interior linemen. - James Madison Football

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DT James Carpenter, Indiana
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12/19/22 - Nick Kidwell, rSr/2026, Indiana, 6-5, 316 (DS#999 OG) + More +

2022 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: OL - Nick Kidwell, James Madison (RS Jr., OL - Knoxville, Md.),...Kidwell, who started nine games at right tackle, helped JMU's offense rank 16th nationally and first in the Sun Belt in scoring, at 37.0 points per game. The Dukes are also 28th in FBS and third in SBC in total offense (452.5). JMU also leads the league and ranks seventh in the country in yards per completion (14.52), while its passing game (265.7) is second in the Sun Belt and the run game (186.7) is fourth. - James Madison Football

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OG Nick Kidwell, Indiana
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12/19/22 - Jailin Walker, Sr/2025, Indiana, 6-0, 219 (DS#17 OLB) + More +

2022 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: LB - Jailin Walker (So., LB - Richmond, Va.),...Walker, a Pro Football Network Midseason All-American had 63 tackles with 3.0 TFL, 1.0 sack, a team-high three interceptions and five breakups in his 10 starts. Walker returned two interceptions for touchdowns, with scores against Texas State and at Old Dominion. JMU's second-leading tackler ranks seventh in the Sun Belt in interceptions per game (0.3) and 15th in passes defended (0.8). - James Madison Football

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OLB Jailin Walker, Indiana
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