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Indiana Football Defensive Breakout Candidates to Watch This Spring

Indiana Football Defensive Breakout Candidates to Watch This Spring

The defending champion Hoosiers will be without some familiar faces as spring practice rolls. The rebuilding of a defense that helped the Hoosiers win it all will begin with these players looking to move up the depth chart.

Indiana Hoosiers News / Yardbarker / March 31
Raiders' Klint Kubiak gives hint about big Fernando Mendoza decision

Raiders' Klint Kubiak gives hint about big Fernando Mendoza decision

The Raiders are widely expected to make Mendoza the first overall pick of the 2026 NFL Draft.

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Indiana Hoosiers News / The Daily Hoosier / March 31

ESPN’s seven-round mock 2026 NFL Draft projects six IU football players will be chosen

IU football can set new standards and end long streaks at this year’s NFL Draft. The program hasn’t had a No. 1 overall pick since Corby Davis in 1938, and it hasn’t had a first round pick since Thomas Lewis in 1994.  Those two runs appear certain to end.

Indiana Hoosiers News / The Daily Hoosier / March 31

Watch: IU football’s Carter Smith and Lee Beebe, Jr. spring media Q&As

Watch as IU football left tackle Carter Smith and running back Lee Beebe, Jr. met with the media Tuesday morning. Both players discuss their paths to return from injuries for the 2026 season.

Indiana Hoosiers News / The Daily Hoosier / March 31

IU football: RB Lee Beebe Jr. making progress recovering from knee injury

As Indiana football made history throughout the 2025 season, one of its key transfer portal additions had to watch from afar. Running back Lee Beebe Jr.

Indiana Hoosiers News / The Daily Hoosier / March 31

IU football: All-American LT Carter Smith recovering from shoulder surgery

Indiana All-American left tackle Carter Smith had offseason shoulder surgery and will miss the entirety of spring practice. Smith told the media Tuesday morning he had a procedure to repair a labral tear in his left shoulder.  The surgery was before the start of spring practice.

Indiana Hoosiers News / The Daily Hoosier / March 31

Forward Trent Sisley to return to IU men’s basketball

Darian DeVries has retained a promising piece for the future. Per On3, freshman forward Trent Sisley will return to Indiana men’s basketball in 2026-27.

Indiana Hoosiers News / Indiana Hoosiers on SI / March 31
Questions For Each Indiana Football Defensive Position Group In Spring Practice

Questions For Each Indiana Football Defensive Position Group In Spring Practice

Spring football is in full swing in Bloomington. Indiana is the defending national champion going into its third season under coach Curt Cignetti, but things are going to be a bit different in 2026.

Indiana Hoosiers News / The Daily Hoosier / March 30

IU starting point guard Nevaeh Caffey to enter portal

Indiana women’s basketball freshman Nevaeh Caffey is planning to enter the transfer portal, per a report from On3. Caffey becomes the sixth IU player to hit the portal, along with Phoenix Stotijn, Faith Wiseman, Jade Ondineme, Chloe Spreen, and Edessa Noyan.

Indiana Hoosiers News / Indiana Hoosiers on SI / March 30
Indiana Basketball Legend Steve Alford To Receive Award During Final Four Weekend

Indiana Basketball Legend Steve Alford To Receive Award During Final Four Weekend

The 2026 Final Four will take place in Indianapolis, so it's only right to honor an Indiana legend. Current Nevada coach Steve Alford, who led the Indiana Hoosiers to the 1987 National Championship, will receive the "Keys To Life" Award at an event hosted by the international sports ministry Athletes in Action.

Indiana Hoosiers News / The Daily Hoosier / March 30

IU football’s Pro Day will be covered live on NFL Network

Because of their late finish to the 2025 season, most of Indiana’s nine players invited to the NFL Draft Combine did not test at the event. But those players and several more will be at the IU football Pro Day in Bloomington on Wednesday, and the NFL Network will be there to cover it live.

Indiana Hoosiers News / The Daily Hoosier / March 30

Edessa Noyan set to become fifth IU women’s basketball player to enter the transfer portal

Indiana women’s basketball will see one of its starters for most of the 2025-26 season enter the transfer portal. Forward Edessa Noyan is planning to go into the portal, per On3.

Indiana Hoosiers News / Indiana Hoosiers on SI / March 30
Indiana Football Players Pushing for Bigger Offensive Roles This Spring

Indiana Football Players Pushing for Bigger Offensive Roles This Spring

Spring football practice is an excellent opportunity for players down the depth chart to improve their position for the fall. Indiana has a handful of players who can capitalize on the opportunity.

Indiana Hoosiers News / Indiana Hoosiers on SI / March 30
Indiana Baseball Gets Swept By Nebraska: What's Been the Problem?

Indiana Baseball Gets Swept By Nebraska: What's Been the Problem?

Last week, the Indiana baseball team finally looked like it turned the corner after taking two of three from Minnesota, but unfortunately for IU's sake, it didn't last.

Indiana Hoosiers News / The Daily Hoosier / March 30

IU basketball and Big Ten 2026 offseason transfer portal and roster tracker

Below you can find Indiana basketball offseason roster activity and transfer portal prospects, along with roster movement across the Big Ten Conference.

Indiana Hoosiers News / Yardbarker / March 30
What Raiders reportedly have learned about Fernando Mendoza

What Raiders reportedly have learned about Fernando Mendoza

What have Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak and general manager John Spytek have learned about Mendoza over the past couple of months. 

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NFL execs react to stunning Mendoza, Simpson draft takes

NFL executives react to stunning Fernando Mendoza, Ty Simpson draft takes

Former NFL QB/current analyst Dan Orlovsky and former NFL GM Mike Tannenbaum generated headlines when they said earlier in March that they had learned that multiple NFL teams view Simpson and not Mendoza as "the best quarterback" in this year's draft class. 

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Curt Cignetti News / The Daily Hoosier / March 29

IU football leans on transfer portal additions as spring practice begins

As Indiana football’s spring practice opens, head coach Curt Cignetti faces the challenge of integrating a large group of newcomers, particularly transfers,

Indiana Hoosiers News / Indiana Hoosiers on SI / March 29
Elijah Sarratt and Omar Cooper Give Message to 2026 Hoosiers

Elijah Sarratt and Omar Cooper Give Message to 2026 Hoosiers

Former Indiana Hoosiers recievers Elijah Sarratt and Omar Cooper Jr. took a break from their NFL Draft preparations to return to Bloomington for an Indiana football spring practice.

Indiana Hoosiers News / Indiana Hoosiers on SI / March 28
Big Ten Dominating NCAA Tournament — What It Means for Indiana Basketball

Big Ten Dominating NCAA Tournament — What It Means for Indiana Basketball

As I sit in an Iowa Hawkeyes bar on the North Side of Chicago, getting ready to take in an all-Big Ten Regional Final in a couple hours, I can't help but think about how this NCAA Tournament has gone for the Indiana Hoosiers.

Indiana Hoosiers News / Indiana Hoosiers on SI / March 28
4 Underrated Indiana Football Players As Spring Practice Begins

4 Underrated Indiana Football Players As Spring Practice Begins

Indiana returns several key players from its national championship roster, but at the same time, it has to replace stars like Fernando Mendoza, Aiden Fisher and Mikail Kamara –– just to name a few.

Indiana Hoosiers News / Big Ten Network / March 27
Indiana Hoosiers News / Larry Brown Sports / March 26
Curt Cignetti ripped into new Indiana WR before practice

Curt Cignetti ripped into new Indiana WR before practice

Curt Cignetti apparently gave one of his newest players a real ear-full before Indiana’s practice.

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Indiana Hoosiers News / NFLTradeRumors.co / March 25
Raiders Hosting Fernando Mendoza For Top 30 Visit

Raiders Hosting Fernando Mendoza For Top 30 Visit

According to Ian Rapoport, the Raiders are scheduled to host Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza on a top-30 visit in two weeks.  Las Vegas is almost assured to take Mendoza with the No.

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