2020 Indiana Hoosiers football team

2020 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	East Division
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: 52,656)
Uniform

2020 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 2 Ohio State xy$^		5	–	0					7	–	1
No. 12 Indiana		6	–	1					6	–	2
Penn State		4	–	5					4	–	5
Maryland		2	–	3					2	–	3
Rutgers		3	–	6					3	–	6
Michigan		2	–	4					2	–	4
Michigan State		2	–	5					2	–	5
West Division
No. 10 Northwestern xy		6	–	1					7	–	2
No. 16 Iowa		6	–	2					6	–	2
Wisconsin		3	–	3					4	–	3
Minnesota		3	–	4					3	–	4
Nebraska		3	–	5					3	–	5
Purdue		2	–	4					2	–	4
Illinois		2	–	6					2	–	6
Championship: Ohio State 22, Northwestern 10
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Note: Due to COVID-19, the Big Ten suspended the season on August 11, but later decided to begin play on October 24. In addition to the title game that was played on December 19, the conference seeded all remaining teams for "championship week" games. Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 Indiana Hoosiers football team will represent Indiana University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers will 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 will be led by fourth-year head coach Tom Allen.

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.

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.

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. On January 10, 2020, Indiana announced it had promoted Nick Sheridan to offensive coordinator and running backs' coach Mike Hart to associate head coach. 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.

Departures

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

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

Schedule

The Hoosiers' 2020 schedule will consist of 7 home games and 5 away games. The Hoosiers' first game will be against conference opponent Wisconsin, before opening the non-conference schedule, at home, against Western Kentucky of Conference USA and the following week against Ball State; the Hoosiers will finish the non-conference schedule at UConn in East Hartford, Connecticut.

The Hoosiers are scheduled to play nine conference games; they host Maryland, Michigan State, Penn State, Illinois and Purdue. They will travel to Wisconsin, Rutgers, Ohio State and Michigan.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4		at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI
September 12		Western Kentucky*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN
September 19		Ball State*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN
September 26		at UConn*	Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	CBSSN
October 10		Maryland	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN
October 17		at Rutgers	SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ
October 24		Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)
October 31		Penn State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN
November 7		at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH
November 14		Illinois	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN
November 21		at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
November 28		Purdue	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 3) released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

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

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.