2020 Indiana Hoosiers football team


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.
DateTimeSpring GameSiteTVResultSource
April 177:00 p.m.Cream vs. CrimsonMemorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN

Previous season

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.

Transfers

Outgoing
Notable departures from the 2019 squad included:
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
Coy Cronk54Offensive Lineman6'5"325Senior Lafayette, IndianaGraduate transfer
Cole Gest20Running Back5'8'194Senior Lyndhurst, OhioGraduate transfer
Peyton Ramsey12Quarterback6'2"216Senior Cincinnati, OhioGraduate transfer
Ronnie Walker23Running Back5'11"211SophomoreHopewell, VirginiaTransferred

Incoming
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotesPrev. School
Dylan Powell72Offensive Lineman6'3"300Senior Hannibal, MissouriGraduate transferStanford
Jovan Swann51Defensive Line6'2"270Senior Greenwood, IndianaGraduate transferStanford
Khameron Taylor85Tight End6'4"270Senior Alachua, FloridaGraduate transferSouth Alabama

2020 NFL Draft

Hoosiers who were picked in the 2020 NFL Draft:
RoundPickPlayerPositionTeam
6209Simon StepaniakGuardGreen Bay Packers
UFANick WestbrookWide receiverTennessee Titans

Preseason

Position key

Recruits

The Hoosiers signed a total of 20 recruits.

Preseason Big Ten poll

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

Schedule

The Hoosiers' 2020 schedule originally consisted of 7 home games and 5 away games. The Hoosiers are scheduled to play nine games, all in-conference. They host Maryland, Michigan State, Penn State, Illinois and Purdue. They will travel to Wisconsin, Rutgers, Ohio State and Michigan.
The Hoosiers were originally scheduled to play three non-conference games, against Western Kentucky and Ball State at home and on the road against UConn, but those games were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personnel

Roster

Awards and honors

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released
Chuck Bednarik AwardTiawan MullenDBSOJuly 13, 2020
Doak Walker AwardStevie ScottRBJRJuly 15, 2020
Fred Biletnikoff AwardWhop PhilyorWRSRJuly 16, 2020
John Mackey AwardPeyton HendershotTEJR July 17, 2020
Wuerffel TrophyHarry CriderOLSRJuly 23, 2020
Maxwell AwardMichael Penix, JrQBSO July 24, 2020
Maxwell AwardWhop PhilyorWRSRJuly 24, 2020
Maxwell AwardStevie ScottRBJRJuly 24, 2020

Radio

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