GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 28, ISSUE 6 85
THREE THINGS
1
Senior safety Jon-
athan Crawford is
Indiana's top
returning player. He
registered 62 tackles,
eight pass breakups
and one intercep-
tion as a junior and
has started in all 38
career games at his
position since arriv-
ing in Bloomington in
2015.
2
Indiana's quarter-
back competition is
wide open heading
into the fall. Redshirt sophomore Peyton Ramsey (1,252 yards, 10
touchdowns, five INTs) returns after starting four of his nine games
played last year. But Arizona grad transfer Brandon Dawkins, who
played in 22 games for the Wildcats and passed for 2,418 yards and 15
TDs, and four-star 2018 signee Michael Penix Jr. will get a fair shot
as well.
3
While the quarterback position is the biggest question
mark on offense, the defense has plenty of important spots
to fill, too. Both of IU's starting linebacker spots in its 4-2-5
scheme are gone. And it's more than just a loss of experience. Tegray
Scales, a first-team All-Big Ten selection, and Chris Covington ac-
counted for 21.8 percent of Indiana's tackles in 2017. Scales also had
12.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions and six sacks. So the players
who take their place have big shoes to fill.
— Stu Jackson, writer at TheHoosier.com
TIME: TBA | DATE: NOV. 24 |
LOCATION: BLOOMINGTON, IND. | TV:
TBA
COACH: TOM ALLEN (5-8,
SECOND SEASON)
2017 RECORD: 5-7
STARTERS RETURNING (OFFENSE/
DEFENSE): 6/3^
SERIES VS. PURDUE: 41-73-6
LAST MEETING: PURDUE, 31-24 ON
NOV. 25, 2017, AT ROSS-ADE STADIUM
^ ATHLON
GBI EARLY LINE: PURDUE -1
Game 12 | Indiana
Indiana's 2018 Schedule
9/1 at FIU
9/8 VIRGINIA
9/15 BALL STATE
9/22 MICHIGAN STATE
9/29 at Rutgers
10/6 at Ohio State
10/13 IOWA
10/20 PENN STATE
10/26 at Minnesota
11/10 MARYLAND
11/17 at Michigan
11/24 PURDUE
Indiana
Jonathan Crawford
