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Recruiting Recon: Indiana's Defense

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by Matt Gutridge
October 2, 2015 at 6:29am
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THE LAND FROM WHICH THEY COME
Bloomington, IN
I'm still waiting for that assignment in Hawai'i.

 

TEN FACTS ABOUT INDIANA

  1. Mark Spitz attended and swam for Indiana University.
  2. James Dean was born in Marion, Indiana.
  3. Indiana has a town called Santa Claus. Yes, the town receives a crap load of mail during Christmas.
  4. With 32 covered bridges Parke County is known as the covered bridge capital of the world.
  5. David Letterman was born in Indianapolis.
  6. It is illegal for Indiana liquor stores to sell pop or water.
  7. Larry Bird was born in Terre Haute.
  8. Abraham Lincoln moved to Indiana when he was seven and spent most of his childhood in the state.
  9. 20 percent of America's popcorn comes from Indiana.
  10. It is illegal to catch fish with dynamite, crossbows, guns or your bare hands in Indiana.


 

IU
VITAL INFORMATION ABOUT INDIANA
LOCATION Bloomington, IN
YEAR FOUNDED 1820
ENROLLMENT 42,566
NICKNAME Hoosiers
COLORS Cream and Crimson
HEAD COACH Kevin Wlson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KNOW INDIANA'S RECENT HISTORY

 
2012-2015 RECORD COMPARISON LAST 3 SEASONS
IU
  
OHIO STATE     
INDIANA YEAR OHIO STATE
4-8 2014 14-1
5-7 2013 12-2
4-8 2012 12-0
     
13-23 TOTAL 38-3
4-8 AVERAGE 13-1

 

 

RECRUITING RANKINGS OF DEFENSIVE STARTERS
       
IU
 
     
OHIO STATE                     
POSITION PLAYER COMP. RATING POSITION PLAYER COMP. RATING
DE NICK MANGIERI .858 DE JOEY BOSA .981
DT ROBERT McCRAY NA DT ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON .988
NT ADARIUS RAYNER .733 DT TOMMY SCHUTT .960
BANDIT ZACK SHAW .866 DE TYQUAN LEWIS .898
WLB MARCUS OLIVER .801 WLB JOSHUA PERRY .941
MLB T.J. SIMMONS .810 MLB RAEKWON McMILLAN .989
SLB CLYDE NEWTON .818 SLB DARRON LEE .860
CB RASHARD FANT .886 CB GAREON CONLEY .932
SS JONATHAN CRAWFORD .848 S VONN BELL .987
FS CHASE DUTRA .836 S TYVIS POWELL .876
CB ANDRE BROWN .828 CB ELI APPLE .975
           
  AVERAGE .828 AVERAGE   .944

 

DEFENSIVE RECRUITING NOTES 2012-2015
  • Indiana's highest rated defensive starter is Rashard Fant (.886).
  • The largest gap among the defensive starters is the 227 point gap between IU's NT and Ohio State's DT position.
  • The average of Ohio State's defensive starters is 116 points better than IU's.

 

NO. OF PLAYERS RECRUITED PER POSITION
IU
    
Ohio State
POSITION NO. OF PLAYERS POSITION NO. OF PLAYERS
SDE 6 SDE 7
WDE 5 WDE 6
DT 7 DT 6
OLB 8 OLB 7
ILB 4 ILB 4
CB 7 CB 11
S 13 S 5
       
TOTAL 50 TOTAL 46

 

 

DEFENSIVE RECRUITING COMPARISON

 

TJ Simmons
T.J. Simmons (.784) has 168 tackles and 10 tackles for loss during his Hoosier career.

 

2012-2015 ILB AVERAGES
IU
  
OHIO STATE
AVERAGE CATEGORY AVERAGE
6-1 HEIGHT 6-2
231 WEIGHT 226
.823 COMP. AVERAGE .924

Between 2012 and 2015 both schools signed four inside linebackers. Greg Gooch (.842) was IU's highest rated commit. Ohio State's lowest rated commit was Luke Roberts (.844).

 

Nick Mangeiri
Nick Mangeiri (.858) signed as an OLB, but now plays DE.

 

2012-2015 OLB AVERAGES
IU
  
OHIO STATE
AVERAGE CATEGORY AVERAGE
6-2 HEIGHT 6-2
223 WEIGHT 220
.839 COMP. AVERAGE .951

Between 2012 and 2015 NIU signed 8 outside linebackers. Ohio State signed seven. Tegray Scales (.877) was the Hoosiers' highest rated commit. Ohio State's lowest rated commit was David Perkins (.927). Linebacker University.

 

Andre Brown
No. 14 Andre Brown (.828) signed as a quarterback in 2015. He is now Indiana's starting cornerback.

 

2012-2015 CB AVERAGES
IU
  
OHIO STATE
AVERAGE CATEGORY AVERAGE
5-11 HEIGHT 6-0
179 WEIGHT 179
.812 COMP. AVERAGE .932

Between 2012 and 2015 IU signed seven cornerbacks. Ohio State signed 11. Tony Fields (.844) was the Hoosiers' highest rated commit. Ohio State's lowest rated commit was Damon Arnette (.860).

 

 

Johnathan Crawford
 Jonathan Crawford (.867) is another young player starting in Indiana's secondary.

 

2012-2015 SAFETY AVERAGES
IU
  
OHIO STATE
AVERAGE CATEGORY AVERAGE
6-1 HEIGHT 6-0
193 WEIGHT 187
.826 COMP. AVERAGE .936

Between 2012 and 2015 IU signed 13 safeties. Ohio State signed five. Antonio Allen (.896) was the Hoosiers' highest rated commit. Ohio State's highest rated commit was Vonn Bell (.987).

 

Adarius Rayner
DT Adarius Rayner (.733) will need to step up his game with Latham suspended.

 

2012-2015 DT AVERAGES
IU
  
OHIO STATE
AVERAGE CATEGORY AVERAGE
6-3 HEIGHT 6-3
300 WEIGHT 297
.816 COMP. AVERAGE .900

Between 2012 and 2015 IU signed seven defensive tackles. Ohio State signed six. Michael Barwick (.848) was the Hoosiers' highest rated commit. Ohio State's Highest rated commit was Tommy Schutt (.960).

 

 

Zack Shaw
DE Zack Shaw (.866) was an OLB when he committed to IU. Shaw is from Coshocton, OH.

 

2012-2015 SDE AVERAGES
IU
  
OHIO STATE
AVERAGE CATEGORY AVERAGE
6-4 HEIGHT 6-4
249 WEIGHT 264
.795 COMP. AVERAGE .903

Between 2012 and 2015 IU signed six strong-side defensive ends. Ohio State signed seven. Brandon Wilson (.847) was the Hoosiers' highest rated commit. Ohio State's lowest rated commit was Darius Slade (.846).

 

Robert McCray
 Robert McCray (NA) is a possible replacement for Darius Latham who is suspended.

 

2012-2015 WDE AVERAGES
IU
  
OHIO STATE
AVERAGE CATEGORY AVERAGE
6-3 HEIGHT 6-4
247 WEIGHT 233
.826 COMP. RATING .933

Between 2012 and 2015 Indiana signed five weak-side defensive ends. Ohio State signed six. David Kennedy (.893) was the IU's highest rated commit. Ohio State's highest rated commit on roster is Adolphus Washington (.988).

 

DEFENSIVE RECRUITING COMPARISON

 

2012-2015 COMPARING INDIANA'S ILB COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S
IU
        
O
      
PLAYER (YEAR) HGHT WT COMP. RATING   PLAYER (YEAR) HGHT WT COMP. RATING
GREG GOOCH (2014) 6-3 245 .842   RAEKWON McMILLAN (2014) 6-2 242 .989
DAVID COOPER (2012) 6-1 230 .839   TREY JOHNSON (2013) 6-2 218 .949
T.J. SIMMONS (2013) 6-0 230 .810   NICK CONNER (2015) 6-3 225 .912
MARCUS OLIVER (2013) 6-1 220 .801   LUKE ROBERTS (2012) 6-2 220 .844
                 
AVERAGE 6-1 231 .823   AVERAGE 6-2 226 .924

 

 

2012-2015 COMPARING INDIANA'S OLB COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S
IU
        
O
      
PLAYER HGHT WT COMP. RATING   PLAYER HGHT WT COMP. RATING
TEGRAY SCALES (2014) 6-2 215 .877   JUSTIN HILLIARD (2015) 6-0 225 .985
NILE SYKES (2014) 6-2 223 .872   MIKE MITCHELL (2013) 6-4 222 .973
NICK MANGIERI (2012) 6-5 245 .858   DANTE BOOKER (2014) 6-3 212 .972
JORDAN WALLACE (2012) 6-1 215 .844   JOSHUA PERRY (2012) 6-3 220 .941
KRISTOPHER SMITH (2013) 6-2 215 .834   KYLE BERGER (2014) 6-3 215 .929
CLYDE NEWTON (2013) 6-1 215 .818   CAMREN WILLIAMS (2012) 6-1 217 .929
JACARRI ALEXANDER (2012) 6-1 234 .816   DAVID PERKINS (2012) 6-3 230 .927
STEVEN FUNDERBURK (2013) 6-2 225 .793          
                 
AVERAGE 6-2 223 .839   AVERAGE 6-2 220 .951


 

2012-2015 COMPARING INDIANA'S CB COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S
IU
        
O
      
PLAYER HGHT WT COMP. RATING   PLAYER HGHT WT COMP. RATING
TONY FIELDS (2014) 5-11 185 .844   DAMON WEBB (2014) 5-11 180 .982
DONOVAN CLARK (2014) 5-10 170 .838   ELI APPLE (2013) 6-1 185 .975
NOEL PADMORE (2013) 5-11 175 .822   MARSHON LATTIMORE (2014) 6-0 175 .973
ANOTONIO MARSHALL (2012) 6-0 190 .819   CAMERON BURROWS (2013) 6-0 195 .972
WAYNEDRIKO SMITH (2014) 6-0 168 .816   ERIC GLOVER-WILLIAMS (2015) 5-11 165 .952
KIANTE WALTON (2014) 6-0 200 .806   ARMANI REEVES (2012) 5-11 180 .945
TIM BENNETT (2012) 5-11 163 .742   GAREON CONLEY (2013) 6-1 172 .932
          DENZEL WARD (2015) 5-11 165 .903
          JAMEL DEAN (2015) 6-2 195 .891
          JOSHUA NORWOOD (2015) 5-10 175 .870
          DAMON ARNETTE (2015) 6-2 185 .860
                 
AVERAGE 5-11 179 .812   AVERAGE 6-0 179 .932

 

2012-2015 COMPARING INDIANA'S S COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S
IU
        
O
      
PLAYER HGHT WT COMP. RATING   PLAYER HGHT WT COMP. RATING
ANTONIO ALLEN (2013) 5-10 205 .896   VONN BELL (2013) 5-11 193 .987
TYLER GREEN (2015) 5-11 175 .867   ERICK SMITH (2014) 6-1 185 .967
JONATHAN CRAWFORD (2015) 6-2 175 .848   DE'VAN BOGARD (2012) 6-0 190 .920
CHASE DUTRA (2013) 6-1 205 .836   JAYME THOMPSON (2013) 6-2 190 .912
DAMEON WILLIS (2014) 6-0 208 .834   NAJEE MURRAY (2012) 5-11 175 .892
JAMEL COOK (2015) 6-0 181 .833          
OMARI STINGER (2015) 6-4 208 .823          
ZEKE WALKER (2014) 6-3 200 .816          
RAEKWON JONES (2015) 6-2 210 .806          
DAWSON FLETCHER (2012) 6-0 180 .793          
RYAN THOMPSON (2012) 5-10 186 .783          
TREG WATERS (2012) 6-1 185 .779          
DAREON FULLER (2012) 5-7 167 NA          
                 
AVERAGE 6-1 193 .826   AVERAGE 6-0 187 .936

 

 

2012-2015 COMPARING INDIANA'S DT COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S
IU
        
O
      
PLAYER HGHT WT COMP. RATING   PLAYER HGHT WT COMP. RATING
MICHAEL BARWICK (2014) 6-1 297 .848   TOMMY SCHUTT (2012) 6-2 300 .960
JERMANE NONYERS (2014) 6-3 290 .825   MICHAEL HILL (2013) 6-2 315 .924
ALEX TODD (2012) 6-4 290 .824   BILLY PRICE (2013)  6-4 300 .916
JORDAN HEIDERMAN (2013) 6-3 280 .794   DONOVAN MUNGER (2013) 6-4 285 .898
CHRISTOPHER CORMIER (2013) 6-2 330 .790   ROBERT LANDERS (2015) 6-2 295 .872
JACK TRAINOR (2015) 6-3 295 NA   DaVON HAMILTON (2015) 6-3 285 .829
NATE HOFF (2013) 6-2 320 NA          
                 
AVERAGE 6-3 300 .816   AVERAGE 6-3 297 .900

 

2012-2015 COMPARING INDIANA'S SDE COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S
IU
        
O
      
PLAYER HGHT WT COMP. RATING   PLAYER HGHT WT COMP. RATING
MATTHEW BALTIMORE (2012) 6-3 230 .817   JOEY BOSA (2013) 6-5 270 .981
MARCUS KELLY (2015) 6-4 230 .808   JASHON CORNELL (2015) 6-4 260 .956
DESROY MAXWELL (2012) 6-2 240 .781   DRE'MONT JONES (2015) 6-3 266 .938
QUINTIN WYNNE (2015) 6-2 225 .768   DYLAN THOMPSON (2014) 6-5 270 .872
BEN COMPTON (2014) 6-4 240 .700   JOSHUA ALABI (2015) 6-5 295 .866
TY HARMSTON (2014) 6-4 230 .700   TRACY SPRINKLE (2013) 6-4 250 .859
          DARIUS SLADE (2014) 6-5 240 .846
                 
AVERAGE 6-4 249 .795   AVERAGE 6-4 264 .903

 

2012-2015 COMPARING INDIANA'S WDE COMMITS TO OHIO STATE'S
IU
        
O
      
PLAYER (YEAR) HGHT WT COMP. RATING   PLAYER (YEAR) HGHT WT COMP. RATING
RUBEN DUNBAR (2013) 6-3 250 .849    NOAH SPENCE (2012) 6-3 235 .997
MICHAEL IPPOLITO (2012) 6-4 215 .805   ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON (2012) 6-5 245 .988
RAJSHAWN MOSLEY (2014) 6-4 230 .778   JALYN HOLMES (2014) 6-5 225 .962
RUSSELL CHAMBERS (2014) 6-5 220 .769   TYQUAN LEWIS (2013) 6-4 227 .898
HERLANDEZ CORLEY (2014) 6-3 210 .760   JAMAL MARCUS (2012) 6-2 225 .896
JAREEM FLEMING (2014) 6-1 215 .700   RASHOD BERRY (2015) 6-5 240 .857
                 
AVERAGE 6-3 247 .826   AVERAGE 6-4 233 .933

 

KNOW THE MAN WHO LEADS THY ENEMY

Kevin Wilson

Kevin Wilson has led the Hoosiers to an 18-34 (.346) record. In 2014 he guided IU to an 4-8 record. Prior to taking the head job at Indiana Wilson was Oklahoma's offensive or co-offensive coordinator from 2002-2010.

Under Wilson Indiana has set 43 offensive school records. Single season records established under Kevin Wilson are: most points, total yards, passing yards and rushing yards. 

During his playing days Kevin Wilson suited up for North Carolina. He was an offensive lineman for the Tar Heels from 1980 to 1983.


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