2015 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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2015 Indiana Hoosiers football
Indiana Hoosiers logo.svg
Pinstripe Bowl, L 41–44 OT vs. Duke
Conference Big Ten Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record6–7 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Kevin Johns (5th season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Brian Knorr (2nd season)
Base defense 3–4
MVP Nate Sudfeld
Captains
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  2014
2016  
2015 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 6 Michigan State xy$^  7 1   12 2  
No. 4 Ohio State x  7 1   12 1  
No. 12 Michigan  6 2   10 3  
Penn State  4 4   7 6  
Indiana  2 6   6 7  
Rutgers  1 7   4 8  
Maryland  1 7   3 9  
West Division
No. 9 Iowa xy  8 0   12 2  
No. 23 Northwestern  6 2   10 3  
No. 21 Wisconsin  6 2   10 3  
Nebraska  3 5   6 7  
Minnesota  2 6   6 7  
Illinois  2 6   5 7  
Purdue  1 7   2 10  
Championship: Michigan State 16, Iowa 13
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers competed in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was led by head coach Kevin Wilson, who served in his fifth season. They finished the season 6–7, 2–6 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the East Division. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl where they lost to Duke in overtime.

Contents

Preseason

Recruits

College recruiting information (2015)
NameHometownSchoolHeightWeightCommit date
Joe Belden
DE
Avon, IN Avon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)250 lb (110 kg)Jun 18, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Andre Brown Jr.
ATH
Decatur, GA Columbia 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)187 lb (85 kg)Aug 13, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  2 stars.svg     247Sports:  2 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Jameel Cook Jr.
DB
Missouri City, TX Ridge Point 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)181 lb (82 kg)Feb 1, 2015 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  2 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Jonathan Crawford
S
Largo, FL Largo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)175 lb (79 kg)Dec 18, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Austin Dorris
TE
Shadyside, OH Shadyside 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)220 lb (100 kg)Jun 23, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Tyler Green
DB
Waldorf, MD DeMatha Catholic 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)195 lb (88 kg)Dec 14, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  4 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Donavan Hale
ATH
Largo, FL Largo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)200 lb (91 kg)Dec 18, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  2 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Isaac James
ATH
Carmel, IN Carmel 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)180 lb (82 kg)Dec 14, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Reakwon Jones
LB
Lynn Haven, FL A. Crawford Mosley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)205 lb (93 kg)Jan 19, 2015 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  2 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Austin King
QB
Alpharetta, GA Alpharetta 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)190 lb (86 kg)Dec 15, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Brandon Knight
OL
Noblesville, IN Noblesville 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)265 lb (120 kg)Jun 22, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Hunter Littlejohn
OL
Powell, OH Olentangy Liberty 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)285 lb (129 kg)Jun 18, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
DaVondre Love
OL
St. Louis, MO Affton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)290 lb (130 kg)Dec 14, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  2 stars.svg     Rivals:  2 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Mike Majette
ATH
Woodbridge, VA Woodbridge Senior 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)195 lb (88 kg)Dec 14, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Camion Patrick
WR
Knoxville, TN East Mississippi CC 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)215 lb (98 kg)Feb 4, 2015 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  2 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  4 stars.svg    
Jacob Robinson
DL
Westfield, IN Westfield 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)235 lb (107 kg)May 9, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Simon Stepaniak
OL
Hamilton, OH Ross 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)285 lb (129 kg)May 3, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Omari Stringer
LB
Crete, IL Crete-Monee 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)205 lb (93 kg)Jun 30, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  2 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Leon Thornton III
WR
Lombard, IL Montini Catholic 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)195 lb (88 kg)Jun 11, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  4 stars.svg    
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
WR
Lake Mary, FL Lake Mary 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)205 lb (93 kg)Aug 16, 2014 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  2 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Devonte Williams
RB
Columbia, MD Bullis School 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)170 lb (77 kg)Feb 2, 2015 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  2 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Brandon Wilson
DL
Winter Garden, FL West Orange 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)240 lb (110 kg)Jan 4, 2015 
Recruit ratings: Scout:  3 stars.svg     Rivals:  3 stars.svg     247Sports:  3 stars.svg     ESPN:  3 stars.svg    
Overall recruit ranking:    Scout: 56    Rivals: 48    247Sports: 50    ESPN: N/A
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2015 Indiana Football Commitments". Rivals. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  • "2015 Indiana Football Commits". Scout. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  • "ESPN – 2015 Indiana Football Commits". ESPN. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  • "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved February 4, 2015.

Schedule

Indiana announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3, 2013. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Hoosiers will host Big Ten foes Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, and Rutgers and will travel to Maryland, Michigan State, Penn State, and Purdue. [1]

The Hoosiers hosted three of their four non conference games against Florida International (FIU), Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky (WKU). Indiana traveled to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to face the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of the Atlantic Coast Conference on September 26.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 54:00 pm Southern Illinois * ESPNews W 48–4736,071
September 128:00 pm FIU *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
BTN W 36–2241,509
September 194:00 pm Western Kentucky *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
ESPNewsW 38–3544,823
September 2612:30 pmat Wake Forest * ACCN W 31–2422,508
October 33:30 pmNo. 1 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
ABC/ESPN2L 27–3452,929
October 1012:00 pmat Penn State ESPN L 7–2997,873
October 173:30 pm Rutgers Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
BTNL 52–5540,567
October 243:30 pmat No. 7 Michigan State ABC/ESPN2L 26–5274,144
November 73:30 pmNo. 10 Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
ESPNL 27–3544,739
November 143:30 pmNo. 15 Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
ABC/ESPN2L 41–48 2OT49,557
November 2112:00 pmat Maryland BTNW 47–2833,685
November 2812:00 pmat Purdue BTNW 54–3637,152
December 263:30 pmvs. Duke *ABCL 41–44 OT37,218
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2] [3] [4] [5]

Game summaries

Purdue

Indiana Hoosiers (5–6) at Purdue Boilermakers (2–9)
Quarter1234Total
Indiana1014141654
Purdue7714836

at Ross-Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, Indiana

  • Date: November 28
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Overcast • 38 °F (3 °C) • Wind 9 mph (14 km/h) NNE
  • Game attendance: 37,152
  • Referee: John O'Neill
  • TV: Big Ten Network
  • Automated ScoreBook
Game information

Roster

2015 Indiana Hoosiers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Simmie Cobbs So
WR 3Dominique BoothSo
WR 4Ricky Jones Redshirt.svg  Jr
WR 5J-Shun Harris IISo
WR 6Camion Patrick Redshirt.svg  So
QB 7 Nate Sudfeld  (C)Sr
RB 8 Jordan Howard Jr
QB 9Nate Boudreau Redshirt.svg  So
QB 12 Zander Diamont So
WR 14Marqui Hawkins Redshirt.svg  So
WR 15 Nick Westbrook-Ikhine Fr
QB 16Austin KingFr
WR 17Isaac Griffith Redshirt.svg  So
QB 18Danny Cameron Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 21Andrew Wilson Redshirt.svg  Jr
RB 23Alex Rodriguez Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 31Andre BookerSr
RB 33Ricky Brookins Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 34 Devine Redding So
WR 38Damon GrahamSr
WR 39Chris GajcakFr
C 50Jake Reed Redshirt.svg  Sr
OL 52DaVondre LoveFr
OL 54Ja'Merez Bowen Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 57Tim Gardner Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 59Jack TrainorFr
OL 62 Brandon Knight Fr
OL 63Tyler Lukens Redshirt.svg  Sr
C 65Wes Rogers Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 67 Dan Feeney  (C) Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 68Hunter LittlejohnFr
OL 69Blake Biesen Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 70Jacob Bailey Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 71Delroy Baker Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 72 Simon Stepaniak Fr
OL 75DeAndre Herron Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 76 Wes Martin Redshirt.svg  Fr
OT 77Dimitric Camiel Redshirt.svg  Jr
OT 78 Jason Spriggs  (C)Sr
WR 80Leon Thornton IIIFr
TE 81Jordan FuchsSo
WR 82Luke Timian Redshirt.svg  Fr
TE 83Austin DorrisFr
TE 84Danny Friend Redshirt.svg  So
TE 85Michael Cooper Redshirt.svg  Sr
WR 86Chandler Miller Redshirt.svg  Jr
WR 87Mitchell Paige Redshirt.svg  Jr
TE 88Anthony CorsaroSr
TE 94Sean Damaska Redshirt.svg  Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 2T. J. SimmonsJr
DB 3Tyler GreenFr
LB 4 Chris Covington So
ATH 5 Devonte Williams Fr
LB 6Zeke Walker Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 7Ben Bach Redshirt.svg  So
CB 7Donovan ClarkSo
LB 8 Tegray Scales So
ATH 9Jonathan CrawfordFr
ATH 10Donavan HaleFr
LB 12Reakwon JonesFr
ATH 13Isaac JamesFr
ATH 14Andre Jr. BrownFr
CB 16Rashard Fant Redshirt.svg  So
DB 18Noel Padmore Redshirt.svg  So
S 19Tony FieldsSo
DB 20Jameel Jr. CookFr
DB 22Wesley Green Redshirt.svg  Fr
ATH 24Mike MajetteFr
DB 25Mario Swann Redshirt.svg  So
DB 26Kiante WaltonSo
DB 27Arthur Jones Redshirt.svg  So
DB 28Will Dawkins Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 29Dawson Fletcher Redshirt.svg  Jr
DB 30Chase Dutra Redshirt.svg  So
LB 33Zach Shaw (C) Redshirt.svg  Sr
LB 35Nile Sykes Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 37Gabe EstesFr
LB 39Kenny Arnold Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 41Clyde NewtonJr
LB 43Dameon Jr. Willis Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 44Marcus Oliver (C) Redshirt.svg  So
LB 45Tony Thomas Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 46Ryan Watercutter Redshirt.svg  Fr
DL 47 Robert McCray So
LB 48Omari StringerFr
LB 49Greg GoochSo
DL 51Mike Jr. Barwick Redshirt.svg  Fr
DT 53Shawn Heffern Redshirt.svg  Jr
DL 56Nick Mangieri (C)Sr
LB 57Kyle Loechel Redshirt.svg  Fr
DT 58Patrick Dougherty Redshirt.svg  So
DT 74Nate Hoff Redshirt.svg  So
DL 90Joe BeldenFr
DL 91Jocob RobinsonFr
DT 93Ralph Green III Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 95Brandon WilsonFr
DT 98Darius LathamJr
DT 99Adarius Rayner Redshirt.svg  Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 36Eric Toth Redshirt.svg  Sr
LS 42Nolan Guedel Redshirt.svg  Fr
LS 66Josh Pericht Redshirt.svg  So
P 86Joseph Gedeon Redshirt.svg  Fr
K 87Calob MeinzerFr
K 90Aaron Del Grosso Redshirt.svg  So
K 92 Griffin Oakes Redshirt.svg  So
P 93Nick Campos Redshirt.svg  Jr
LS 97Dan GodsilFr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Greg Frey (Co-Offensive Coord / OL)
  • William Inge (Co-Defensive Coord / LBs)
  • Kevin Johns (Offensive Coord / QBs / WRs)
  • Noah Joseph (S / Def. Recruiting Coord)
  • Brian Knorr (Defensive Coordinator)
  • Deland McCullough (RBs)
  • Larry McDaniel (DL)
  • James Patton (TEs / FBs / Off. Recruiting Coord)
  • Brandon Shelby (CBs)
  • Mark Hill (Head Strength & Conditioning)
  • Brian Lepak (Offensive Graduate Asst)
  • Carter Whitson (Offensive Grad Asst)
  • Kasey Teegardin (Defensive Grad Asst)
  • Elliott Wratten (Defensive Grad Asst)
  • Billy Ray Johnson (Asst AD Football Administration)
  • Mike Pechac (Dir Player Dev & Academic Enhancement)
  • Ryan McInerney (Quality Control - Recruiting/Def.)
  • Courtney Messingham (Quality Control - Recruiting/Off.)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 8, 2015

2016 NFL draftees

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL club
Jason Spriggs 248 OT Green Bay Packers
Jordan Howard 5150 RB Chicago Bears
Nate Sudfeld 6187 QB Washington Redskins

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References

  1. "B1G Releases 2015 Conference Schedule" (Press release). Indiana Athletics. June 3, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  2. "Indiana Hoosiers Schedule 2015". ESPN . Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  3. "2015 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  4. "2015 Football Schedule". Indiana University . Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  5. "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 17. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  6. "2016 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2016.