BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana football program and head coach Curt Cignetti wrapped up the 2025 signing class with 42 scholarship newcomers added to the roster. Of those, 33 are on campus for the spring semester, which includes 19 transfers and 14 freshmen into the program for spring ball. The Hoosiers also added five other student-athletes to the roster as walk-ons.
In all, IU signed 21 players on offense and 19 on defense and two specialists. Indiana’s defense added nine defensive backs, seven defensive linemen and three linebackers, while the Hoosier offense on boarded five offensive linemen, five wide receivers, four tight ends, three running backs and three quarterbacks. Special teams added one kickers and one punter.
Each of the 19 transfers arrive from the FBS level, with 11 from Power 4 programs and eight from Group of Five teams. Eleven of the transfers come on the offensive side of the football, six are on the defensive side of the ball and two are specialists.
The signees will arrive in Bloomington from 18 different states and Australia. Five are from Indiana, while four each arrive from Florida, Illinois and Ohio. Three come from both Georgia and Virginia, while two apiece are from Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. Alabama, California, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Nebraska and Pennsylvania saw one signee each. Punter Mitch McCarthy arrives from the mainland of Australia via UCF.
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School (Previous School)
Triston Abram DL 6-3 230 Fr. St. Louis, Mo./Christian Brothers
Byron Baldwin Jr. DB 6-2 195 Fr. Baltimore, Md./Saint Frances Academy
Andrew Barker TE 6-4 240 Fr. Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo
Lee Beebe Jr. RB 5-10 220 R-Jr. Montgomery, Ala./Park Crossing (UAB)
Jacob Bell QB 6-2 2-2 Fr. Naperville, Ill./Naperville North
Jaylen Bell DB 5-10 179 Fr. Union, N.J./Grayson
Kahlil Benson OL 6-6 305 R-Sr.+ Webb, Miss./Southaven (Colorado)
Lebron Bond WR 5-9 175 Fr. Norfolk, Va./Maury
Devan Boykin DB 5-10 195 R-Sr.+ Greensboro, N.C./Ragsdale (NC State)
Tyrone Burrus Jr. DL 6-4 245 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central
Keishaun Calhoun DL 6-2 260 Fr. Groveport, Ohio/Groveport-Madison
Davion Chandler WR 5-11 180 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North
Pat Coogan OL 6-5 310 R-Sr. Palos Heights, Ill./Marist (Notre Dame)
Sean Cuono RB 5-10 208 Fr. Clearwater, Fla./Clearwater Central Catholic
Jamari Farmer LB 6-0 210 Fr. Mooresville, N.C./Mooresville
Brendan Franke K 6-3 230 R-Sr.+ Gretna, Neb./Gretna (Texas State)
Ryland Gandy DB 6-0 180 R-So. Buford, Ga./Buford (Pitt)
Kyler Garcia DL 6-4 293 Fr. Nashville, Tenn./Pearl-Cohn
Jhrevious Hall DL 6-2 310 Fr. Columbia, Tenn./Columbia Central
Roman Hemby RB 6-0 208 R-Sr. Edgewood, Md./John Carroll (Maryland)
Makai Jackson WR 6-0 200 Sr. Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman (Appalachian State)
Amari Kamara LB 5-11 195 Fr. Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge
Myles Kendrick WR 6-0 181 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./Riverside
Amariyun Knighten DB 6-0 174 R-Jr. Hollywood, Fla./Stranahan (Northern Illinois)
Matt Marek OL 6-3 298 Fr. Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg
Mitch McCarthy P 6-5 230 Sr. Melbourne, Australia/Frankston (UCF)
Fernando Mendoza QB 6-5 225 R-Jr. Miami, Fla./Christopher Columbus (Cal)
Zen Michalski OL 6-6 319 R-Sr. Floyds Knobb, Ind./Floyd Central (Ohio State)
Louis Moore DB 5-11 200 R-Sr.+ Mesquite, Texas/Poteet (Ole Miss)
Tyler Morris WR 5-11 185 Sr. Bolingbrook, Ill./Nazareth Academy (Michigan)
PJ Nelson LB 6-1 212 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Princeton
Riley Nowakowski TE 6-1 243 R-Sr.+ Milwaukee, Wis./Marquette University High School (Wisconsin)
Evan Parker OL 6-4 302 Fr. Carmel, Ind./Carmel
Dominique Ratcliff DL 6-3 295 R-Sr.+ Conroe, Texas/Conroe (Texas State)
Garrett Reese DB 6-2 190 Fr. Chicago, Ill./Nazareth Academy
Zacharey Smith DB 5-11 161 Fr. Union City, Ga./Hapeville Charter Academy
Holden Staes TE 6-4 248 Sr. Atlanta, Ga./Westminster School (Tennessee)
Seaonta Stewart Jr. DB 6-1 195 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods
Blake Thiry TE 6-4 228 Fr. Prairie Du Chien, Wis./Prairie De Chien
Hosea Wheeler DL 6-3 300 R-Sr. Elk Grove, Calif./Franklin (Western Kentucky)
Baylor Wilkin OL 6-5 268 Fr. Van Buren, Ohio/Findlay
Grant Wilson QB 6-3 217 R-Sr.+ Arlington, Va./Yorktown (Old Dominion)