- Head Coach: Curt Cignetti (first season)
- 2023 Record: 3-9
- PFF power ranking: 87th
- Chance to win Big Ten: 2%
- Strength of schedule: 58th
- Projected win total: 6.7
- FanDuel win total: 5.5
- 2024 recruiting rank (On3): No. 57 nationally, No. 17 in the Big Ten
Last season, the Hoosiers failed to reach five wins for the third consecutive season, prompting the program to part ways with head coach Tom Allen. Indiana then hired James Madison’s Curt Cignetti to turn the team around.
Cignetti had done a masterful job with the Dukes, finishing with a 19-5 record during their first two years as an FBS program, which included an 11-1 campaign last season.
Indiana will look a lot like “James Madison West” in 2024, as the Hoosiers brought in 12 transfers from the Dukes. Nine of those players are expected to start, and most played extremely well last year.
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Biggest Strength: Impact transfers everywhere
Head coach Curt Cignetti wasted no time remaking Indiana’s roster, as the Hoosiers welcomed 30 players from the transfer portal. Of Indiana’s 22 projected starters on offense and defense, 15 are incoming transfers.
Biggest Weakness: Offensive line
Indiana returns two starters from its offensive line last year in left tackle Carter Smith and center Mike Katic, who each posted sub-70.0 PFF grades. Wisconsin transfer Trey Wedig (62.3 grade) and James Madison transfer Tyler Stephens (56.8) each failed to meet that mark, as well.
Fellow JMU transfer Nick Kidwell earned a 71.4 PFF grade but did so in a reserve role for the Dukes, playing only 197 snaps.
2023 Team Overview
Offense |
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| EPA per play | Yards per play | Successful play rate | Explosive run play rate | Explosive pass play rate |
| -0.076 | 5.0 | 33.5% | 12.8% | 11.9% |
| 99th | T-113th | 87th | 109th | 112th |
Defense |
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| EPA allowed per play | Yards allowed per play | Successful play rate allowed | Explosive run rate allowed | Explosive pass rate allowed |
| 0.060 | 5.9 | 36.4% | 15.0% | 15.0% |
| 104th | T-86th | 94th | 61st | T-86th |
Three Notable Transfer Portal Additions
- CB D’Angelo Ponds (James Madison): 89.7 PFF grade
- WR Elijah Sarratt (James Madison): 89.9 PFF grade
- QB Kurtis Rourke (Ohio): 78.9 PFF grade
Three Notable Transfer Portal Losses
- G Matthew Bedford (Oregon): 71.0 PFF grade
- S Louis Moore (Ole Miss): 73.3 PFF grade
- DT Philip Blidi (Auburn): 72.5 PFF grade
Quarterback Spotlight: Kurtis Rourke
2023 Grade: 78.9
Key Stat: 77.4 passing grade from a clean pocket (93.2 in 2022, second in the FBS behind Drake Maye)
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