Indiana Basketball: Jerome Hunter officially redshirting this season

The former four-star recruit has yet to play this season after undergoing preseason surgery in November.

A couple days after being seen shooting in the gym on his instagram, the school officially announced that freshman Jerome Hunter will redshirt this year, missing the rest of the season.

The Pickerington, Ohio native, the no. 59 overall recruit according to the 247 composite rankings, will have four years of eligibility remaining after retaining this year.

Hunter made the announcement on Indiana’s pregame radio show before Monday night’s game against Nebraska, with coach Archie Miller having this to add in his postgame press conference.

Miller has always been hesitant to put a timetable on Hunter’s return to action, just saying it would be a long-term injury.

Though this news doesn’t come as a shock to most Indiana fans, it does put to bed the conversation of a possible return to action this season.

The 6-foot-7 forward averaged 20.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game as a senior in high school, and was expected to be a big contributor for the Hoosiers this season.

Before his injury, Hunter won the “gold jersey” in practice, which Indiana coach Archie Miller awards to the most outstanding player in practice for that specific week.

Hunter is one of seven players to have missed time this season due to injury, and with the recent injury to Al Durham, the Hoosiers’ rotation continues to be depleted each week.

Hunter was the second-highest rated recruit in Archie Miller’s 2018 recruiting class, behind that of Romeo Langford.

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