The Indiana football team has gone 25 years without a first-round pick. Could Whop Philyor break that streak next year?
The Indiana football team is not known for their draft picks. In fact, they only had one player drafted last year. Wes Martin was drafted in the fourth round by the Washington Redskins. In 2018 the Hoosiers only had two guys drafted and 2017 was again only one.
If you are counting at home that is only four guys drafted in the last three years for the Hoosiers. That could be the first two rounds for a lot of schools in the draft just this year.
This year, the Hoosiers might go the whole draft without hearing a player’s name be announced. That should change next year with Whop Philyor, Peyton Hendershot, and Stevie Scott all being eligible to be drafted.
The biggest name on the board for the Hoosiers will be Philyor who burst on to the scene last year. Not only should Philyor be drafted but he has the potential to be drafted very high. Could he break the what will be a 26-year drought of the Hoosiers having a first-round pick?
The last first-found pick for the Hoosiers was also a receiver when Thomas Lewis was drafted by the Giants in 1994. Lewis would be the only Hoosier to be drafted that year and made it count by going in the first round.
Philyor broke out last year catching 70 balls for 1,002 yards in 12 games. Even with Philyor missing a game and parts of others, he still finished 40th in the country in yards and 33 in catches per game.
The thing that might keep Philyor out of the top rounds is he is only 5’11” but he has great hands and has a knack for the ball.
If he can improve his senior year like he did his junior year, he will be highly sought after come draft time. Could he hear his name called in the first round? It’s possible and would break a very long drought for the Hoosiers.