With the 2024 season getting further and further behind the Hoosiers, Indiana officially has their newest transfer portal class signed for the 2025 season. With the fall transfer portal window closed and the majority of players already have made their decision on where they want to play football next season, the Hoosiers are starting to feel better and better about their roster.
After losing quite a few players to the transfer portal and the NFL/eligibility, head coach Curt Cignetti knew he had to hit the transfer portal hard to bring in experience in some crucial positions such as quarterback, running back, and defensive back.
The transfer portal was a big reason for Indiana's success in 2024, especially with a new head coach. Cignetti had a lot of guys follow him from James Madison, but this year, it was the success that Indiana had that brought in so many guys from the portal.
Our newest signees. ✍️
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Cignetti was able to bring in 17 guys from the transfer portal, and now all of them are locked in with the Hoosiers. They would have the opportunity to enter the portal again in the spring window, but for right now, these are the future guys on the field for Indiana in 2025.
Here is every new player who is now officially an Indiana Hoosier and the school they transferred from:
- QB Fernando Mendoza: Cal
- QB Grant Wilson: Old Dominion
- RB Lee Beebe Jr.: UAB
- RB Roman Hemby: Maryland
- WR Makai Jackson: Appalachian State
- WR: Tyler Morris: Michigan
- TE Riley Nowakowski: Wisconsin
- TE Holden Staes: Tennessee
- OL Kahlil Benson: Colorado
- OL Zen Michalski: Ohio Stae
- DL Dominique Ratcliff: Texas State
- DL Hosea Wheeler: Western Kentucky
- DB Ryland Gandy: Pitt
- DB Amariyun Knighten: Northern Illinois
- DB Louis Moore: Ole Miss
- K Brendan Franke: Texas State
- P Mitch McCarthy: UCF