Matt Rhule and the Nebraska Cornhuskers have landed Notre Dame offensive lineman transfer Rocco Spindler. The Indiana Hoosiers recently landed his teammate Pat Coogan who was also in the transfer portal but Curt Cignetti and company could not strike gold again, in landing Spindler.
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The 6-foot-5, 325-pound offensive lineman started 23 games at right guard for the Fighting Irish in the last two seasons playing a total of 1,325 snaps.
Spindler a Clarkston, Michigan native along side his Indiana offer also had offers from Michigan, Michigan State, Pittsburgh and Virginia. Rocco Spindler’s father, Marc, is a former NFL player who played for the Detroit Lions and also attended Pittsburgh, who was looked at as the favorite to land Rocco but Nebraska won the battle at the end of the day.
Spindler has ones season of eligibility remaining after spending four at Notre Dame in South Bend.
Indiana missed on Spindler but did land his former teammate, Pat Coogan who has one-year of eligibility remaining and is projected to start for the Hoosiers.
Indiana previously added Ohio State right tackle Zen Michalski and Colorado transfer Kahlil Benson at offensive line who previosuly played at Indiana under former head coach Tom Allen. Other offensive lineman who are returning is guard Drew Evans, who started nine games before an Achilles injury, and left tackle Carter Smith and guard Bray Lynch.