Indiana football lands four-star defensive back from Florida.

Indiana football head coach and his staff are letting everyone know they are willing to compete for top recruits from all over the country. They were able to land blue chip quarterback Alex Cherry when he reopened his recruitment. Now they've landed a blue-chipper in the 2025 class, cornerbackblue-chip Chris McCorkle.

The Cardinal Mooney High School product comes to Bloomington as a top 250 prospect and the 26th-ranked cornerback in the country. McCorkle had offers from Florida, Florida State, Iowa, West Virginia, Kansas, and interstate rival Purdue.

"They put athletes at my position in the league," McCorkle told Peegs.com about what he sees in Indiana. "That's what I love the most. Getting the development part is definitely something that I'm really wanting from a school."

What it Means:

It bears repeating that the Hoosiers landed a four-star recruit. McCorkle proves that Cignetti and his staff are committed to competing for top-level recruits nationwide. McCorkle is the highest-rated recruit in the 2025 class thus far.

McCorkle is an elite athlete who played cornerback and wide receiver his junior year, leading Cardinal Mooney to a Florida High School State Championship. While he projects as a defensive back, you cannot deny his ball skills.