IUFB Offseason Updates

[Stuhoo 79,861]

36 minutes ago, ncomp4 said:

Profile on Dasan: https://247sports.com/player/dasan-mccullough-46059433/

As you mentioned, currently an OSU commit but we all know how football commitments go.
6'5", 220 pounds, 4-star and 54th nationally ranked player in the 2022 class. 43 offers at the moment: Bama, OSU, Clemson, Georgia, pretty much everyone.

 

Current listed position? Athlete.

Lol...I'd say so.

 

[upperarlington 408]

great hire, his son is a monster.

[KzooHoosier82 972]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Current listed position? Athlete.

Lol...I'd say so.

 

Lol. Yup. From his highlight reel it looks like he lines up all over the field. His little brother Daeh is a 6-1 / 175lb CB in the 2023 class that 247 already has listed as the 3rd best CB and 54th in the country. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,120]

Number of stories on Coach McCullough's re-hire.  

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/Article/Indiana-Hoosiers-football-Deland-McCullough-expected-to-rejoin-the-IU-football-coaching-staff-160662225/?fbclid=IwAR0TD9TA6bgrHBGSlJl1Fdva70-vewsUEMZS7DGmFpMd2FvePclOixQ3HFk

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/report-deland-mccullough-nearing-deal-to-return-as-indiana-rb-coach-son-is-ohio-state-commit/

http://www.hoosiersportsreport.com/2021/02/rb-coach-deland-mccullough-set-to-return-to-iu/

https://footballscoop.com/news/sources-chiefs-assistant-planning-to-take-college-job-deland-mccullough-indiana/

 

[KzooHoosier82 972]

Maybe...just maybe, this hire convinces Stevie Scott to come back for his senior year. A year with DM, another year with Wellman (I think) could propel him from a fringe draft pick to a middle round lock. Having two former NFL guys on staff is really big for getting our guys infront of NFL GMs going forward 

[Hovadipo 55,242]

25 minutes ago, KzooHoosier82 said:

Maybe...just maybe, this hire convinces Stevie Scott to come back for his senior year. A year with DM, another year with Wellman (I think) could propel him from a fringe draft pick to a middle round lock. Having two former NFL guys on staff is really big for getting our guys infront of NFL GMs going forward 

He can’t. Declaration date for underclassmen was a few weeks ago. 

[KzooHoosier82 972]

6 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

He can’t. Declaration date for underclassmen was a few weeks ago. 

Dammit. Oh well. Hopefully he can have an instant impact on Sampson & Baldwin. Im also very happy Lloyd is back for leadership and depth

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,059]

Incredible


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[JaybobHoosier 11,839]

Welcome back Coach McCullough. Love this hire and can’t wait to see how this blossoms! Go IU!


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[Trish 11,518]

Huge!

[rcbowla 7,047]

Approve of this hire along with pretty much anything TA is currently doing with this program. Awesome get

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[323SGrant 1,176]

Approve of this hire along with pretty much anything TA is currently doing with this program. Awesome get

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Good to have him on the staff.


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[johnsoniu 6,301]

Michigan poaches our RB coach, CTA goes to one of the NFLs best teams for a replacement.

This ain't your fathers IU football program anymore.

[Naturalhoosier 15,407]

15 hours ago, JaybobHoosier said:

Welcome back Coach McCullough. Love this hire and can’t wait to see how this blossoms! Go IU!


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Boob hasn’t been this excited since his groomsmen dance!!!!

 

 Fantastic hire. I never saw that coming. IUFB is blasting off and is awesome to watch. WTG Coach Allen!!!  And welcome back Coach McCullough!!!!!

[Stuhoo 79,861]

20 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

I thought the name Deland McCullough rang a bell -- and for more than having spent time at IU. He has a great story. He was adopted, and a few years back, started searching for his biological parents. After locating his mother, she told him his father was someone he had known his whole life -- a man who had coached him and served as somewhat of a mentor. His name is Sherman Smith -- and he had no idea Deland was his son. The woman who he had a dalliance with in high school never told him she got pregnant. Sherman actually recruited Deland to play at Miami-Ohio -- never knowing that actually was his son. A very cool story ... 

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/24505521/the-jaw-dropping-story-nfl-coach-search-family

 

This is a very rough YouTube version of the ESPN E-60 story they did on him. 

 

 

This is a must watch.

If ever there is a primary example of how the current IU football culture attracts extraordinary individuals, individuals that can be in so many excellent places, but are choosing IU?

Here's the latest excellent example.

 

[LamarCheeks 18,256]

"I'm the one that contacted Tom ... I said to him in a text, 'I want to come back to IU.' ... What Tom is doing and the commitment the university has made to continue to advance the program -- the whole world sees it."

It's official: We're a football school!!! 


 

 

[Stuhoo 79,861]

19 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

"I'm the one that contacted Tom ... I said to him in a text, 'I want to come back to IU.' ... What Tom is doing and the commitment the university has made to continue to advance the program -- the whole world sees it."

It's official: We're a football school!!! 


 

 

 

• When I told Andy Reid about my IUFB move he started gushing about Tom Allen. Then I realized that Andy didn't know and had never met Tom Allen, but knew all about him and what a great program CTA has built.
• Here’s my Super Bowl ring and my Emmy.
• Got Andy Reid, Ronald Jones, Le’Veon Bell, Tevion Coleman, Lashon McCoy, and Clyde Edwards Helaire on speed dial. 

Which recruits want to hang out with me now! 

[NashvilleHoosier 3,696]

5 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

 

This is a must watch.

If ever there is a primary example of how the current IU football culture attracts extraordinary individuals, individuals that can be in so many excellent places, but are choosing IU?

Here's the latest excellent example.

 

Wow, this is incredible. 

And for anyone who subscribes, you can find this video on ESPN+ by searching "Identity". Audio quality is much better. 

[Mike Schumann 493]

Deland McCullough was busy preparing for a divisional round NFL playoff game against Cleveland just four days away when he saw the news that Mike Hart was leaving IU.  He stopped what he was doing and picked up his phone.

“That was a text that I wasn’t expecting, to be honest with you,” Tom Allen said. “I was surprised. When I read it, I was like, ‘Seriously?’”

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/deland-mccullough-didnt-hide-his-enthusiasm-for-returning-to-iu-i-hit-tom-up-as-soon-as-i-saw-it/

[LamarCheeks 18,256]

A chat w/ Mike. Says he's perhaps a little ahead of schedule. 

Will be interesting to see what happens when camp opens this summer -- will the job be his, or will Tuttle push him for QB1?