(2026) WR Lavar Keys to INDIANA

[rcbowla]

10 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Line is what I’m curious about. We need more depth there. Mendoza has been getting assaulted the last 3 weeks 

I feel like any recruit is gonna ask about that 

Unfortunately OL is also the toughest group to get transfers. There has to be good internal development and hope to get 1 or 2 good ones in the portal. Think it could still be a couple years before we aren't concerned about OL. On the bright side there are about 120 other schools who are annually concerned about their line.

[MemphisHoosier]

1 hour ago, rcbowla said:

Unfortunately OL is also the toughest group to get transfers. There has to be good internal development and hope to get 1 or 2 good ones in the portal. Think it could still be a couple years before we aren't concerned about OL. On the bright side there are about 120 other schools who are annually concerned about their line.

Agree on OL, but from my POV, there is a chance Carter Smith returns in ‘26 (thanks NIL!)  Anchor him at LT with an interior of Lynch, Evans, and Ajani (who showed improvement this week) and you have a foundation of OL that is experienced in the system with meaningful game reps.  Depending on Smith’s decision I would expect 2-3 OL portal additions in the coming months to augment this core.

[Hovadipo]

1 hour ago, MemphisHoosier said:

Agree on OL, but from my POV, there is a chance Carter Smith returns in ‘26 (thanks NIL!)  Anchor him at LT with an interior of Lynch, Evans, and Ajani (who showed improvement this week) and you have a foundation of OL that is experienced in the system with meaningful game reps.  Depending on Smith’s decision I would expect 2-3 OL portal additions in the coming months to augment this core.

Smith will be interesting (and it'll be a good conversation to have during all of our upcoming time off) because Dane Brugler has him as a top-50 player in this draft class in his updated rankings from last week. And it's being billed as a weak tackle class overall, so if he thinks he'll test well he could really quickly find himself in the 1st round.

[DChoosier]

4 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

The staff did not stick with Tayven Jackson; here's why: They saw him every day in practice and decided he wasn't the guy.

If we don't bring in a likely starting QB, it will be because the staff sees Alberto Mendoza every day in practice and has decided he is the guy. I cannot imagine there is anyone that doesn't completely and unequivocally trust this staff's judgement at this point.

Also, for filing under FWIW; In his post-game presser after the Wisconsin game, Fernando stated that Alberto is regularly outperforming him in practice.

I agree with your comments but Fernando saying Alberto outperforms him sounds like Fernando being Fernando (I don’t mean that negatively)

[J34]