IUFB Recruiting and Transfer Portal Updates

[Lebowski]

17 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

Imagine there will be some guys from UM we'll want to take a look at

I'd reverse that and imagine guys from UM will want to look at us. I'm already thinking about a guy from my neck of the woods, Benny Patterson. He never received an offer from IUFB but now that he's got a full year under his belt and sporadic playing time who knows if that'll change. He'd be closer to his family. I would think he's got a pretty sweet NIL deal already so who knows. I spoke about him here and I don't think he ended up visiting that game. 

[Lebowski]

 

[BeerBQ]

On 12/8/2025 at 3:05 PM, Stuhoo said:

Holy ****, his brother Andrew Marsh is also top 150 overall recruit and a strong-@$$ slot guy. Would Nick join him? Not at Andrew's school - he plays for the passing game disaster that is Michigan!

Andrew just finished a very, very good freshman year, and Nick is only a sophomore.

Nick Marsh, Andrew Marsh, Becker, and Bond/Chandler would be an amazing WR room. And that's if Coop goes pro - he has another year of eligibility left.

Tyler Morris could also be there. I’d heard some good things preseason. 

[BtownStrength]

By my count we have offered 5 of the 4* guys in Michigan's 2026 class. One of which is TE Matt Ludwig who was just granted release from his NLI. 

[Hardwood83]

On 12/7/2025 at 9:41 AM, Brass Cannon said:

Heard we are in the running for Nick Marsh. 

I read that someplace early this week too, but don't recall where. I could get on board with that! 

Not so sure about Leavitt though. 

[rcbowla]

20 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

I read that someplace early this week too, but don't recall where. I could get on board with that! 

Not so sure about Leavitt though. 

Larry on X said IU is a team to watch for Marsh. That was the 1st place I saw it. BTW this Larry fella is getting a lot of things right lately.

[Brass Cannon]

17 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

Larry on X said IU is a team to watch for Marsh. That was the 1st place I saw it. BTW this Larry fella is getting a lot of things right lately.

That might have been it. Not sure

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Larry on X said IU is a team to watch for Marsh. That was the 1st place I saw it. BTW this Larry fella is getting a lot of things right lately.

Trying to be the next Trilly. Trilly called him out. Internet can be fun. Definitely knows stuff. Also backtracked the Marsh convo when called out.


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[rcbowla]

7 hours ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Trying to be the next Trilly. Trilly called him out. Internet can be fun. Definitely knows stuff. Also backtracked the Marsh convo when called out.


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Not really backtracked. Just clarified that he was just saying IU was a team to watch and that he wasn't ready to predict anything. 

[Home Jersey]

I am sure plenty will disagree but I would like to see Alberto win the starting job next year and suspect he will. For depth purposes I think we add a QB but I'd rather not overspend on a big name when I'm sure there will be competent / experienced / serviceable guys who would accept a chance to compete knowing they may be QB2 at the start of the year. Prefer to spend that money on some big nasties in the trenches. 

[Stuhoo]

8 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

I am sure plenty will disagree but I would like to see Alberto win the starting job next year and suspect he will. For depth purposes I think we add a QB but I'd rather not overspend on a big name when I'm sure there will be competent / experienced / serviceable guys who would accept a chance to compete knowing they may be QB2 at the start of the year. Prefer to spend that money on some big nasties in the trenches. 

There are two certainties for me:

1. Cig, Shanny, and Whitmer see Alberto every day and already know if he is going to be their featured heir apparent.
2. If they do not want Alberto to be their guy? They will have a **** ton of portal QB's dying to be the guy at IU.

[Hovadipo]

11 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

There are two certainties for me:

1. Cig, Shanny, and Whitmer see Alberto every day and already know if he is going to be their featured heir apparent.
2. If they do not want Alberto to be their guy? They will have a **** ton of portal QB's dying to be the guy at IU.

And a really interesting hypothetical...they could absolutely adore Alberto and also have a guy that you just can't ignore blowing up their DMs. Think Leavitt, or a Leavitt-level guy. Not our job to figure it out, but it's fascinating to think about.

[rcbowla]

1 hour ago, Hovadipo said:

And a really interesting hypothetical...they could absolutely adore Alberto and also have a guy that you just can't ignore blowing up their DMs. Think Leavitt, or a Leavitt-level guy. Not our job to figure it out, but it's fascinating to think about.

I still look at Alberto and suspect he'd be fine waiting and developing another year before taking over as a RSJR. Maybe I'm crazy. Staff will know what's best but if I'm him and I just watched what they did with my brother I'm good with getting 2 years of running the show. 

[Stuhoo]

IU already knows that this guy is really good, and he is now in the portal. Similar skill set to Alberto.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/5125715/colton-joseph

[Leo]

IU will not pursue Leavitt.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Just now, Leo said:

IU will not pursue Leavitt.

Inside info? Fine by me, not that impressed with the reads he makes

[go iu bb]

50 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

IU already knows that this guy is really good, and he is now in the portal. Similar skill set to Alberto.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/5125715/colton-joseph

I'd be surprised if IU goes after him or Leavitt. 2 is a small sample size, but the quarterbacks they've landed while at IU had much better completion percentages than either of those guys. That seems to be something they look for.

[Stuhoo]

19 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I'd be surprised if IU goes after him or Leavitt. 2 is a small sample size, but the quarterbacks they've landed while at IU had much better completion percentages than either of those guys. That seems to be something they look for.

Very true. Here's this year's top 20:

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Julian Sayin • Ohio State	78.4
2.	Carson Beck • Miami (FL)	74.7
3.	Dante Moore • Oregon	72.5
4.	Dylan Raiola • Nebraska	72.4
5.	Haynes King • Georgia Tech	71.7
6.	Fernando Mendoza • Indiana	71.5
7.	Brad Jackson • Texas State	71.3
8.	Diego Pavia • Vanderbilt	71.2
9.	Gunner Stockton • Georgia	70.7
10.	Drew Mestemaker • North Texas	70.2
11.	Demond Williams Jr. • Washington	70.0
12.	Brendon Lewis • Memphis	69.7
13.	CJ Bailey • North Carolina State	69.6
14.	E.J. Warner • Fresno State	69.4
15.	Joe Fagnano • Connecticut	69.0
16.	Joey Labas • Central Michigan	68.9
17.	Luke Altmyer • Illinois	68.1
18.	Bishop Davenport • South Alabama	68.0
19.	Darian Mensah • Duke	67.9
20.	Owen McCown • UTSA	67.8

 

So who is available from this list:

• Raiola?
• CJ Bailey?

[Artie86]

1 hour ago, rcbowla said:

I still look at Alberto and suspect he'd be fine waiting and developing another year before taking over as a RSJR. Maybe I'm crazy. Staff will know what's best but if I'm him and I just watched what they did with my brother I'm good with getting 2 years of running the show. 

Alberto knows nothing is guaranteed to him, especially from Coach Cig….

[Lebowski]

I have zero clue on what positions the staff is going to target but I'd like to see IUFB pursue some more depth at the thin spots. With that said, where do you think are the thin spots? 

Also, for me at least, it's really hard to keep up on this stuff when there's so much going on with the current team.