Freshman Opportunities

Now that fall camp is coming to a close many people wonder what freshman will be making an instant impact. I believe that there could be a 4-5 players who get to see playing time.

1. Adam Replogle- with many DT getting minor injuries in the fall Replogle has spent a good amount of time with the first unit as of late. He is a high motor guy and should have a bright future for the next 4 years at IU. There is some good depth with Mack, Smith, Mentzer, Black, and Sliger there. Each day it seems to be different with who is playing with the first unit so be prepared to see all of them getting play time in the fall.

2. Lawrence Barnett- With the move of Chris Adkins to the safety position watch out of Lawrence Barnett as he could crack the 2-deep when it becomes announced. Right now Ray Fisher seems to be a lock at one of the corner spots and either Donnell Jones or Richard Council will likely take the other spot. This leaves Barnett competing with Adrian Burks and a few other players as the backup for the other corner spot. Lynch said early on that Barnett could be one of the incoming freshman who is already physical enough to see the field early.

3. Duwyce Wilson- Duwyce has made some big plays during fall camp. The receiver position has a lot of depth but Wilson still might see some playing time during the year. As of right now it seems like the top 4 receivers will be Turner, Belcher, Doss and Evans but there is plenty of competition after that. Duwyce is a bigger receiver that could see the field because we tend to play more 3-4 wide receivers sets. This year in the pistol there will be more 2-3 receiver sets but watch out for #81 at WR this year.

4. Mitch Ewald- If he didn't suffer an oblique injury this fall I would have though he would have already been penciled in as the starting kicker. He was rated the #3 overall kicker coming out of high school but until he gets healthy expect to see Nick Freeland being responsible for the kicking duties.

5. Damon Sims- He likely will make an impact on special teams pretty early on but if a few linebackers get hurt he might need to step in right away. Luckily he came into camp around 220

lbs already and has probably put on a few since then.

6. Ed Wright-Baker- Chappell is clearly going to be the starting qb this fall but Ed has quickly moved up the depth chart and might be the #2 heading into the first game. This presents a unique situation in terms of red-shirting. Some people argue that the best player should play reagardless of age and some say that if he is only going to play a very limited role then we should save a redshirt.