Hoosiers Hosting many Commits this Weekend

Many 2010 hoosier commits will be visiting Bloomington this week/weekend. So far it has been confirmed that the following players will be in town this weekend: linebacker Matt Zakrzewski, linebacker Ishmael Thomas, running back Xavier Whitaker, defensive tackle Pete Bachman, safety Drew Hardin, wide receiver Logan Young, wide receiver Tim O’Conner, offensive lineman Cody Evers, safety Shaquille Jefferson, defensive end Harrison Scott, offensive lineman Bill Ivan and running back Matt Perez. Here are some quotes from some of the players about how their trip has been.

Harrison Scott: "It went great," he said about the trip. "I got to see the facilities and the campus more in depth, and it was a real enlightening experience. The last time I was at Indiana most of the facilities were not completely finished yet and I was able to go through and see them completely done, and that was really cool."

"We got to sit down and talk a little bit about what they see me as," Scott said. "They said they are looking at me as a defensive end. They like the film that I've given them and I have a lot of upside to me. They just want me to keep progressing."

"It's a team that has tons of potential and they have all the talent they need to win games, and I feel like I can be a piece to help them get to a Big Ten championship."

Bill Ivan: "I thought it was a good chance for me to get to know the coaches down there and to meet with the academic advisors," he said. "And I was able to meet with a professor so it just gave me a better feel for the university overall. I hadn't really looked around the student union all that much, but I got a chance to do that and that was very impressive. And I also got to go into a couple of the dorms and I just got a good look at how the campus is laid out. I hadn't really seen that before and I was impressed with that."

"I had a long conversation with Coach (Bobby) Johnson about at the position I am playing," he said. "The way he put it was that he prides himself on having the best taught class on campus, and that's the offensive line. And a big thing is the mental side of the offensive line and that's going to be a big adjustment, but he doesn't see that being too big of an issue because there's a lot of older guys that won't have any problem taking me under their wing and teaching me how to watch film and get through that."