Indiana University Football Lands TCU Quarterback Transfer Josh Hoover Indiana has an experienced veteran in the stable at quarterback for 2026. Texas Christian transfer Josh Hoover is headed to Bloomington based on multiple Sunday reports. For his career the Heath, Texas product projects to have the most passing yards (9,629) and touchdown passes (71) of any player returning to college football next season. The 6-foot-2 and 200-pound Hoover has been with TCU each of the last four seasons, taking a redshirt year in 2022. Since he took over as the starter in October 2023, the team went 19-12, including 17-8 in the last two years. He led the Horned Frogs to nine wins in 2024 and eight this season. He was originally committed to Tom Allen and the Hoosiers out of high school before flipping his decision late in the cycle following the 2021 season. Hoover has one year of eligibility remaining.
As a redshirt freshman in 2023, Hoover started the final six games of the season. He completed 62.1% of his throws for 2,206 yards with 15 touchdowns and nine interceptions. In 2024 Hoover completed 66.5% of his passes for 3,949 yards with 27 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. This season he completed 65.9% of his throws for 3,472 yards with 29 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. Hoover was sacked 18 times in 2025 and 16 times in 2024. Like Indiana, TCU ran a lot of RPO offense with Hoover as the starter under offensive coordinator Kendal Briles, who has left for South Carolina. In that system Hoover showed he is a capable runner too. Over the last three years he has rushed for 267 yards (before sack adjustment) with eight touchdowns.
Indiana University Football Lands Kansas State Edge Rusher Tobi Osusanmi from the Transfer Portal Indiana’s portal haul continued to grow Sunday as multiple outlets reported the addition of Kansas State edge rusher Tobi Osunsanmi. Osunsanmi has played in 36 games over the last four years and has 8.5 sacks and 12.5 tackles for loss. Most of that production came over the last two seasons. He has a total of 47 QB pressures during his college career. In 2025 he played in six games and had 20 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks. He suffered a season-ending injury in October.
He saw action in all 13 games in 2024 as a reserve defensive end and on special teams, recording 19 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and a forced fumble over 303 defensive snaps and 31 special teams plays. In 2023 he saw time in all 13 games as a reserve linebacker, a rush end on passing downs and on special teams. He was tied for team-high honors with five tackles on kickoff coverage. He played in four games in 2022 and preserved his redshirt. The 6-foot-3 and 250-pound Osunsanmi has one year of eligibility remaining. The Wichita, Kan. product (Wichita East H.S.) was regarded as the 232nd-best overall player in the nation for the Class of 2022 by 247Sports. Osunsanmi will help fill the void left by outgoing edge rushers Mikail Kamara, Kellan Wyatt and Stephen Daley.
Indiana University Football Lands Cincinnati Safety Transfer Jiquan Sanks Indiana landed Cincinnati transfer defensive back Jiquan Sanks on Sunday based on multiple reports. Over the last two years, Sanks has 92 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, five pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. Sanks will likely play rover for IU but should have the versatility to play multiple positions on the back end for the Hoosiers. The 5-foot-11 and 195-pound Sanks has two years of eligibility remaining. As a sophomore in 2025 Sanks played in all 12 games had 50 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, and four pass breakups. He played 506 snaps and lined up in the box, at free safety, and in the slot. As a freshman in 2024 he appeared in all 12 games, starting five. Sanks became the first true freshman to start a season opener for Cincinnati since Marquise Copeland in 2015. He collected 42 tackles and one TFL, one forced fumble, and one pass breakup on the season. Sanks played 296 snaps as a freshman. According to PFF grades, the strength of Sanks’ game is tackling and run defense. The product of Columbus, Ga. was a consensus 3-star who chose Cincinnati over IU and others out of high school.
Indiana University Football Lands Boston College Running Back Tubo Richard Indiana football’s massive day in the transfer portal just got a turbo boost. The Hoosiers landed a commitment from Boston College running back Turbo Richard on Sunday, per reports. The 5-foot-8 and 207-pound Richard tied for 11th in the ACC with 749 rushing yards on 145 carries with nine touchdowns, all of which led the way for Boston College. He also added 213 receiving yards on 30 receptions with two touchdowns this season. As a true freshman in 2024, the Charlotte, N.C. product played in eight games and rushed for 278 yards on 55 carries with two touchdowns. Richard has two seasons of eligibility remaining. At Hickory H.S. he was an all-state track athlete, winning the 100-meter upper state championship. The Charlotte, N.C. native figures to join a three-man backfield group with Lee Beebe Jr. and Khobie Martin, though that outlook could change as portal season progresses.
Notre Dame Edge Rusher Joshua Burham Commits to Indiana University Football Indiana’s Sunday transfer portal haul continued into the evening as Notre Dame junior defensive end Joshua Burnham committed to the Hoosiers. The 6-foot-4 and 260-pounder has one year of eligibility remaining. For his career Burnham has played in 40 games with 15 starts. He has 65 tackles, 17 tackles for loss and six sacks. Burnham played in all 12 games for the Irish in 2025. He made four starts and recorded 16 tackles – 10 solo and six assisted. He was third on the team with six tackles for loss, posted three sacks, had one pass breakup and two quarterback hurries. As a sophomore in 2024 he played in 14 games for the Irish and started ten games. Burnham recorded career-best totals of 30 total tackles and 16 solo tackles, posted 6.5 tackles for loss with two sacks, and added three quarterback hurries and a pass breakup during the year. In his 2023 freshman year Burnham played in all 13 games, making one start on the defensive line. He totaled 18 tackles, 10 solo, and racked up four tackles for loss including a sack. He earned a pair of quarterback hurries. The Traverse City, Mich. product was a 4-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN.
The Indianapolis Colts Confirm that General Manager Chris Ballard and Head Coach Shane Steichen will return in 2026 Hours after the Indianapolis Colts’ 2025 season came to an end following a 38-30 loss to the Houston Texans, the team says it won’t be making any changes at coach or general manager. The Colts that head coach Shane Steichen and general manager Chris Ballard will keep their jobs following the team’s record-setting collapse following an 8-2 start to the season. The Colts ended the regular season on a seven-game losing streak and ultimately finished the 2025 season with an 8-9 record. Ballard has been general manager since 2017 when was hired to replace Ryan Grigson. Steichen has been the Colts head coach since 2023 when he was hired away from the Philadelphia Eagles after serving as their offensive coordinator for two seasons.
The Colts have made the postseason just two times during Ballard’s tenure as general manager. Shane Steichen has not made the playoffs in three seasons as Colts head coach. Indianapolis has not won a division title since 2014. The team’s second-half collapse during the 2025 season put them in the record books as the first team since the 1995 Oakland Raiders to start 8-2 and miss the playoffs. While injuries to quarterback Daniel Jones, defensive tackle DeForest Buckner, cornerbacks Sauce Gardner and Charvarius Ward, and kicker Spencer Shrader did not help, calling 44-year-old potential Hall of Fame quarterback Philip Rivers out of retirement did not help either. Rivers lost all three of his starts as the Colts quarterback, completing 63% of his passes for 544 total yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions.
While Rivers’ performance was relatively good for someone who had not played NFL football for five seasons, it was not good enough to help the Colts make the playoffs. The injuries to key players and the team’s switch to a pass-first offense following Rivers’ return also likely derailed what could have been a record-setting year for running back Jonathan Taylor. Taylor recorded five games with over 100 yards rushing as the team roared to an 8-2 start. However, once the losing streak began after Indy’s Week 12 loss to the Chiefs, Taylor did not see another 100+-yard game. His highest rushing total in the second half of the season came in the team’s Week 15 loss to the Seahawks when he put up 87 yards.
After the Colts were officially eliminated from the playoffs, the team made one more start with Rivers before handing the reigns over to rookie quarterback Riley Leonard for the season finale. In Leonard’s first career start, he completed 61% of his passes for 270 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Leonard also ran for a score but recorded a costly fumble in the first half. Overall, Leonard finished 2025 having made five appearances as the Colts backup. Only two of those appearances saw him take meaningful snaps. However, he did finish the season with 415 total passing yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions. With the status of former first-round draft pick Anthony Richardson still up in the air, the Colts head into yet another offseason without making any significant changes to their leadership and uncertainty around the quarterback position.
Hoosier Skier Nick Goepper is Headed to his Fourth Winter Olympics Team USA’s Nick Goepper has secured Olympic qualification in halfpipe for his fourth Olympic Games, announced in a social media post by the U.S. Ski Team. Goepper, 30, of Lawrenceburg, is a three-time Olympic medalist in slopestyle, having won a gold medal at Sochi 2014 and silver medals at PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022. After the Beijing games in 2022, Goepper retired for about a year and a half and then returned — switching events from slopestyle to halfpipe. And Goepper has found success as one of the best in the world. Goepper claimed his second career World Cup Halfpipe victory in Calgary, Canada, on Saturday, Jan. 3, and he set a record as the oldest men’s pipe World Cup winner of all time. Finals selections for Team USA for other athletes will be decided at the Aspen Snowmass World Cup, kicking off on the eighth time in the process. The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics will be from Feb. 6-22. It will feature events across northern Italy, with Milan hosting the opening ceremony and Cortina serving as a key venue for alpine sports.