Last 8 spots

First off, congrats to the Hoosiers on their bowl bid. Other than the Rose Bowl, this has got to be one of the biggest, and most surprising, bowls for IU in the history of the program. The most well known bowls for the Hoosiers have been the Rose Bowl in 1967 and the Peach Bowl in 1990. To get a New Year's Eve Bowl is outstanding. Play 13 has now been replaced with Win the 13th game!

It appears that IU will try and secure at least 8 more verbals with this class, with the outside chance of their being 10 more, but I'm mostly hearing 8, so we'll stick with that number for now. I thought it would be fun to see who the staff really likes and what positions we would like to add more talent. So here are 8 names that the staff would love to finalize this class with along with some statistics on each player.

1. Darius Wills-TB-I've talked about him before, and broke down his season a little bit in my last blog. Obviously he's the #1 guy for us. My prediction is that he'll be a Hoosier when all is said and done!! Also, he's ranked as the #6 TB in America, ahead of many high profiled recruits.

2. JD Woods-6'2" 180 WR from Naples, FL with 4.5 speed, good hands and leaping ability. JD caught 54 passes for 850 yards and 8 TD and he was also a return specialist. He also attends the same HS as another verbal, Peter St. Fort. Our main competition here is probably West Virginia and he'll be up there next weekend. He did an official visit at IU on September 21st, and his main concern at that point was stability of the coaching situation. From all reports, he's a heavy IU lean at this point and time, and again my prediction is that he will indeed be a Hoosier.

3. Trent Mossbrucker-kicker-See my last blog for information on this kid. Again, he'll be a Hoosier

4. Chad Hounshell-6'5" 300 OT from Mentor, OH. A strong OT prospect that could move inside, but we are probably looking at the LT of the future here. He has good feet and balance and according to his Rival combine numbers, he's got a very good bench and squat already. Many have offered, but IU is in his top 4 with Kansas, UCF, and Colorado. His HS team just finished up their season, so he's pretty wide open with the 4 schools at this point, but in a recent Rivals article, he mentioned IU and Central Florida. I know OL coach Bobby Johnson really likes him. He'll be in for an offical in January, but I'm going out on a limb and predict he'll be a Hoosier as well.

5. Orhian Johnson-see my last blog on information about him. However, the staff likes him as a KL clone. I predict he'll be a Hoosier as well. Rivals lists him as the 12th best dual threat QB in the country. The thing that is really working in IU's favor here is that IU is recruiting him at QB, where almost everyone else is at WR or DB. I've been told, he wants to be a QB, so thus I'm predicting us here.

6. Robbie Anzuini-6'1" 180 WR from Hilliard (Darby), Ohio. Here's a newer name from a Peegs poster last week. Robbie is a burner with solid hands and he put up some good numbers this fall at Darby HS. I've heard talk that we are in very good with a WR from Ohio, but I always thought it was the Staffold kid from Columbus, OH. Now, I'm beginning to think it's this kid may be the one. Robbie caught 54 passes for 930 yards and 9 TDs this season. His QB, Jeremy Erbert is a verbal to Northwestern, but will most likely switch to Safety. Under the radar kid, but I think he'll be a Hoosier as well.

7. Robert Martin-6'2" 230 LB from Pike HS in Indianapolis and he's 4.6 guy. Honestly, I could see this kid adding weight and going to DE, but for now, he's a LB for sure. His cousin is Greg Middleton and he told Andy Romey from Peegs that he would love to join his cousin Greg at IU. So are, he's not been offered, but the only reason is grades. I've heard he has a ways to go, but it's not impossible for him to qualify. My guess is he verbals, and we sign a back up plan just in case.

8. William Lowe-I've talked about his kid before in previous blogs. He's beginning to turn a lot of heads on defensive side of the ball, and at IU he'd be asked to switch to Corner back. He's got good leaping ability and hands, so that could make up for his shorter stature. IU leads, and he says he'll visit in January. Probably ours to lose at this point.

9. Doug Wiggins-5'11" 190 CB that is current at Miami Fla, so he'd have to sit a year before he becomes eligible. He's strong, fast, and just a very good athlete. He was a QB in HS, but switched over to CB at the "U". Has had run-ins with teammates and he struggled with the adjustments of college fball this season. Many speculate he's a Western Michigan lean, since his cousin, EJ Biggers plays there, but I'm not convinced at all this is the case. First off, EJ is a junior, so Doug would have to sit next season, so they would never actually get to play together. Also, he loves our situation to be able to come in and start in a couple of years for a BCS team. Finally, he's also friends with Jarrell Drane and a couple of other Floridians. I'm thinking we sit pretty good here, but I have no idea how good until after this weekend.


Well, there is 9 names of some pretty good, athletic kids. We should know a lot more this time next week about some of these kids. Go IU beat Kentucky!