Football
Sep 12 (Fri)
6:30 p.m.
- Title:
- Quarterbacks
- Email:
- football@indiana.edu
- Phone:
- (812) 855-9618
• Nick Sheridan is in his second season as Indiana’s offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach. He coached the tight ends in 2019 and the quarterbacks in 2017 and 2018.
• Davey O’Brien semifinalist Michael Penix Jr. averaged a Big Ten-leading 274.2 yards per game (18th nationally) en route to 2020 second-team All-Big Ten recognition.
• Prior to his season-ending injury in week six, Penix led the conference in passing yardage, passing yardage per game, passing touchdowns, completions, attempts, 60-yard passing plays, 50-yarders, 40-yarders, and 30-yarders.
• B1G Receiver of the Year Ty Fryfogle was named a third-team All-American by the Associated Press and was a Biletnikoff Award semifinalist.
• Penix and Fryfogle highlighted six offensive Hoosier all-league selections.
• IU finished fourth in the Big Ten in scoring (28.9), and fifth in passing offense (250.9) and time of possession (31:15).
• Working closely alongside former offensive coordinator and current Fresno State head coach Kalen DeBoer in 2019, Indiana improved at least 40 spots in the national rankings from 2018 in time of possession (+87), average yards per pass (+83), average yards per reception (+78), red zone touchdowns (+70), 20-yard passing plays (+69), 20-yard scrimmage plays (+62), points per game (+46), and total touchdowns (+43).
• Third-team All-B1G honoree Peyton Hendershot set the program’s single-season records for a tight end with 52 receptions and 622 yards. His four TDs share third. Hendershot tied for fourth among tight ends nationally in catches and 10th in yardage.
• In 2018, IU finished third in the conference in passing offense (257.8) for the second-straight year.
• Peyton Ramsey started all 12 games and went 295-of-447 (66.0 percent) for 2,875 yards, with 19 scores, a 129.2 passing efficiency, 354 rushing yards, and five rushing touchdowns.
• Ramsey’s completions and attempts rank second, completion percentage is third, total yardage (3,229) is fourth, passing yardage is sixth, and passing TDs share sixth on the program’s single-season charts.
• He ranked in the league’s Top 5 in completions per game (24.6, 2nd, 5th nationally), attempts per game (37.3, 2nd, T-4th), completion percentage (T-2nd, T-16th), passing yardage per game (239.6, 3rd, 35th), total yardage per game (269.1, 4th, 30th), passing scores (5th), and points responsible for per game (12.5, 5th).
• In 2017, the Hoosiers 265.7 passing yards per game ranked 35th in the country.
• Richard Lagow (1,936 yards; 15 TDs) and Ramsey (1,252 yards; 10 TDs) combined for 3,188 yards and 25 touchdowns while completing 61.2 percent of their passes.
• Ramsey earned freshman All-Big Ten honors after he set a then-school record (2nd in the Big Ten, T-13th nationally) with a 65.4 completion percentage.
• Named one of the nation’s Top 30 coaches under 30 years of age by 247Sports in 2017.
• Worked as an offensive graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee from 2014-16.
• Quarterback Joshua Dobbs was picked in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
• An All-SEC selection, Dobbs became only the third QB in SEC history with 15 passing touchdowns and 10 rushing TDs in multiple seasons (Tim Tebow and Dak Prescott). Dobbs (32) joined Gene McEver (37) and James Stewart (35) as the only players in program history with 30-plus career rushing scores.
• Dobbs finished his career with 7,138 passing yards, the fifth-most in UT history. He also became just the fifth player in Vols history to eclipse 7,000 career passing yards.
• Sheridan walked on as a quarterback at the University of Michigan in 2006.
• Received a scholarship prior to his junior year. He appeared in 12 career games, made four starts in 2008, and closed out his career with 701 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
• Earned his bachelor’s degree in political science in the spring of 2010 and began his coaching career in the fall as quarterbacks coach at his alma mater, Saline High School (Mich.).
• Broke into the collegiate coaching ranks as an offensive graduate assistant at Western Kentucky University the following spring and was elevated to quarterbacks coach and passing coordinator in 2012.
• Followed head coach Willie Taggart to the University of South Florida in the same capacity for the 2013 season.
• His father, Bill, is a 35-year NFL and collegiate coaching veteran currently serving as the defensive line coach at the Air Force Academy.
• Nick and his wife, Sarah, have one son, Beau (3), and one daughter, Sloane (1).
