Postgame Notes: at Purdue
11/25/2023 3:45:00 PM | Football
Postgame Notes
Indiana at Purdue
November 24, 2023
Indiana at Purdue
November 24, 2023
TEAM
• Indiana is 42-77-6 all-time against Purdue with a 32-63-2 mark in games played for the Old Oaken Bucket.
• Indiana's game captains were DL Andre Carter, LB Aaron Casey and OL Mike Katic.
• Purdue won the coin toss and deferred. Indiana received the opening kick.
• With 13.0 tackles for loss, Indiana posted its most tackles for loss in a game since 2019 versus Rutgers (14.0).
DeQuece Carter | WR | Sr.+
• Hauled in a 33-yard touchdown in the first quarter for his third touchdown as a Hoosier and 34th of his career (31 at Fordham; 3 at Indiana).
Aaron Casey | LB | R-Sr.+
• Made 11 stops to move his season total to 109 and post the first 100-tackle season by a Hoosier since Tegray Scales (126) in 2016.
• Tied career-high 4.0 tackles for loss, which he also accounted for against Wisconsin earlier in 2023.
• The 11 stops mark his 11th career double-digit tackle game and sixth of 2023.
• His 4.0 tackles for loss in the game moved his career total to 36.0 and into No. 8 on the career charts at Indiana. Casey passed Ed Maguire (34.0; 1969-70), Joe Huff (35.0) and Kyle Killion (35.0; 2002-05) on the career charts.
• Posted 20.0 tackles for loss on the season for just the fifth 20-plus tackle-for-loss season in program history and first since Scales (23.5) in 2016.
• Casey is the second player in program history to record two games with 4-plus tackles for loss (Scales, 2016).
James Evans | P | Jr.
• Hit four punts for 46.2 yards per punt and two punts inside the 20-yard line.
• Finished the season with a 45.8 yards per punt average to set the Indiana single season record. Moved past Drew Hagan's mark of 44.8 in 1999) by 1.0 yards per punt.
• Owns 201 career punts and is just the fifth Hoosier to reach the 200-punt mark.
• With a career 43.9 yards per punt average, ranks No. 1 on Indiana's career charts, more than a full yard ahead of Alan Sutkowski (42.5 ypp; 1995-97).
Jordan Grier | DB | Jr.
• Tied a career high with four stops for the second straight week and third time in his career.
Josh Henderson | RB | Sr.+
• Tied a team-high 44 yards rushing on nine carries.
• Accounted for a touchdown in 10 of 20 games played at Indiana.
• Had a 9-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter.
Myles Jackson | OLB | R-Jr.
• Posted a career-high five stops. Previous best was four stops on two occasions, last at Penn State earlier this season.
JoJo Johnson | DB | R-So.
• Totaled a career-high five tackles. Previous best was three stops at Illinois earlier this season.
Jaylin Lucas | RB | So.
• Tied the longest kickoff return in program history with the 100-yard return for a touchdown in the third quarter, which tied for the longest by a Hoosier since Marcus Thigpen versus Ball State in 2006.
• Lucas' three career kickoff return touchdowns are tied with Thigpen (2005-08) for the most in an IU career.
• Lucas sits atop the NCAA active career leaders list in kickoff return touchdowns (3).
• The 161 kickoff return yards (4 returns) rank tied for No. 5 in a single game in program history and give Lucas two of the top five kickoff return yardage games in program history. He is the only Hoosier with multiple games of 160-plus kickoff return yards.
• With 161 kickoff return yards in the game he pushed his career total to 1,163 to move him past John Ginter (1,127; 1964-66) for No. 10 on the career charts at Indiana.
• Finished 2023 with 1,108 all-purpose yards, the most in a season since Stevie Scott III (1,223) in 2018.
Donaven McCulley | WR | Jr.
• Hauled in a 10-yard touchdown in the second quarter and caught five of his six touchdowns on the season in the last five games.
• Led the team in touchdowns scored during the season with six and is the first wide receiver to lead the team in touchdowns during a season since Simmie Cobbs Jr. (9; 2017).
Tyrik McDaniel | DB | R-Jr.
• Tied a career-high two tackles for his first multi-tackle game at Indiana.
Louis Moore | DB | Sr.
• Posted second career tackle for loss and first since 2022 at Nebraska.
Venson Sneed Jr. | DL | R-Fr.
• Posted first career solo tackle for loss to move season total to 1.5 tackles for loss.
Brendan Sorsby | QB | R-Fr.
• Finished 17-of-31 for 226 yards and a career-high-tying three touchdowns.
• Tossed three touchdown passes for the third time in his career. Also threw for three scores at Illinois and at Penn State earlier this season.
• Three touchdown passes moved season total to 15, the most since Peyton Ramsey (15) in 2018, and tied for No. 10 on the single season charts at IU.
• Connected with three different receivers on touchdown passes: DeQuece Carter (33 yards; 1Q), Donaven McCulley (10 yards; 2Q) and Josh Henderson (9 yards; 3Q).
• Tied for team-high 44 yards rushing on a team-best 15 carries.
E.J. Williams Jr. | WR | Sr.
• Tied a career high with six receptions for the second straight week. Only two career games with six catches have come as a Hoosier (at Purdue, vs. Michigan State).
• Logged a career-best 97 yards receiving. Previous best was 80 yards against Notre Dame in the 2020 ACC Championship Game while at Clemson.
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