Indiana University Athletics
Big Ten Football Media Days Lineup Set
7/13/2023 4:00:00 PM | Football
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference will host the 2023 Big Ten Football Media Days presented by Old National Bank on July 26-27 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, with the Indiana football quartet of head coach Tom Allen, linebacker Aaron Casey, running back/return specialist Jaylin Lucas and defensive back Noah Pierre representing the Cream and Crimson.
Indiana is slated to appear at the event on Thursday, July 27 with Allen and the student-athletes appearing live on the Big Ten Network throughout the day, along with a full schedule that includes national television partners, national and local media interviews and the Big Ten Network crew getting the first glimpse of the 2023 college football landscape.
Allen will begin his seventh season at the helm of the Indiana program. The 2020 American Football Coach Association National Coach of the Year, Allen ranks No. 6 all-time on the Indiana coaching victories list, just one shy of John Pont (1965-72). Over his first six seasons at the helm, four Hoosiers have earned All-America recognition, 60 have garnered All-Big Ten honors and IU has played in three bowl games. Allen led IU to back-to-back January bowl games for the first time in program history during the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
A first-team All-American kick returner as a true freshman in 2022, Lucas was also named the Big Ten Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist of the Year and first-team All-Big Ten. In 11 games, the Houma, Louisiana, native led the NCAA in kickoff return touchdowns (2) and was one of three true freshmen with a kickoff return touchdown. His kickoff return score at Rutgers (10/22) was the first at IU since Tevin Coleman at Northwestern in 2012. He was also the first Hoosier since Coleman in 2014 with three 70-yard scoring plays in a single season. He paced the Hoosiers in all-purpose yards with 944, an average of 85.8 per game.
Casey and Pierre are the top two returning tacklers for the Hoosiers from last season. Casey led the team with 86 tackles and 10.5 tackles for loss in 2022. He added 1.5 sacks and two forced fumbles in 11 games. Pierre paced the team with three forced fumbles last season. He added 4.0 tackles for loss – which included 3.0 sacks – with three pass breakups, one interception and one fumble recovery.
Indiana is slated to appear at the event on Thursday, July 27 with Allen and the student-athletes appearing live on the Big Ten Network throughout the day, along with a full schedule that includes national television partners, national and local media interviews and the Big Ten Network crew getting the first glimpse of the 2023 college football landscape.
Allen will begin his seventh season at the helm of the Indiana program. The 2020 American Football Coach Association National Coach of the Year, Allen ranks No. 6 all-time on the Indiana coaching victories list, just one shy of John Pont (1965-72). Over his first six seasons at the helm, four Hoosiers have earned All-America recognition, 60 have garnered All-Big Ten honors and IU has played in three bowl games. Allen led IU to back-to-back January bowl games for the first time in program history during the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
A first-team All-American kick returner as a true freshman in 2022, Lucas was also named the Big Ten Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist of the Year and first-team All-Big Ten. In 11 games, the Houma, Louisiana, native led the NCAA in kickoff return touchdowns (2) and was one of three true freshmen with a kickoff return touchdown. His kickoff return score at Rutgers (10/22) was the first at IU since Tevin Coleman at Northwestern in 2012. He was also the first Hoosier since Coleman in 2014 with three 70-yard scoring plays in a single season. He paced the Hoosiers in all-purpose yards with 944, an average of 85.8 per game.
Casey and Pierre are the top two returning tacklers for the Hoosiers from last season. Casey led the team with 86 tackles and 10.5 tackles for loss in 2022. He added 1.5 sacks and two forced fumbles in 11 games. Pierre paced the team with three forced fumbles last season. He added 4.0 tackles for loss – which included 3.0 sacks – with three pass breakups, one interception and one fumble recovery.
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