Indiana University Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 4
Aiden Fisher
- Position:
- LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 231
- Year:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Fredericksburg, Va.
- High School:
- Riverbend
- Prev School:
- James Madison
Career Notes & Records
Appeared in 46 career games with 34 starts ... Played in 23 games with 11 starts over two seasons at James Madison (2022-23) ... Became Indiana’s first-ever first-team All-America linebacker in 2024 (FWAA, Phil Steele) ... Ranks tied for No. 16 on IU’s single-season tackles charts with 118 in 2024 ... All-conference performer in back-to-back seasons (2023, third-team All-Sun Belt; 2024 first-team All-Big Ten) ... Owns 10 career double-digit tackle games (6 at IU; 4 at JMU).
NCAA Active Career Leaders: Ranks tied for No. 12 nationally and No. 2 in the Big Ten in total tackles (289).
2025 (Senior Season)
Season: Started 10 games ... Missed one game due to injury (at Maryland).
Awards: Tabbed semifinalist for three national awards: Lombardi Award, Butkus Award and Chuck Bednarik Award ... Selected semifinalist for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award ... Named Chuck Bednarik and Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week following Week 7 win at Oregon ... Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week in Week 7.
Old Dominion (8/30): Posted five tackles. Kennesaw State (9/6): Logged seven tackles - four solo - with 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack ... Five of seven tackles went for a loss or no gain ... Combined with Rolijah Hardy on a first-quarter stop behind the line ... Helped Kellan Wyatt on a pair of tackles for loss in the second quarter ... Had a third-quarter sack. Indiana State (9/12): Totaled three tackles ... Logged a solo tackle for loss in the first quarter. Illinois (9/20): Part of a defense that held Illinois to just 2 yards rushing - the sixth-fewest yards rushing allowed since at least 1950 ... Chipped in two stops. at Iowa (9/27): Had nine tackles. at Oregon (10/11): Part of a defense that limited Oregon’s offense to its fewest yards of total offense since 2021 versus Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game ... Helped Indiana sack Oregon quarterback Dante Moore six times after the Ducks had only allowed one sack through its first five games ... Piled up 13 tackles with 1.5 sacks ... Had a solo sack in the second quarter on third down that forced an Oregon field goal in the red zone ... Combined with Mario Landino on a fourth-quarter sack just before Louis Moore’s interception. Michigan State (10/18): Totaled nine tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss ... Logged solo tackle for loss on first play of the game ... Combined with Isaiah Jones on third-quarter tackle for loss. UCLA (10/25): Scored first-career touchdown on a pick-6 on UCLA’s opening drive with a 25-yard return of a Nico Iamaleava pass ... Lone stop was a combined tackle for loss with Dominique Ratcliff in the second quarter ... Left the game in the second quarter due to injury. at Penn State (11/8): Totaled nine tackles ... Recovered a second-quarter fumble which led to an IU touchdown ... Intercepted a tipped pass on the opening drive of the third quarter that led to an Indiana field goal. Wisconsin (11/15): Made seven tackles.
2024 (Junior Season)
Awards: Earned first-team All-America honors at linebacker from Football Writers Association of American and Phil Steele ... First Indiana linebacker to earn first-team All-America status in program history ... Named second-team All-American per Sporting News and Sports Illustrated ... Tabbed first-team All-Big Ten from the conference coaches and media ... Tabbed first-team All-Big Ten by the Associated Press.
Season: Started all 13 games ... Made Indiana debut against FIU (8/31) in the season opener ... One of 27 transfer student-athletes to make Indiana debut in 2024 ... One of 17 transfers to make a start for IU in 2024 ... Posted 118 tackles to tie for No. 16 on the IU single-season charts with Ken Kazmarek (118; 1967) ... Part of a defense that set program bests for games holding an opponent under 100-yards rushing (8), fewest total yards rushing allowed (1,043), lowest opponent scoring average (15.6) and fewest yards of total offense (3,332) and total offense per game (256.3).
FIU (8/31): Made Indiana debut ... Posted 12 tackles for fifth career double-digit tackle game and first as a Hoosier ... Totaled 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack ... First two tackles of IU career were TFLs ... Logged a solo tackle for a 4-yard loss in the first quarter ... Sacked Keyone Jenkins on third down of the game’s opening drive. Western Illinois (9/6): Led the team with nine stops ... Combined with Josh Sanguinetti on a third-quarter tackle for loss ... Part of a defense that limited WIU to just 12 yards rushing, its fewest since holding Purdue to minus-8 yards rushing in 2001. at UCLA (9/14): Tied for game-high nine tackles ... Broke up one pass ... Part of a defense that help UCLA to under 100 yards rushing (96 yards) to mark the first time since 2001-02 that IU limited three-straight opponents to fewer than 100 yards rushing. Charlotte (9/21): Made a game-high eight tackles ... Helped hold the 49ers to under 300-yards of total offense, the fourth straight game without allowing 300-plus yards of total offense - the longest such streak by an IU defense since 1989 (six straight). Maryland (9/28): Posted second double-digit tackle game of the season and sixth of his career with 12 stops ... Ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten in tackles for Week 5 ... Combined with Jailin Walker on a second-quarter sack ... 10 tackles came within 3 yards of the line of scrimmage. at Northwestern (10/5): Part of a defense that held Northwestern to 93 rushing yards for its fourth opponent held under 100 yards rushing on the season ... Chipped in five tackles. Nebraska (10/19): Helped the defense hold Nebraska to just 70 yards rushing to mark the fifth opponent held under 100 yards rushing on the year ... Totaled game-high 11 tackles. Washington (10/26): Made nine tackles ... Broke up one pass. at Michigan State (10/26): Part of a defense that held Michigan State to a program-record minus-36 rushing yards in the game ... Led all tacklers with nine stops ... Combined with Terry Jones Jr. on a first-quarter tackle for loss ... Added one pass breakup which led to Amare Ferrell’s first interception of the game. Michigan (11/9): Defense held its seventh opponent under 100-yards rushing with just 69 yards allowed on the ground ... The unit held an opposing offense to less than 300-yards of total offense for the sixth time in 2024 ... Led all defenders with 14 stops. Purdue (11/30): Part of a defense that help Purdue to a program-low 67 yards of total offense ... Limited the Boilermakers to just 13 yards rushing to mark the eighth opponent in 2024 held under the 100-yard mark ... Posted team-high six stops ... Combined with Lanell Carr Jr. on a first-quarter tackle for loss ... Broke up one pass. at Notre Dame (12/20): Totaled 10 tackles for fifth double-digit tackle game of the season and ninth of his career ... Added 1.5 tackles for loss ... Stopped Jadarian Price for a 2-yard loss in the second quarter ... Combined with Rolijah Hardy on a third-quarter tackle for loss.
2023 (Sophomore Season - James Madison)
Awards: Collected third-team All-Sun Belt Conference … Earned Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week in Week 2 after a blocked punt at Virginia (9/9).
Season: Appeared in 13 games with 11 starts … Made first collegiate start in Week 3 at Troy (9/16) … Led the team in tackles (108) … Posted four double-digit tackle games and three others with nine stops … Blocked first career kick versus Virginia (9/9) … Grabbed first career interception at Utah State (9/23).
Bucknell (9/2): Logged four tackles. at Virginia (9/9): Posted nine tackles … Blocked first career kick on a punt in the first quarter that was recovered by D’Angelo Ponds for a touchdown. at Troy (9/16): Made six tackles … Had one pass breakup … First collegiate tackle for loss came on a combined stop behind the line in the second quarter. at Utah State (9/23): Posted nine stops … First collegiate interception came in the fourth quarter to preserve a seven-point lead … Also broke up a pass on the final play of the game. South Alabama (9/30): Posted first career double-digit tackle game with 10 stops … Totaled 2.5 tackles for loss with a solo sack … Broke up two passes … Had a first-quarter sack … Combined on a tackle for loss in the third quarter … Made a solo tackle for loss in the fourth quarter. Georgia Southern (10/14): Had five tackles. at Marshall (10/19): Posted second double-digit tackle game with 10 stops … Broke up one pass … Combined for a first-quarter tackle for loss. Old Dominion (10/28): Piled up 12 tackles for third career double-digit tackle game … Combined on a third-quarter sack in the end zone for a safety. at Georgia State (11/4): Made six stops. UConn (11/11): Totaled nine tackles … Logged solo tackle for loss in the third quarter. Appalachian State (11/18): Had six tackles … Added one pass breakup … Posted a solo tackle for loss in the first quarter. at Coastal Carolina (11/25): Chipped in five stops. vs. Air Force (12/23): Made a game-high 17 tackles for fourth career double-digit tackle game.
2022 (Freshman Season - James Madison)
Season: Appeared in 10 games … Made collegiate debut against Middle Tennessee State (9/3) in the season opener … Made first collegiate tackle at Old Dominion (11/12).
at Old Dominion (11/12): Posted first career tackle as part of a five-tackle effort.
Prep/Personal
Linebacker for head coach Nathan Yates at Riverbend High School … Named Region 5A Defensive Player of the Year as a senior … Tabbed first-team All-Region 5A at linebacker and second team at running back as a senior … Earned Commonwealth District Defensive Player of the Year his final prep season … Two-time first-team all-district linebacker as a junior and senior … Tabbed first-team all-district at running back as a senior … Named second-team all-district at quarterback as a junior … Earned second-team all-district at linebacker as a sophomore.
Appeared in 46 career games with 34 starts ... Played in 23 games with 11 starts over two seasons at James Madison (2022-23) ... Became Indiana’s first-ever first-team All-America linebacker in 2024 (FWAA, Phil Steele) ... Ranks tied for No. 16 on IU’s single-season tackles charts with 118 in 2024 ... All-conference performer in back-to-back seasons (2023, third-team All-Sun Belt; 2024 first-team All-Big Ten) ... Owns 10 career double-digit tackle games (6 at IU; 4 at JMU).
NCAA Active Career Leaders: Ranks tied for No. 12 nationally and No. 2 in the Big Ten in total tackles (289).
2025 (Senior Season)
Season: Started 10 games ... Missed one game due to injury (at Maryland).
Awards: Tabbed semifinalist for three national awards: Lombardi Award, Butkus Award and Chuck Bednarik Award ... Selected semifinalist for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award ... Named Chuck Bednarik and Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week following Week 7 win at Oregon ... Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week in Week 7.
Old Dominion (8/30): Posted five tackles. Kennesaw State (9/6): Logged seven tackles - four solo - with 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack ... Five of seven tackles went for a loss or no gain ... Combined with Rolijah Hardy on a first-quarter stop behind the line ... Helped Kellan Wyatt on a pair of tackles for loss in the second quarter ... Had a third-quarter sack. Indiana State (9/12): Totaled three tackles ... Logged a solo tackle for loss in the first quarter. Illinois (9/20): Part of a defense that held Illinois to just 2 yards rushing - the sixth-fewest yards rushing allowed since at least 1950 ... Chipped in two stops. at Iowa (9/27): Had nine tackles. at Oregon (10/11): Part of a defense that limited Oregon’s offense to its fewest yards of total offense since 2021 versus Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game ... Helped Indiana sack Oregon quarterback Dante Moore six times after the Ducks had only allowed one sack through its first five games ... Piled up 13 tackles with 1.5 sacks ... Had a solo sack in the second quarter on third down that forced an Oregon field goal in the red zone ... Combined with Mario Landino on a fourth-quarter sack just before Louis Moore’s interception. Michigan State (10/18): Totaled nine tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss ... Logged solo tackle for loss on first play of the game ... Combined with Isaiah Jones on third-quarter tackle for loss. UCLA (10/25): Scored first-career touchdown on a pick-6 on UCLA’s opening drive with a 25-yard return of a Nico Iamaleava pass ... Lone stop was a combined tackle for loss with Dominique Ratcliff in the second quarter ... Left the game in the second quarter due to injury. at Penn State (11/8): Totaled nine tackles ... Recovered a second-quarter fumble which led to an IU touchdown ... Intercepted a tipped pass on the opening drive of the third quarter that led to an Indiana field goal. Wisconsin (11/15): Made seven tackles.
2024 (Junior Season)
Awards: Earned first-team All-America honors at linebacker from Football Writers Association of American and Phil Steele ... First Indiana linebacker to earn first-team All-America status in program history ... Named second-team All-American per Sporting News and Sports Illustrated ... Tabbed first-team All-Big Ten from the conference coaches and media ... Tabbed first-team All-Big Ten by the Associated Press.
Season: Started all 13 games ... Made Indiana debut against FIU (8/31) in the season opener ... One of 27 transfer student-athletes to make Indiana debut in 2024 ... One of 17 transfers to make a start for IU in 2024 ... Posted 118 tackles to tie for No. 16 on the IU single-season charts with Ken Kazmarek (118; 1967) ... Part of a defense that set program bests for games holding an opponent under 100-yards rushing (8), fewest total yards rushing allowed (1,043), lowest opponent scoring average (15.6) and fewest yards of total offense (3,332) and total offense per game (256.3).
FIU (8/31): Made Indiana debut ... Posted 12 tackles for fifth career double-digit tackle game and first as a Hoosier ... Totaled 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack ... First two tackles of IU career were TFLs ... Logged a solo tackle for a 4-yard loss in the first quarter ... Sacked Keyone Jenkins on third down of the game’s opening drive. Western Illinois (9/6): Led the team with nine stops ... Combined with Josh Sanguinetti on a third-quarter tackle for loss ... Part of a defense that limited WIU to just 12 yards rushing, its fewest since holding Purdue to minus-8 yards rushing in 2001. at UCLA (9/14): Tied for game-high nine tackles ... Broke up one pass ... Part of a defense that help UCLA to under 100 yards rushing (96 yards) to mark the first time since 2001-02 that IU limited three-straight opponents to fewer than 100 yards rushing. Charlotte (9/21): Made a game-high eight tackles ... Helped hold the 49ers to under 300-yards of total offense, the fourth straight game without allowing 300-plus yards of total offense - the longest such streak by an IU defense since 1989 (six straight). Maryland (9/28): Posted second double-digit tackle game of the season and sixth of his career with 12 stops ... Ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten in tackles for Week 5 ... Combined with Jailin Walker on a second-quarter sack ... 10 tackles came within 3 yards of the line of scrimmage. at Northwestern (10/5): Part of a defense that held Northwestern to 93 rushing yards for its fourth opponent held under 100 yards rushing on the season ... Chipped in five tackles. Nebraska (10/19): Helped the defense hold Nebraska to just 70 yards rushing to mark the fifth opponent held under 100 yards rushing on the year ... Totaled game-high 11 tackles. Washington (10/26): Made nine tackles ... Broke up one pass. at Michigan State (10/26): Part of a defense that held Michigan State to a program-record minus-36 rushing yards in the game ... Led all tacklers with nine stops ... Combined with Terry Jones Jr. on a first-quarter tackle for loss ... Added one pass breakup which led to Amare Ferrell’s first interception of the game. Michigan (11/9): Defense held its seventh opponent under 100-yards rushing with just 69 yards allowed on the ground ... The unit held an opposing offense to less than 300-yards of total offense for the sixth time in 2024 ... Led all defenders with 14 stops. Purdue (11/30): Part of a defense that help Purdue to a program-low 67 yards of total offense ... Limited the Boilermakers to just 13 yards rushing to mark the eighth opponent in 2024 held under the 100-yard mark ... Posted team-high six stops ... Combined with Lanell Carr Jr. on a first-quarter tackle for loss ... Broke up one pass. at Notre Dame (12/20): Totaled 10 tackles for fifth double-digit tackle game of the season and ninth of his career ... Added 1.5 tackles for loss ... Stopped Jadarian Price for a 2-yard loss in the second quarter ... Combined with Rolijah Hardy on a third-quarter tackle for loss.
2023 (Sophomore Season - James Madison)
Awards: Collected third-team All-Sun Belt Conference … Earned Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week in Week 2 after a blocked punt at Virginia (9/9).
Season: Appeared in 13 games with 11 starts … Made first collegiate start in Week 3 at Troy (9/16) … Led the team in tackles (108) … Posted four double-digit tackle games and three others with nine stops … Blocked first career kick versus Virginia (9/9) … Grabbed first career interception at Utah State (9/23).
Bucknell (9/2): Logged four tackles. at Virginia (9/9): Posted nine tackles … Blocked first career kick on a punt in the first quarter that was recovered by D’Angelo Ponds for a touchdown. at Troy (9/16): Made six tackles … Had one pass breakup … First collegiate tackle for loss came on a combined stop behind the line in the second quarter. at Utah State (9/23): Posted nine stops … First collegiate interception came in the fourth quarter to preserve a seven-point lead … Also broke up a pass on the final play of the game. South Alabama (9/30): Posted first career double-digit tackle game with 10 stops … Totaled 2.5 tackles for loss with a solo sack … Broke up two passes … Had a first-quarter sack … Combined on a tackle for loss in the third quarter … Made a solo tackle for loss in the fourth quarter. Georgia Southern (10/14): Had five tackles. at Marshall (10/19): Posted second double-digit tackle game with 10 stops … Broke up one pass … Combined for a first-quarter tackle for loss. Old Dominion (10/28): Piled up 12 tackles for third career double-digit tackle game … Combined on a third-quarter sack in the end zone for a safety. at Georgia State (11/4): Made six stops. UConn (11/11): Totaled nine tackles … Logged solo tackle for loss in the third quarter. Appalachian State (11/18): Had six tackles … Added one pass breakup … Posted a solo tackle for loss in the first quarter. at Coastal Carolina (11/25): Chipped in five stops. vs. Air Force (12/23): Made a game-high 17 tackles for fourth career double-digit tackle game.
2022 (Freshman Season - James Madison)
Season: Appeared in 10 games … Made collegiate debut against Middle Tennessee State (9/3) in the season opener … Made first collegiate tackle at Old Dominion (11/12).
at Old Dominion (11/12): Posted first career tackle as part of a five-tackle effort.
Prep/Personal
Linebacker for head coach Nathan Yates at Riverbend High School … Named Region 5A Defensive Player of the Year as a senior … Tabbed first-team All-Region 5A at linebacker and second team at running back as a senior … Earned Commonwealth District Defensive Player of the Year his final prep season … Two-time first-team all-district linebacker as a junior and senior … Tabbed first-team all-district at running back as a senior … Named second-team all-district at quarterback as a junior … Earned second-team all-district at linebacker as a sophomore.
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