2022 Football Roster
Oct 25 (Sat)
TBA
Dasan McCullough
- Position:
- OLB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 225
- Year:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bloomington, Ind.
- High School:
- Bloomington South
Enrolled in 2022 spring class and participated in practice.
2022 Honors: Garnered Freshman All-America honors from The Athletic (second team), College Football News (second team) and ESPN ... Earned honorable mention All-Big Ten from the conference media panel ... Named On3 Midseason True Freshman All-American ... Selected The Athletic Midseason Freshman All-American ... Tabbed one of 24/7sports.comís Top True Freshman following week one (9/6).
2022 (Freshman): Appeared in all 12 games with four starts ... made collegiate debut versus Illinois (9/2) ... one of 33 student-athletes to make collegiate debut in 2022 ... one of 15 true freshmen to debut in 2022 ... totaled six tackles with 0.5 tackles for loss against Illinois (9/2) ... tied for Big Ten lead and No. 2 among Power 5 freshmen in total tackles during week one ... first career tackle came on special teams ... combined with JH Tevis on a fourth-quarter tackle for loss against the Illini ... made five tackles and recorded 2.0 sacks in first-career start against Idaho (9/10) ... all five tackles went for a loss or no gain ... combined with Aaron Casey on a second-quarter sack ... collected a solo quarterback takedown in the second quarter ... started the third quarter with a combined sack on third down with Bryant Fitzgerald ... tied for the national lead among true freshmen with 2.0 sacks in week two against the Vandals ... graded as the highest rated pass rusher among true freshmen in week two per Pro Football Focus ... made three tackles against Western Kentucky (9/17) ... caught the quarterback for a loss of nine on a first-quarter sack ... tallied one quarterback hurry at Cincinnati (9/24) ... played limited snaps due to illness against the Bearcats ... made five tackles at Nebraska (10/1) ... recorded a 13-yard sack in the first quarter against the Huskers ... tallied six tackles against No. 4 Michigan ... combined with Myles Jackson on a two-yard tackle for loss in the third quarter against the Wolverines ... made three tackles against Maryland (10/15) ... tallied first two career pass breakups against the Terrapins ... made eight tackles at Rutgers (10/22) ... combined with Alfred Bryant on two-yard stop in the fourth quarter against the Scarlet Knights ... recorded two tackles and one pass breakup against No. 16 Penn State (11/5) ... recorded four tackles at No. 2 Ohio State (11/12) ... posted a solo tackle for loss in the second quarter ... one other tackle went for no gain against the Buckeyes ... posted five tackles at Michigan State (11/19) ... added two stops versus Purdue (11/26).
Prep/Personal: Linebacker for head coach Gabe Johnson at Bloomington South High School ... consensus four-star prospect (ESPN, 247Sports, Rivals) ... rated as the 40th prospect nationally, the No. 4 outside linebacker nationally, and the No. 1 prospect in Indiana by ESPN ... McCullough is the highest ranked prospect to ever commit to Indiana ... four-time MaxPreps All-American ... Under Armour All-American ... first-team all-conference selection ... totaled 55 tackles, 45 solo, three sacks, six for loss, and two interceptions in 2021 ... starred at Blue Valley North High School in Kansas from 2018-20, where he was named the 2020 MaxPreps Kansas High School Player of the Year ... parents are Darnell and Deland McCullough ... brother, Deland II, was an IU defensive back (2021) ... grandfather Sherman Smith played quarterback at Miami (Ohio) from 1972-75 ... sport marketing and management major ... born on March 7, 2003.
