Indiana University Athletics
2026 Spring Football Roster
Jersey Number 10
Josh Hoover
- Position:
- QB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 200
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Heath, Texas
- High School:
- Rockwall-Heath
- Prev School:
- TCU
Career Notes & Records
Appeared in 35 career games with 31 starts over four collegiate seasons at TCU (2022-25) … Two-time team captain at TCU … Named honorable mention Big 12 in 2024 … Tabbed honorable mention Offensive Freshman of the Year in 2023 … Owns 16 career 300-yard passing games … Thrown four-or-more touchdown passes on eight occasions. TCU Records: Career: Ended tenure at TCU ranked No. 2 in career completion percentage (65.2) … Finished No. 3 on TCU’s all-time completions list (771) … Ranked No. 4 on career charts at TCU for passing yards (9,629), touchdown passes (71), total offense yards (9,619) and points responsible for (474). Season: Owns two of the top-5 single-season yards passing marks with a program-record 3,949 (2024) and the No. 5 mark at 3,472 (2025) … Set program record for completions (313, 2024) and has the No. 3 mark (272, 2025) … Has two of the top-5 season marks in completion percentage with No. 2 (66.5, 2024) and No. 5 (65.9, 2025) … Posted the No. 4 (29) and No. 5 (27) single season touchdown pass marks … Owns two of the top-10 seasons in total offense at No. 4 (3,930, 2024) and No. 7 (3,472, 2025) … Finished No. 5 twice on the points responsible for list with 186 in both 2024 and 2025 … Owns the No. 5 mark on the season list for touchdowns responsible for (31) in 2024 and 2025. Game: Owns the No. 10 (439 vs. BYU, 2023) and No. 15 (412 vs. Baylor, 2023) single game yards passing list … Tied for No. 2 on the single game passing touchdowns list (5 vs. SMU, 2025) … Sits tied for No. 10 with 30 points accounted for against SMU (2025) and Oklahoma State (2023).
2025 (Junior Season – TCU)
Season: Started 12 games … Entered transfer portal following regular season and did not play in the Valero Alamo Bowl ... Named team captain … First collegiate five-touchdown pass game came against SMU in Week 4 … Threw for 300-yards on five occasions (Abilene Christian, 9/13; SMU, 9/20; at Kansas State, 10/11; Iowa State, 11/8; Cincinnati, 11/29) … Threw four-or-more touchdown passes on four occasions (Abilene Christian, 9/13; SMU, 9/20; Colorado, 10/4; Cincinnati, 11/29).
Awards: Tabbed Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week after four passing touchdowns in Week 6 versus Colorado … Named to Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 and Manning Award Star of the Week after 379 yards passing and five scores in Week 4 versus SMU … Three-time Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award honorable mention (Week 3, Abilene Christian; Week 4, SMU; Week 6, Colorado).
2024 (Sophomore Season – TCU)
Season: Started all 13 games … Named team captain … Set TCU's season yards passing record (3,949) … Led the Big 12 and was No. 5 in FBS with 61 completions of 20 yards or more ... One of four quarterbacks nationally to average 300 yards per game passing (303.8) with a passer rating better than 150.0 (151.1) ... Logged 300 yards passing six times (at Stanford, 8/30; UCF, 9/14), at SMU, 9/21; at Kansas, 9/28; Texas Tech, 10/26; at Baylor, 11/2) … Threw four-or-more touchdown passes on two occasions (UCF, 9/14; vs. Louisiana, 12/28).
Awards: Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 … Tabbed New Mexico Bowl Offensive Most Valuable Player … Earned Manning Award Star of the Week twice: at Stanford (8/30) and versus Texas Tech (10/26).
2023 (Redshirt-Freshman Season – TCU)
Season: Appeared in 10 games with six starts … First collegiate start came against BYU (10/14) in Week 7 … First Power Five quarterback since 2019 with 400 yards passing and four touchdowns in his first career start with 439 yards and four touchdown passes against the Cougars … First collegiate touchdown pass came at Iowa State (10/7) … Threw for 300 yards on five occasions (BYU, 10/14; at Texas Tech, 11/2; Texas, 11/11; Baylor, 11/18; at Oklahoma, 11/24) … Threw four-or-more touchdown passes on two occasions (BYU, 10/14; at Oklahoma, 11/24) … Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12.
Awards: Tabbed honorable mention Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year … Garnered Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week, Shaun Alexander Award Freshman of the Week and Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 recognition after 439 yards passing and four touchdowns against BYU (10/14) in first collegiate start … Two-time Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award honorable mention Player of the Week: versus BYU (10/14) and against Baylor (11/18).
2022 (Freshman Season – TCU)
Season: Appeared in one game ... Made collegiate debut against Tarleton State (9/10) ... First collegiate pass attempt was a 2-yard completion.
Prep/Personal
Quarterback for head coach John Harvey at Rockwall-Heath High School … Consensus three-star recruit per 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Rated as the No. 26 quarterback nationally per ESPN … Consensus top-100 prospect in Texas per all three major recruiting services … Garnered the Landry Award, an honor given to the top high school football player from North Texas presented by CBS 11 and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes as a senior … Earned Class 6A all-state from Texas Sports Writers Association as a senior (HM) and junior (second team) … Named District 10-6A Offensive Most Valuable Player as a junior … first-team all-district as a sophomore and senior … Three-year starter finished prep career with 9,750 yards passing and 108 touchdowns on 60.7 percent passing (609-of-1,004) … Threw for at least 32 passing touchdowns all three varsity seasons … Senior season featured 40 passing touchdowns as part of a 3,268-yard passing season … Completed 63.4 percent (236-of-372) of passes for 3,556 yards and 36 touchdowns as a junior … Threw for 2,926 yards and 32 touchdowns as a sophomore … Also lettered in baseball … Father, Alex, lettered in football at Colorado State (1985-86) and spent two seasons in the NFL.
Appeared in 35 career games with 31 starts over four collegiate seasons at TCU (2022-25) … Two-time team captain at TCU … Named honorable mention Big 12 in 2024 … Tabbed honorable mention Offensive Freshman of the Year in 2023 … Owns 16 career 300-yard passing games … Thrown four-or-more touchdown passes on eight occasions. TCU Records: Career: Ended tenure at TCU ranked No. 2 in career completion percentage (65.2) … Finished No. 3 on TCU’s all-time completions list (771) … Ranked No. 4 on career charts at TCU for passing yards (9,629), touchdown passes (71), total offense yards (9,619) and points responsible for (474). Season: Owns two of the top-5 single-season yards passing marks with a program-record 3,949 (2024) and the No. 5 mark at 3,472 (2025) … Set program record for completions (313, 2024) and has the No. 3 mark (272, 2025) … Has two of the top-5 season marks in completion percentage with No. 2 (66.5, 2024) and No. 5 (65.9, 2025) … Posted the No. 4 (29) and No. 5 (27) single season touchdown pass marks … Owns two of the top-10 seasons in total offense at No. 4 (3,930, 2024) and No. 7 (3,472, 2025) … Finished No. 5 twice on the points responsible for list with 186 in both 2024 and 2025 … Owns the No. 5 mark on the season list for touchdowns responsible for (31) in 2024 and 2025. Game: Owns the No. 10 (439 vs. BYU, 2023) and No. 15 (412 vs. Baylor, 2023) single game yards passing list … Tied for No. 2 on the single game passing touchdowns list (5 vs. SMU, 2025) … Sits tied for No. 10 with 30 points accounted for against SMU (2025) and Oklahoma State (2023).
2025 (Junior Season – TCU)
Season: Started 12 games … Entered transfer portal following regular season and did not play in the Valero Alamo Bowl ... Named team captain … First collegiate five-touchdown pass game came against SMU in Week 4 … Threw for 300-yards on five occasions (Abilene Christian, 9/13; SMU, 9/20; at Kansas State, 10/11; Iowa State, 11/8; Cincinnati, 11/29) … Threw four-or-more touchdown passes on four occasions (Abilene Christian, 9/13; SMU, 9/20; Colorado, 10/4; Cincinnati, 11/29).
Awards: Tabbed Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week after four passing touchdowns in Week 6 versus Colorado … Named to Davey O'Brien Award Great 8 and Manning Award Star of the Week after 379 yards passing and five scores in Week 4 versus SMU … Three-time Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award honorable mention (Week 3, Abilene Christian; Week 4, SMU; Week 6, Colorado).
2024 (Sophomore Season – TCU)
Season: Started all 13 games … Named team captain … Set TCU's season yards passing record (3,949) … Led the Big 12 and was No. 5 in FBS with 61 completions of 20 yards or more ... One of four quarterbacks nationally to average 300 yards per game passing (303.8) with a passer rating better than 150.0 (151.1) ... Logged 300 yards passing six times (at Stanford, 8/30; UCF, 9/14), at SMU, 9/21; at Kansas, 9/28; Texas Tech, 10/26; at Baylor, 11/2) … Threw four-or-more touchdown passes on two occasions (UCF, 9/14; vs. Louisiana, 12/28).
Awards: Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 … Tabbed New Mexico Bowl Offensive Most Valuable Player … Earned Manning Award Star of the Week twice: at Stanford (8/30) and versus Texas Tech (10/26).
2023 (Redshirt-Freshman Season – TCU)
Season: Appeared in 10 games with six starts … First collegiate start came against BYU (10/14) in Week 7 … First Power Five quarterback since 2019 with 400 yards passing and four touchdowns in his first career start with 439 yards and four touchdown passes against the Cougars … First collegiate touchdown pass came at Iowa State (10/7) … Threw for 300 yards on five occasions (BYU, 10/14; at Texas Tech, 11/2; Texas, 11/11; Baylor, 11/18; at Oklahoma, 11/24) … Threw four-or-more touchdown passes on two occasions (BYU, 10/14; at Oklahoma, 11/24) … Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12.
Awards: Tabbed honorable mention Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year … Garnered Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Week, Shaun Alexander Award Freshman of the Week and Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 recognition after 439 yards passing and four touchdowns against BYU (10/14) in first collegiate start … Two-time Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award honorable mention Player of the Week: versus BYU (10/14) and against Baylor (11/18).
2022 (Freshman Season – TCU)
Season: Appeared in one game ... Made collegiate debut against Tarleton State (9/10) ... First collegiate pass attempt was a 2-yard completion.
Prep/Personal
Quarterback for head coach John Harvey at Rockwall-Heath High School … Consensus three-star recruit per 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Rated as the No. 26 quarterback nationally per ESPN … Consensus top-100 prospect in Texas per all three major recruiting services … Garnered the Landry Award, an honor given to the top high school football player from North Texas presented by CBS 11 and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes as a senior … Earned Class 6A all-state from Texas Sports Writers Association as a senior (HM) and junior (second team) … Named District 10-6A Offensive Most Valuable Player as a junior … first-team all-district as a sophomore and senior … Three-year starter finished prep career with 9,750 yards passing and 108 touchdowns on 60.7 percent passing (609-of-1,004) … Threw for at least 32 passing touchdowns all three varsity seasons … Senior season featured 40 passing touchdowns as part of a 3,268-yard passing season … Completed 63.4 percent (236-of-372) of passes for 3,556 yards and 36 touchdowns as a junior … Threw for 2,926 yards and 32 touchdowns as a sophomore … Also lettered in baseball … Father, Alex, lettered in football at Colorado State (1985-86) and spent two seasons in the NFL.
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