A look at Indiana’s defensive ends for the 2024 season.
The Hoosiers only had 20 sacks for the season. Their paltry average of 1.67 sacks per game ranked them 106th nationally, and that poor performance contributed to an 86th-rated pass defense because quarterbacks had so much time to weigh their options.
As it is with so many other Indiana units, Cignetti elected to create a brew with equal parts existing talent as well as players he trusts from his previous stint at James Madison.Lanell Carr Jr., Mikhail Kamara, Jacob Mangum-Farrar, Venson Sneed Jr., Ta’Derius Collins, Andrew Depaepe.Redshirt junior Mikail Kamara was the big addition from the transfer portal – yet another player Cignetti trusts that came with him from JMU.
Over his career, Kamara has 11.5 sacks in two seasons with 23 tackles for loss. Kamara has thrived despite early injury issues with shoulder and ankle injuries. Much like fellow JMU transfer – defensive tackle James Carpenter – Kamara rarely leaves the field. He ranks 10th nationally in snaps played in 2023 among players returning, according to pff.com.
Carr Jr. played 27 games at West Virginia from 2020-22 before arriving in Bloomington last season. He proved he could hold his own in Big Ten play as four of his five sacks and all but 1.5 of his 8.5 tackles for loss came in conference contests. Mangum-Farrar was a steady presence in 2023, with 63 overall tackles and one sack. This comes after Mangum-Farrar played 39 games over four seasons for Stanford.
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