Indiana University Athletics
Redding Reaches 1,000 Yards In Loss
12/26/2015 10:57:00 PM | Football
By: Sam Beishuizen | Twitter
IUHoosiers.com
NEW YORK - Long before Indiana's Pinstripe Bowl season ever began, Deland McCullough was left fielding question after question about his running backs.
"Do you have another 1,000-yard rusher in you?" people asked McCullough. It was a fair question. The Hoosiers were trying to replace Tevin Coleman's 2,036 yards from his 2014 All-American season.
"One?" McCullough would say with his usual laid-back confidence. "We think we've got two."
It took 13 games, but McCullough was right. Sophomore running back Devine Redding joined junior running back Jordan Howard as the newest members of Indiana's 1000-yard club with a 227-yard game on 35 carries in IU's 44-41 New Era Pinstripe Bowl loss to Duke at Yankee Stadium.
"It's just something to grow on," Redding said. "I've got to leave it in the past and keep growing, just wait until next year and the next game."
Redding wasn't quick to celebrate his own accomplishments in the wake of his team's loss, downplaying the significance and passing credit off to his linemen and other teammates for helping him reach 1,000 yards.
But the defeat itself weighed on him more.
"You've got to just look at the reality," Redding said. "It's two great teams playing against each other, playing some hard-nosed football. Both teams were trying to win. Unfortunately, we didn't get the outcome we wanted."
Redding's Pinstripe Bowl performance was by far the best game of his career, statistically. He set new career marks in carries and yards in arguably the most significant game of his young career in replacing Howard, Indiana's usual starter.
Redding's marks also set Indiana bowl records in both carries and yards. For the majority of the first half when Indiana's offense struggled, he kept the Hoosiers afloat with 136 yards on 23 carries, including a 27-yard touchdown run that at the time put IU ahead of Duke 14-10 late in the second quarter.
"Devine played a great game," senior left tackle Jason Spriggs said. "I think we were just blocking as hard as we could and the O-line did a great job, the rest of the guys on the O-line."
Redding's 227-yard game caps a three-game stretch to close out the season where he had 501 yards taking the bulk of Indiana's carries.
By the end of the year, he gave Indiana exactly what McCullough said was possible long before the season even started.
A pair of 1,000-yard backs.
"It means a lot," Redding said. "All I do is try to contribute to the team."
Seniors Say Their Goodbyes
Indiana's seniors played their final games of their careers Saturday but expressed hope for the future of the program.
They helped lead the Hoosiers to their first bowl since 2007—something they talked about wanting to do as freshmen before camp even began. And although the loss to Duke stung, even senior quarterback Nate Sudfeld was ready to talk about the future of the program he's leaving behind.
"It's sentimental and pretty sad, but I'm also so thankful," Sudfeld said. "I truly believe this is just the beginning."
First-Time Scorers Spark IU
Three Hoosiers found the end zone for the first time in their careers in the Pinstripe Bowl.
Redshirt freshman running back Alex Rodriguez, redshirt freshman receiver Luke Timian and true freshman receiver Nick Westbrook all got the ball into the end zone for the first time as Indiana Hoosiers.
Timian's came first in the second quarter via a 27-yard reception. Westbrook's came with a 3-yard catch to give Indiana a 24-20 lead midway through the third quarter. Rodriguez's came soon after on a 10-yard rush to give the Hoosiers a 31-27 lead with just 1:20 left in the third stanza.
Wilson's Word:
"They kind of overcame some negatives to give themselves a chance, but at the end of the day we didn't convert on third down in their score zone, and we came down and came up on the short end. So congratulate Duke."
IUHoosiers.com
NEW YORK - Long before Indiana's Pinstripe Bowl season ever began, Deland McCullough was left fielding question after question about his running backs.
"Do you have another 1,000-yard rusher in you?" people asked McCullough. It was a fair question. The Hoosiers were trying to replace Tevin Coleman's 2,036 yards from his 2014 All-American season.
"One?" McCullough would say with his usual laid-back confidence. "We think we've got two."
It took 13 games, but McCullough was right. Sophomore running back Devine Redding joined junior running back Jordan Howard as the newest members of Indiana's 1000-yard club with a 227-yard game on 35 carries in IU's 44-41 New Era Pinstripe Bowl loss to Duke at Yankee Stadium.
"It's just something to grow on," Redding said. "I've got to leave it in the past and keep growing, just wait until next year and the next game."
Redding wasn't quick to celebrate his own accomplishments in the wake of his team's loss, downplaying the significance and passing credit off to his linemen and other teammates for helping him reach 1,000 yards.
But the defeat itself weighed on him more.
"You've got to just look at the reality," Redding said. "It's two great teams playing against each other, playing some hard-nosed football. Both teams were trying to win. Unfortunately, we didn't get the outcome we wanted."
Redding's Pinstripe Bowl performance was by far the best game of his career, statistically. He set new career marks in carries and yards in arguably the most significant game of his young career in replacing Howard, Indiana's usual starter.
Redding's marks also set Indiana bowl records in both carries and yards. For the majority of the first half when Indiana's offense struggled, he kept the Hoosiers afloat with 136 yards on 23 carries, including a 27-yard touchdown run that at the time put IU ahead of Duke 14-10 late in the second quarter.
"Devine played a great game," senior left tackle Jason Spriggs said. "I think we were just blocking as hard as we could and the O-line did a great job, the rest of the guys on the O-line."
Redding's 227-yard game caps a three-game stretch to close out the season where he had 501 yards taking the bulk of Indiana's carries.
By the end of the year, he gave Indiana exactly what McCullough said was possible long before the season even started.
A pair of 1,000-yard backs.
"It means a lot," Redding said. "All I do is try to contribute to the team."
Seniors Say Their Goodbyes
Indiana's seniors played their final games of their careers Saturday but expressed hope for the future of the program.
They helped lead the Hoosiers to their first bowl since 2007—something they talked about wanting to do as freshmen before camp even began. And although the loss to Duke stung, even senior quarterback Nate Sudfeld was ready to talk about the future of the program he's leaving behind.
"It's sentimental and pretty sad, but I'm also so thankful," Sudfeld said. "I truly believe this is just the beginning."
First-Time Scorers Spark IU
Three Hoosiers found the end zone for the first time in their careers in the Pinstripe Bowl.
Redshirt freshman running back Alex Rodriguez, redshirt freshman receiver Luke Timian and true freshman receiver Nick Westbrook all got the ball into the end zone for the first time as Indiana Hoosiers.
Timian's came first in the second quarter via a 27-yard reception. Westbrook's came with a 3-yard catch to give Indiana a 24-20 lead midway through the third quarter. Rodriguez's came soon after on a 10-yard rush to give the Hoosiers a 31-27 lead with just 1:20 left in the third stanza.
Wilson's Word:
"They kind of overcame some negatives to give themselves a chance, but at the end of the day we didn't convert on third down in their score zone, and we came down and came up on the short end. So congratulate Duke."
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